Insider Threat Contracts in England

Insider Threats
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insider Threat in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Insider Threat over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 652 767
Rank change year-on-year +131 +115 -145
Contract jobs citing Insider Threat 14 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.022% 0.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.065% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 8
10th Percentile - £503 £482
25th Percentile £300 £513 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £527
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -0.43% +15.25%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £563
90th Percentile £716 £552 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £509
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.24% +15.57%

All Generic Skills
England

Insider Threat 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 17,010 24,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,425 11,824 17,120
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £437
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 818 598 643
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% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

Insider Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Insider Threat in England

Insider Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Insider Threat in England.

Daily rate trend for Insider Threat in England

Insider Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Insider Threat in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Insider Threat in England

Insider 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 Insider Threat within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
North of England +30 4 £450 -14.24%
North West - 4 £450 -
South West - 4 £300 - 1
London +102 3 £725 +52.63% 2
East of England +17 1 £450 -18.18%
East Midlands - 1 £625 -
Midlands - 1 £625 -
Insider Threat
UK

Insider 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Banking
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
1 4 (28.57%) Java Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Splunk Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Java Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) GWT
1 5 (35.71%) JAX-RS
1 5 (35.71%) REST
1 5 (35.71%) Restlet
1 5 (35.71%) SAML
1 5 (35.71%) Spring
1 5 (35.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Cyberattack
1 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
2 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Analytics
2 5 (35.71%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Data Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) Data Ingestion
4 3 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (21.43%) Data Mapping
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) ETL
4 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
4 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
4 3 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (14.29%) Advanced Persistent Threat
5 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 2 (14.29%) SIEM
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Java
2 3 (21.43%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) Search Processing Language
2 3 (21.43%) Shell Script
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) CISM
2 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Google
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (21.43%) Splunk
4 1 (7.14%) Proofpoint
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Symantec
4 1 (7.14%) Zscaler