Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in Devon

Cyber Threats
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 33 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.81% 0.43% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.52% 2.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £750 £690 £800
% change year-on-year +8.70% -13.75% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year +73.33% - -

All Generic Skills
Devon

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 46 43 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 27.71% 18.61% 39.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 66
10th Percentile £145 £166 £375
25th Percentile £164 £259 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £500 £573
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% -12.66% -6.53%
75th Percentile £520 £600 £670
90th Percentile £538 £671 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £21.47 -
25th Percentile £22.76 £23.94 -
Median hourly rate £22.84 £28.67 £31.05
Median % change year-on-year -20.32% -7.68% +182.27%
75th Percentile £22.92 £34.02 -
90th Percentile - £36.86 -
South West median hourly rate £20.36 £70.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year -70.91% -10.26% +36.41%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Devon

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the Devon region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter - 2 - - 3
Plymouth +1 1 £675 -
Cyber Threat
South West

Cyber Threat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft