Cyber Assurance Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Cyber Assurance
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Assurance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.50% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £510 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £81.90 - -
South West median hourly rate £81.90 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

Cyber Assurance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 134 85 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 67.34% 94.44% 83.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 59 92
10th Percentile £350 £197 £175
25th Percentile £382 £309 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £413
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +12.12% -19.51%
75th Percentile £583 £553 £630
90th Percentile £688 £601 £748
South West median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 35
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.50 £11.87
25th Percentile £22.00 £15.20 £13.69
Median hourly rate £61.73 £15.50 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +298.27% -0.77% -72.25%
75th Percentile £72.54 £46.25 £56.91
90th Percentile £74.68 £67.50 £63.25
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £36.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +59.72% -34.55% -8.33%

Cyber Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS