Cybersecurity Contracts in Dorset

Cybersecurity
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 20 23
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 8 14 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 4.88% 6.48% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 7.82% 6.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £488 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £500
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £538 £650 £563
% change year-on-year -17.23% +15.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - - £50.89
25th Percentile - £59.73 £56.11
Median hourly rate - £64.15 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year - +5.28% +15.31%
75th Percentile - £72.98 £68.42
90th Percentile - - £70.33
South West median hourly rate £48.75 £75.00 £64.40
% change year-on-year -35.00% +16.46% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 179 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 85.37% 82.87% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 105 96
10th Percentile £174 £160 £291
25th Percentile £175 £288 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £630 £610 £575
90th Percentile £825 £638 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 38
10th Percentile £11.87 £17.50 £20.88
25th Percentile £13.69 £48.86 £45.18
Median hourly rate £15.31 £56.29 £53.47
Median % change year-on-year -72.80% +5.28% +12.56%
75th Percentile £56.49 £62.72 £65.48
90th Percentile £61.25 £70.77 £79.40
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.70 £48.61
% change year-on-year -9.39% +24.87% +11.75%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Dorset

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Dorset

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Dorset

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Blandford Forum - 1 £500 - 1
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Product Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Product Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Architect
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Information Assurance
2 5 (62.50%) ArchiMate
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (62.50%) DevOps
2 5 (62.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) MODAF
2 5 (62.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) SysML
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (25.00%) CISM
3 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 2 (25.00%) CLAS
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) NCSC
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) JSP 440
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) RMADS
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Dell
1 1 (12.50%) VMware