Security Hardening Contracts in Dorset

Security Hardening
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Security Hardening skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Hardening over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Hardening 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 0.96% 0.56% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.65% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - -
South West median daily rate £400 £500 £775
% change year-on-year -20.00% -35.48% +55.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Security Hardening 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 96 153 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 92.31% 85.47% 84.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 96 130
10th Percentile £201 £175 £203
25th Percentile £331 £175 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% -3.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £630 £620
90th Percentile £575 £730 £676
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 29 41
10th Percentile £14.76 £11.87 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.25 £13.69 £48.14
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -72.25% +5.30%
75th Percentile £21.69 £47.83 £62.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £62.75 £68.56
South West median hourly rate £28.55 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.09% -8.33% +20.00%

Security Hardening
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Hardening in Dorset

Security Hardening
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 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Engineering Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk