Cyber Threat Contracts 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 337 445
Rank change year-on-year -36 +108 +164
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cyber Threat 134 191 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.57% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.37% 1.87% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 116 123
10th Percentile £432 £525 £480
25th Percentile £496 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £663 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +10.42% -4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £803 £725
90th Percentile £775 £850 £790
UK median daily rate £550 £636 £593
% change year-on-year -13.56% +7.25% -5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 1
10th Percentile £45.00 £42.25 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +17.35% -3.49%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.38 -
90th Percentile £82.68 £77.30 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +17.35% -3.49%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,758 10,223 14,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.37% 30.75% 32.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,141 6,610 10,141
10th Percentile £306 £302 £303
25th Percentile £408 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 503 522 369
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.53 £16.85
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 £47.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.13% +11.05% +65.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -34.44% +10.86% +56.12%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat 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 19 August 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 19 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 +5 50 £525 -12.50% 110
East of England +36 25 £650 - 16
South East +13 24 £523 -24.28% 50
South West +1 18 £750 +8.70% 25
North West -16 13 £508 -26.88% 26
North of England -45 13 £508 -31.84% 46
West Midlands -16 2 - - 12
Midlands -24 2 - - 15
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
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 2 (1.49%) CMS
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 31 (23.13%) Azure
2 26 (19.40%) AWS
3 15 (11.19%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (7.46%) GCP
5 8 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.73%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.24%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.49%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.49%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.49%) OpenDNS
9 2 (1.49%) SaaS
10 1 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.75%) GitHub
10 1 (0.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (21.64%) Firewall
2 22 (16.42%) Network Security
3 17 (12.69%) HTTP
4 14 (10.45%) DNS
4 14 (10.45%) SMTP
5 13 (9.70%) FTP
5 13 (9.70%) SSL
6 6 (4.48%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (2.99%) VPN
8 2 (1.49%) FCoE
8 2 (1.49%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.49%) Internet
8 2 (1.49%) iSCSI
8 2 (1.49%) SAN
8 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.75%) DHCP
9 1 (0.75%) tcpdump
9 1 (0.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.99%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.75%) Big Data
2 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) GitLab
1 3 (2.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.75%) Metasploit
General
1 41 (30.60%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (27.61%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.93%) Finance
4 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.48%) Law
5 6 (4.48%) Legal
6 4 (2.99%) Back Office
7 3 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.24%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.24%) Military
7 3 (2.24%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.49%) Banking
8 2 (1.49%) Electronics
8 2 (1.49%) Marketing
9 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (35.07%) Analyst
2 28 (20.90%) SOC Analyst
3 24 (17.91%) Security Engineer
4 15 (11.19%) Architect
5 14 (10.45%) Security Analyst
6 12 (8.96%) Lead
7 9 (6.72%) Security Architect
7 9 (6.72%) Senior
8 7 (5.22%) SIEM Engineer
9 5 (3.73%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (3.73%) Operations Analyst
9 5 (3.73%) Security Operations Analyst
9 5 (3.73%) Security Specialist
9 5 (3.73%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.99%) Consultant
10 4 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (2.99%) Head of Security
10 4 (2.99%) Security Manager
10 4 (2.99%) SOC Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.45%) LDAP
2 4 (2.99%) JSON
2 4 (2.99%) REST
3 2 (1.49%) OAuth
3 2 (1.49%) RESTful
3 2 (1.49%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.75%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.75%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.75%) NestJS
4 1 (0.75%) Node.js
4 1 (0.75%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.75%) OpenID
4 1 (0.75%) Resque
4 1 (0.75%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.75%) SAML
4 1 (0.75%) Sidekiq
4 1 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (26.12%) Security Operations Centre
2 28 (20.90%) Management Information System
3 19 (14.18%) CSOC
4 15 (11.19%) Security Posture
5 14 (10.45%) Cyberattack
6 13 (9.70%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (8.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (5.22%) Onboarding
9 5 (3.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (2.99%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.99%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (2.99%) PKI
11 3 (2.24%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.49%) Algorithms
12 2 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (1.49%) SCADA
13 1 (0.75%) Cybercrime
13 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.75%) e-Learning
13 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.93%) Windows
2 16 (11.94%) Linux
3 2 (1.49%) CentOS
4 1 (0.75%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.75%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (72.39%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (58.21%) Incident Response
3 74 (55.22%) SIEM
4 60 (44.78%) Security Operations
5 47 (35.07%) Threat Intelligence
6 46 (34.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 30 (22.39%) Threat Detection
8 29 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (20.90%) Vulnerability Management
10 27 (20.15%) Information Security
11 26 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (17.16%) Threat Modelling
13 22 (16.42%) SOAR
14 20 (14.93%) Analytics
15 18 (13.43%) Cyber Intelligence
16 17 (12.69%) Cloud Security
16 17 (12.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 15 (11.19%) Penetration Testing
17 15 (11.19%) Risk Management
17 15 (11.19%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (29.10%) Python
2 33 (24.63%) PowerShell
3 13 (9.70%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (4.48%) Bash
5 4 (2.99%) Java
5 4 (2.99%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.75%) C++
6 1 (0.75%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.75%) R
6 1 (0.75%) Ruby
6 1 (0.75%) Rust
6 1 (0.75%) SQL
6 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (41.79%) Security Cleared
2 49 (36.57%) SC Cleared
3 22 (16.42%) CISSP
4 13 (9.70%) DV Cleared
4 13 (9.70%) GIAC
5 12 (8.96%) CISM
6 8 (5.97%) CEH
6 8 (5.97%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (5.97%) GCIA
7 7 (5.22%) GCIH
8 5 (3.73%) Degree
8 5 (3.73%) GCFA
9 4 (2.99%) CISA
10 3 (2.24%) CFCE
10 3 (2.24%) OSCP
11 2 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (1.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (20.15%) NIST
2 23 (17.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (8.21%) GDPR
3 11 (8.21%) NCSC
4 5 (3.73%) HIPAA
4 5 (3.73%) QA
5 4 (2.99%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.99%) GRC
6 3 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.24%) NIST 800
6 3 (2.24%) SLA
7 2 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.49%) COBIT
7 2 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.49%) JSP 440
7 2 (1.49%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.75%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.99%) Docker
3 2 (1.49%) Snort
3 2 (1.49%) Squid
3 2 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.48%) Nessus
2 4 (2.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (2.99%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.24%) Ansible
3 3 (2.24%) Nexpose
3 3 (2.24%) Progress Chef
3 3 (2.24%) QRadar
4 2 (1.49%) Suricata
5 1 (0.75%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.75%) OpenVAS
5 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (29.85%) Microsoft
2 26 (19.40%) Splunk
3 10 (7.46%) CrowdStrike
4 8 (5.97%) Palo Alto
5 7 (5.22%) Google
6 6 (4.48%) ArcSight
6 6 (4.48%) LogRhythm
7 5 (3.73%) Qualys
7 5 (3.73%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.99%) Cisco
8 4 (2.99%) FireEye
8 4 (2.99%) VMware
9 3 (2.24%) Carbon Black
9 3 (2.24%) Dell
9 3 (2.24%) F5
9 3 (2.24%) ForgeRock
9 3 (2.24%) Hitachi
9 3 (2.24%) Proofpoint
9 3 (2.24%) Sun
9 3 (2.24%) Thycotic