Cybersecurity Specialist Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Cybersecurity Specialist
South East > East Sussex

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in East Sussex is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 0.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £600 £600 £667
% change year-on-year - -10.04% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Sussex. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in East Sussex with a recognized job title 72 72 97
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 64.86% 93.51% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 43 51
10th Percentile £160 £300 £388
25th Percentile £290 £378 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -27.27% +7.84%
75th Percentile £580 £563 £745
90th Percentile £660 £638 -
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £508
% change year-on-year -0.89% -0.59% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 7
10th Percentile - - £13.09
25th Percentile £12.60 £51.25 £13.16
Median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.48% +191.67% +44.23%
75th Percentile £16.62 £53.75 £29.09
90th Percentile £26.43 - £40.85
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £59.25 £51.42
% change year-on-year -59.49% +15.22% +103.64%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 9 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
Brighton - 1 £600 - 5
Cybersecurity Specialist
South East

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 9 October 2025, Cybersecurity Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Sussex region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft