Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in England

Cyber Threats
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 383 413
Rank change year-on-year +3 +30 +176
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 159 113 148
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.39% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.42% 1.21% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 62 93
10th Percentile £449 £464 £420
25th Percentile £475 £541 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £705 £709 £725
90th Percentile £791 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £586 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -4.37% -2.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 10
10th Percentile £41.94 £38.25 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.25 £42.25
Median hourly rate £55.50 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.84% +6.74% -35.51%
75th Percentile £75.00 £53.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £78.50 £56.75 £49.00
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year +16.84% +6.74% -35.51%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Threat 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 11,210 9,355 11,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.60% 32.39% 31.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,064 5,674 8,056
10th Percentile £281 £279 £263
25th Percentile £408 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 277 458
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 £16.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.59 £20.89
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.25%
75th Percentile £61.50 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -16.92% -22.94% +21.43%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in England

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cyber Threat
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cyber Threat in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the England region over the 6 months to 20 December 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 +4 65 £518 -15.51% 21
East of England 0 25 £650 +20.93% 8
South East -10 21 £560 -6.67% 17
South West +3 17 £775 +12.67% 1
North of England -44 17 £501 -28.23% 14
North West -23 12 £515 -26.14% 11
West Midlands -30 9 £600 -22.58% 3
Midlands -37 9 £600 -22.58% 5
Yorkshire -46 5 £450 -
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.32%) Azure
2 14 (8.81%) AWS
3 8 (5.03%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (5.03%) GCP
3 8 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.14%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.89%) SaaS
6 2 (1.26%) Cloudflare
6 2 (1.26%) OpenDNS
7 1 (0.63%) Akamai
7 1 (0.63%) Asana
7 1 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.84%) Network Security
2 16 (10.06%) DNS
2 16 (10.06%) Firewall
3 13 (8.18%) FTP
3 13 (8.18%) HTTP
3 13 (8.18%) SMTP
3 13 (8.18%) SSL
4 5 (3.14%) Internet
4 5 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.52%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.63%) Power BI
1 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.63%) Metasploit
General
1 43 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 42 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.06%) Finance
4 14 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.66%) Legal
5 9 (5.66%) Telecoms
6 8 (5.03%) Banking
7 6 (3.77%) Back Office
8 5 (3.14%) Law
8 5 (3.14%) Military
8 5 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Electronics
9 4 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.52%) Marketing
9 4 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 60 (37.74%) Analyst
2 32 (20.13%) SOC Analyst
3 27 (16.98%) Senior
4 20 (12.58%) Security Analyst
5 14 (8.81%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (8.18%) Architect
7 12 (7.55%) Security Engineer
8 9 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 9 (5.66%) Lead
9 8 (5.03%) Security Specialist
10 7 (4.40%) Project Manager
10 7 (4.40%) Security Architect
11 6 (3.77%) Consultant
11 6 (3.77%) SOC Architect
11 6 (3.77%) Technical Manager
11 6 (3.77%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 5 (3.14%) Automation Engineer
12 5 (3.14%) Cyber Threat Analyst
12 5 (3.14%) Network Support
12 5 (3.14%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.18%) LDAP
2 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.89%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.63%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.63%) OAuth
3 1 (0.63%) Resque
3 1 (0.63%) RESTful
3 1 (0.63%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (0.63%) Sidekiq
3 1 (0.63%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.38%) Security Operations Centre
2 30 (18.87%) Management Information System
3 19 (11.95%) CSOC
3 19 (11.95%) Cyberattack
4 14 (8.81%) Cyber Defence
4 14 (8.81%) Security Posture
5 13 (8.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (7.55%) Onboarding
7 8 (5.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (3.77%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.14%) Cybercrime
10 3 (1.89%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.89%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.26%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.26%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.18%) Windows
2 11 (6.92%) Linux
3 3 (1.89%) Android
3 3 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.63%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (70.44%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (50.31%) Incident Response
3 62 (38.99%) SIEM
4 60 (37.74%) Security Operations
5 51 (32.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 51 (32.08%) Threat Intelligence
6 36 (22.64%) Cyber Intelligence
6 36 (22.64%) Threat Detection
7 34 (21.38%) Information Security
8 29 (18.24%) Threat Modelling
9 26 (16.35%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 25 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (15.72%) Vulnerability Management
11 22 (13.84%) SOAR
12 20 (12.58%) Actionable Insight
12 20 (12.58%) Risk Management
13 19 (11.95%) Analytics
14 16 (10.06%) AI
15 15 (9.43%) Information Management
15 15 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.50%) Python
2 28 (17.61%) PowerShell
3 8 (5.03%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.89%) Java
4 3 (1.89%) Perl
5 2 (1.26%) Bash
5 2 (1.26%) SQL
6 1 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 79 (49.69%) Security Cleared
2 62 (38.99%) SC Cleared
3 26 (16.35%) DV Cleared
4 23 (14.47%) CISSP
5 16 (10.06%) CISM
6 13 (8.18%) GIAC
7 12 (7.55%) Degree
8 9 (5.66%) CEH
9 7 (4.40%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (3.77%) GCFA
10 6 (3.77%) GCIH
10 6 (3.77%) OSCP
11 5 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (3.14%) CFCE
11 5 (3.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (3.14%) GCIA
11 5 (3.14%) GREM
12 3 (1.89%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.89%) CISA
12 3 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (28.30%) NIST
2 36 (22.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (13.84%) NCSC
4 17 (10.69%) GDPR
5 13 (8.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.77%) JSP 440
8 4 (2.52%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.89%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.89%) QA
9 3 (1.89%) SLA
10 2 (1.26%) COBIT
10 2 (1.26%) GRC
10 2 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (1.26%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.63%) ITGC
11 1 (0.63%) PMO
11 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.89%) Docker
3 2 (1.26%) Snort
3 2 (1.26%) Squid
Systems Management
1 6 (3.77%) Nessus
2 4 (2.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.52%) Nexpose
3 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.26%) QRadar
4 2 (1.26%) Suricata
5 1 (0.63%) CASB
5 1 (0.63%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.63%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (22.01%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.21%) Splunk
3 10 (6.29%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (4.40%) CyberArk
4 7 (4.40%) Google
5 6 (3.77%) LogRhythm
5 6 (3.77%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.52%) ArcSight
6 4 (2.52%) Qualys
6 4 (2.52%) SAP
7 3 (1.89%) Computacenter
7 3 (1.89%) Tenable
8 2 (1.26%) Blue Coat
8 2 (1.26%) Carbon Black
8 2 (1.26%) Cisco
8 2 (1.26%) FireEye
8 2 (1.26%) QAD
8 2 (1.26%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.26%) Tanium
8 2 (1.26%) Zscaler