Cyber Security Posture Contracts in England

Cybersecurity Posture
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 633 778
Rank change year-on-year +109 +145 -153
Contract jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 14 22 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.044% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.13% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 6
10th Percentile £475 £593 -
25th Percentile £488 £636 £758
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £750 £763
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% -1.64% +8.93%
75th Percentile £638 - £770
90th Percentile £650 - -
UK median daily rate £588 £750 £760
% change year-on-year -21.67% -1.32% +8.57%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Security Posture 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 11,373 16,983 24,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.76% 33.65% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,428 11,801 17,096
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 820 591 641
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +28.97% -18.24% +3.19%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Security Posture in England

Cyber Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Security Posture in England

Cyber Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Security Posture in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Security Posture in England

Cyber Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +101 7 £650 -13.33% 6
South West - 4 £475 -
West Midlands - 2 £488 - 1
Midlands - 2 £488 - 1
South East - 1 £600 - 4
Cyber Security Posture
UK

Cyber Security Posture
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) IaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) PaaS
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Architect
1 3 (21.43%) Lead
1 3 (21.43%) Security Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Chief Information Security Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Chief Risk Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Chief Security Officer
3 1 (7.14%) CyberArk Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Information Governance Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Security Officer
3 1 (7.14%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
3 3 (21.43%) SABSA
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Process Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.14%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Data Governance
5 1 (7.14%) Economics
5 1 (7.14%) Information Management
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) Security Management
5 1 (7.14%) SIEM
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C#
1 1 (7.14%) Java
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) Ruby
1 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) CISSP
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) CISM
4 2 (14.29%) CRISC
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (7.14%) CCSK
5 1 (7.14%) CEH
5 1 (7.14%) CISA
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.14%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) NIST
2 3 (21.43%) GDPR
2 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (14.29%) GRC
3 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (14.29%) NCSC
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) CyberArk