Cyber Kill Chain Contract Job Trends in England

Cyber Kill Chain
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Kill Chain in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Kill Chain over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 478 556
Rank change year-on-year -17 +78 +177
Contract jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain 22 53 47
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.079% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.53% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 41 27
10th Percentile £456 £619 £461
25th Percentile £463 £671 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.29% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £649 £795 £650
90th Percentile £720 £850 £750
UK median daily rate £580 £750 £593
% change year-on-year -22.67% +26.48% +7.82%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Kill Chain falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10,143 10,032 13,610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.32% 30.93% 32.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,353 6,064 9,401
10th Percentile £300 £294 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% -1.32% -2.22%
75th Percentile £645 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £825 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £527 £550
% change year-on-year -1.28% -4.23% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 528 372 438
10th Percentile £15.13 £15.75 £17.24
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £22.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £46.03
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +24.59% +79.04%
75th Percentile £56.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.16 £78.11
UK median hourly rate £28.13 £49.75 £44.75
% change year-on-year -43.47% +11.17% +74.06%

Cyber Kill Chain
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Kill Chain relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cyber Kill Chain job vacancy trend in England

Cyber Kill Chain
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Kill Chain.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Kill Chain

Cyber Kill Chain
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain in England over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Kill Chain in England

Cyber Kill Chain
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 Kill Chain within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
London +24 13 £475 -19.15% 3
South East +8 4 £590 -14.49% 3
East of England - 4 £602 - 1
South West -3 1 - - 1
Cyber Kill Chain
UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) AWS
2 6 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) Network Security
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Electronics
6 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.55%) Marketing
6 1 (4.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Developer
3 2 (9.09%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) SIEM Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Security Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) SOC Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (27.27%) Security Posture
3 4 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
5 2 (9.09%) STIX
5 2 (9.09%) YARA
6 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Linux
3 3 (13.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Incident Response
2 16 (72.73%) Threat Intelligence
3 15 (68.18%) SIEM
4 13 (59.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 13 (59.09%) Security Operations
4 13 (59.09%) Threat Detection
5 12 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (31.82%) Purple Team
7 7 (31.82%) Red Team
8 6 (27.27%) Blue Team
8 6 (27.27%) Cyber Intelligence
8 6 (27.27%) ITSM
8 6 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
9 5 (22.73%) Cyber Threat Analysis
9 5 (22.73%) Information Assurance
9 5 (22.73%) OSINT
9 5 (22.73%) Threat Analysis
9 5 (22.73%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (31.82%) Python
3 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
4 2 (9.09%) C++
4 2 (9.09%) Java
4 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) CompTIA Security+
2 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) GCIA
4 5 (22.73%) GCFA
4 5 (22.73%) GCIH
5 4 (18.18%) CISSP
6 3 (13.64%) Degree
7 2 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (9.09%) CEH
7 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (9.09%) CISM
7 2 (9.09%) ECSA
7 2 (9.09%) GPEN
7 2 (9.09%) GWAPT
7 2 (9.09%) OSCP
8 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.55%) GCED
8 1 (4.55%) GIAC
8 1 (4.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (54.55%) NIST
2 7 (31.82%) GDPR
2 7 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Citrix
2 5 (22.73%) Forcepoint
2 5 (22.73%) Fortinet
3 4 (18.18%) Splunk
4 3 (13.64%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (9.09%) Computacenter
5 2 (9.09%) IBM
6 1 (4.55%) LogRhythm
6 1 (4.55%) SAP
6 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.55%) Trend Micro