Blue Team Contracts in England

Blue Teaming
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Blue Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Blue Team over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 622 774
Rank change year-on-year +100 +152 -157
Contract jobs citing Blue Team 15 40 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.080% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.089% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 2
10th Percentile £488 £534 -
25th Percentile £494 £550 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £606 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +21.10% -1.48%
75th Percentile £598 £659 £525
90th Percentile - £700 -
UK median daily rate £550 £606 £500
% change year-on-year -9.17% +21.10% -13.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Blue Team 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,086 45,187 64,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.18% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,040 31,727 45,864
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,256 1,594 1,765
10th Percentile £12.96 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.69
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Blue Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Blue Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Team in England

Blue Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Blue Team in England.

Daily rate trend for Blue Team in England

Blue Team
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blue Team in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Blue Team in England

Blue Team
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Team within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
London +80 7 £590 -5.60%
South West +19 3 £525 -19.23% 1
East of England - 2 £750 -
South East +12 1 £575 - 1
Blue Team
UK

Blue Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (20.00%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (53.33%) Banking
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Information Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (33.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (6.67%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Linux
3 3 (20.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 10 (66.67%) Red Team
2 10 (66.67%) SIEM
3 8 (53.33%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (46.67%) Incident Response
4 7 (46.67%) Threat Detection
4 7 (46.67%) Use Case
5 6 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 6 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
8 3 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
8 3 (20.00%) Product Strategy
8 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
9 2 (13.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (13.33%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (6.67%) Bash
2 1 (6.67%) C#
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) NIST
2 3 (20.00%) NIST 800
3 2 (13.33%) GDPR
3 2 (13.33%) SLA
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Darktrace
3 1 (6.67%) Qualys