Cyber Resilience Contracts in England

Cyber Resilience
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cyber Resilience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Resilience over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 488 546
Rank change year-on-year +37 +58 +205
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 60 39 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 31 45
10th Percentile £363 £475 £525
25th Percentile £500 £508 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £583 £675
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -13.70% +10.43%
75th Percentile £756 £681 £800
90th Percentile £904 £775 £813
UK median daily rate £565 £626 £638
% change year-on-year -9.74% -1.80% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £63.70
25th Percentile - - £69.67
Median hourly rate £32.77 - £77.74
75th Percentile - - £87.19
90th Percentile - - £88.88
UK median hourly rate £32.77 - £77.74
% change year-on-year - - +29.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cyber Resilience 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 England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,010 28,449 38,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.76% 85.74% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,918 18,264 26,994
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £421 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £753 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,465 1,500 1,379
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.08 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.29 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +54.55%

Cyber Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Resilience in England

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Resilience

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Resilience in England over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Resilience in England

Cyber Resilience
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Resilience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Resilience

Cyber Resilience
DemandTrendContract 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 Resilience within the England region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +28 27 £653 +4.23% 9
South East +21 11 £562 -23.80% 11
North of England -26 9 £600 +19.90% 20
West Midlands +1 8 £513 -2.38% 1
Midlands -3 8 £513 -2.38% 1
Yorkshire -7 6 £600 +20.00% 14
South West +23 4 £813 +8.33% 7
North West -14 3 £480 -4.00% 5
Cyber Resilience
UK

Cyber Resilience
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.33%) AutoCAD
2 2 (3.33%) MicroStation
2 2 (3.33%) Revit
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.33%) Azure
2 8 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.67%) AWS
3 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.33%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.33%) IaaS
5 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.33%) SaaS
6 1 (1.67%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.67%) GCP
6 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.33%) SD-WAN
2 3 (5.00%) Firewall
2 3 (5.00%) LTE
2 3 (5.00%) Network Security
3 2 (3.33%) DNS
3 2 (3.33%) IPsec
3 2 (3.33%) VPN
4 1 (1.67%) 4G
4 1 (1.67%) 5G
4 1 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.67%) NAS
4 1 (1.67%) PPP
4 1 (1.67%) SAN
4 1 (1.67%) TETRA
4 1 (1.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 28 (46.67%) Finance
2 22 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.67%) Legal
5 4 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Banking
6 2 (3.33%) Electronics
6 2 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Marketing
6 2 (3.33%) Police
6 2 (3.33%) Publishing
7 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.67%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.67%) Law
7 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (21.67%) Consultant
2 7 (11.67%) Analyst
2 7 (11.67%) Security Consultant
3 6 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 6 (10.00%) Senior
4 5 (8.33%) Architect
4 5 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 5 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (8.33%) Lead
4 5 (8.33%) Security Manager
5 4 (6.67%) Change Analyst
5 4 (6.67%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.00%) Business Change Analyst
6 3 (5.00%) Coordinator
6 3 (5.00%) Head of Security
6 3 (5.00%) Programme Director
6 3 (5.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 3 (5.00%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (5.00%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) ADO
1 2 (3.33%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.67%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.67%) OAuth
2 1 (1.67%) React
2 1 (1.67%) Resque
2 1 (1.67%) RESTful
2 1 (1.67%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (1.67%) Sidekiq
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.33%) Operational Technology
2 9 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 4 (6.67%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.00%) PKI
5 3 (5.00%) SCADA
5 3 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.33%) IoT
6 2 (3.33%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.67%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.67%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.67%) Windows
2 6 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.67%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.33%) Linux
4 2 (3.33%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.33%) Unix
5 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (63.33%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (30.00%) Information Security
3 17 (28.33%) Risk Management
4 16 (26.67%) Incident Response
5 14 (23.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (21.67%) Vulnerability Management
7 12 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (18.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 11 (18.33%) Threat Intelligence
9 10 (16.67%) Zero Trust
10 9 (15.00%) Agile
10 9 (15.00%) Change Management
11 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (13.33%) Roadmaps
12 7 (11.67%) Business Continuity
12 7 (11.67%) Computer Science
12 7 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (11.67%) Programme Governance
12 7 (11.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) Java
1 1 (1.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.67%) Python
1 1 (1.67%) Ruby
1 1 (1.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (16.67%) Degree
2 9 (15.00%) CISM
2 9 (15.00%) CISSP
2 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (5.00%) CISA
5 3 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.33%) CCSP
6 2 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.33%) GCFA
6 2 (3.33%) GCFE
6 2 (3.33%) GCIH
6 2 (3.33%) GREM
6 2 (3.33%) HNC
6 2 (3.33%) HND
6 2 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (31.67%) NIST
2 16 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (11.67%) GDPR
4 5 (8.33%) Accessibility
4 5 (8.33%) QA
5 4 (6.67%) COBIT
5 4 (6.67%) GRC
5 4 (6.67%) SLA
6 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.33%) NCSC
7 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.67%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.67%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.67%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.67%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) Docker
2 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.67%) SCCM
3 2 (3.33%) EnCase
3 2 (3.33%) FTK
4 1 (1.67%) Ansible
4 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.67%) QRadar
4 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (31.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.67%) Tenable
2 4 (6.67%) VMware
3 3 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (3.33%) Autodesk
4 2 (3.33%) Cisco
4 2 (3.33%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.33%) Dell
4 2 (3.33%) EMC
4 2 (3.33%) SAP
4 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.67%) Citrix
5 1 (1.67%) F5
5 1 (1.67%) Hitachi
5 1 (1.67%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.67%) SonicWALL
5 1 (1.67%) Splunk
5 1 (1.67%) Zscaler