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 in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Insider Threat over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 527 662
Rank change year-on-year +59 +135 +110
Contract jobs citing Insider Threat 18 14 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.038% 0.022%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.12% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 9
10th Percentile £499 - £503
25th Percentile £556 £300 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -14.29% -0.43%
75th Percentile £716 £638 £550
90th Percentile £738 £716 £552
UK median daily rate £575 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +27.78% -14.29% +3.24%

All Generic Skills
England

Insider 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 8,332 11,451 16,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.13% 30.82% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,444 7,498 11,765
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 827 587
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.91 £30.16 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% +34.13% -16.72%
75th Percentile £64.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.20 £70.00 £75.20
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 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 +56 17 £650 -10.34% 8
North of England +20 1 £600 +33.26%
North West +11 1 £600 +33.26%
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 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (11.11%) GCP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Legal
4 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Lead
2 3 (16.67%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Splunk Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Shadow IT
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Unix
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Data Loss Prevention
1 10 (55.56%) Data Protection
1 10 (55.56%) UEBA
2 8 (44.44%) Data Privacy
2 8 (44.44%) Information Security
3 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (38.89%) Incident Response
4 6 (33.33%) Threat Management
5 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 4 (22.22%) Threat Detection
5 4 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (16.67%) Analytics
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 3 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 4 (22.22%) Python
2 2 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (5.56%) Shell Script
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) CISM
1 13 (72.22%) CISSP
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) CEH
4 1 (5.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 10 (55.56%) GDPR
1 10 (55.56%) HIPAA
1 10 (55.56%) SOC 2
2 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (16.67%) NIST
3 2 (11.11%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (55.56%) CASB
2 1 (5.56%) Ansible
2 1 (5.56%) Progress Chef
2 1 (5.56%) Puppet
2 1 (5.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) CyberArk
3 2 (11.11%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco
4 1 (5.56%) IBM
4 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto