Cyber Defence Contracts in England

Cyber Defence
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 407 593 748
Rank change year-on-year +186 +155 -154
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 141 63 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.13% 0.059%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.24% 0.37% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 41 31
10th Percentile £523 £600 £613
25th Percentile £575 £625 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £726 £725
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +0.13% +34.88%
75th Percentile £850 £788 £763
90th Percentile - £813 £765
UK median daily rate £645 £713 £725
% change year-on-year -9.53% -1.66% +31.82%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Defence is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,389 16,804 24,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.72% 33.64% 33.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,486 11,666 17,145
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 819 591 637
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.09% -15.15% +1.09%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £66.69
UK median hourly rate £30.12 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.96% -18.24% +4.47%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in England.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
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 Cyber Defence within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
South West +63 49 £582 -9.06% 7
South East +60 40 £800 - 3
Midlands +53 34 £645 -0.77% 2
West Midlands +42 34 £645 -0.77% 2
North of England +50 25 £800 +2.17% 6
Yorkshire - 22 £800 - 4
London +91 13 £725 -6.45% 8
North West +27 3 - - 2
Cyber Defence
UK

Cyber Defence
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 11 (7.80%) Azure
2 8 (5.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (4.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (19.15%) Network Security
2 15 (10.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (2.84%) Wireless
4 2 (1.42%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.64%) Big Data
2 6 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (3.55%) Burp Suite
General
1 61 (43.26%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.50%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.22%) Public Sector
4 12 (8.51%) Military
5 11 (7.80%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.55%) Banking
7 4 (2.84%) Finance
8 3 (2.13%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.42%) French Language
10 1 (0.71%) Electronics
10 1 (0.71%) Law
10 1 (0.71%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.71%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (29.08%) Analyst
2 28 (19.86%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 13 (9.22%) Lead
4 12 (8.51%) Consultant
5 11 (7.80%) SIEM Consultant
6 9 (6.38%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.67%) SOC Manager
8 6 (4.26%) Security Engineer
8 6 (4.26%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (3.55%) Ethical Hacker
9 5 (3.55%) Security Analyst
10 4 (2.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (2.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 4 (2.84%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 4 (2.84%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 2 (1.42%) Data Engineer
11 2 (1.42%) Security Architect
11 2 (1.42%) Security Manager
11 2 (1.42%) SIEM Analyst
11 2 (1.42%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.64%) Apache NiFi
2 6 (4.26%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.42%) OAuth
3 2 (1.42%) OpenID
3 2 (1.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (53.19%) Cyber Threat
2 66 (46.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 53 (37.59%) Management Information System
4 21 (14.89%) Security Operations Centre
5 20 (14.18%) Distributed Applications
6 4 (2.84%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.42%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.71%) CSOC
9 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.77%) Linux
2 13 (9.22%) Android
2 13 (9.22%) Apple iOS
2 13 (9.22%) Unix
2 13 (9.22%) Windows
3 5 (3.55%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (92.91%) Cybersecurity
2 100 (70.92%) SIEM
3 76 (53.90%) Information Security
4 67 (47.52%) Protective Monitoring
5 64 (45.39%) Incident Response
6 61 (43.26%) Incident Management
7 58 (41.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 58 (41.13%) Threat Intelligence
8 57 (40.43%) Mentoring
8 57 (40.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 47 (33.33%) Case Management
10 45 (31.91%) Root Cause Analysis
11 43 (30.50%) SOAR
12 42 (29.79%) Use Case
13 40 (28.37%) Security Operations
14 39 (27.66%) Security Architecture
15 38 (26.95%) CRM
16 19 (13.48%) Actionable Insight
17 16 (11.35%) Agile
17 16 (11.35%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.55%) Python
2 2 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 126 (89.36%) Security Cleared
2 113 (80.14%) DV Cleared
3 20 (14.18%) CISSP
4 14 (9.93%) SC Cleared
5 10 (7.09%) CISM
5 10 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (7.09%) Degree
6 7 (4.96%) OSCP
7 6 (4.26%) CEH
8 3 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.42%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.42%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.71%) GIAC
10 1 (0.71%) GREM
10 1 (0.71%) GSEC
10 1 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (36.88%) NIST
1 52 (36.88%) NIST 800
2 16 (11.35%) NCSC
2 16 (11.35%) RMADS
3 15 (10.64%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (3.55%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 16 (11.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (4.26%) Kibana
2 6 (4.26%) logstash
3 5 (3.55%) Terraform
4 1 (0.71%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 66 (46.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.51%) Red Hat
3 1 (0.71%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (0.71%) Cybereason
3 1 (0.71%) SAP
3 1 (0.71%) Symantec