Rapid7 Contract Job Trends in England

Rapid7
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Rapid7 products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Rapid7 over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Rapid7 LLC.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 513 561
Rank change year-on-year +21 +48 +163
Contract jobs citing Rapid7 32 10 32
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.032% 0.079%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.071% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 21
10th Percentile £291 £398 £350
25th Percentile £371 £460 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.81% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £494 £625 £530
90th Percentile £532 £665 £675
UK median daily rate £445 £546 £500
% change year-on-year -18.50% +9.20% -11.11%

All Vendors
England

Rapid7 falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,647 14,133 18,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.85% 44.90% 44.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,697 8,471 11,987
10th Percentile £278 £300 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £644
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 667 467 629
10th Percentile £15.08 £15.00 £15.24
25th Percentile £17.99 £15.99 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.08 £35.36 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% -19.45% +75.60%
75th Percentile £43.23 £65.00 £63.29
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £76.31
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -24.24% -24.72% +79.95%

Rapid7
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Rapid7 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Rapid7 job vacancy trend in England

Rapid7
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Rapid7.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Rapid7

Rapid7
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Rapid7 in England over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Rapid7 in England

Rapid7
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 Rapid7 within the England region over the 6 months to 25 October 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 +12 13 £380 -24.00% 8
Midlands -25 7 £449 -20.81%
East Midlands - 7 £449 -
North of England -28 4 £520 -16.80%
South East +8 3 £356 -26.92% 14
Yorkshire -21 2 £520 -16.80%
North West - 2 £330 -
East of England - 2 £475 -
Rapid7
UK

Rapid7
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:

Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) AWS
2 9 (28.13%) Azure
2 9 (28.13%) Power Platform
3 3 (9.38%) GCP
4 2 (6.25%) OCI
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.13%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (6.25%) Network Security
3 1 (3.13%) DNS
3 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.13%) SSL
3 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) tcpdump
3 1 (3.13%) WAN
3 1 (3.13%) Wireless
3 1 (3.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) Power BI
2 7 (21.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (31.25%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) Snyk
General
1 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Finance
2 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Banking
3 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Games
3 1 (3.13%) Legal
3 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (15.63%) Security Specialist
2 4 (12.50%) Consultant
2 4 (12.50%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 4 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
3 3 (9.38%) Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Lead
3 3 (9.38%) Security Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) IT Support
4 2 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Management Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Security Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Security Operations Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Security Tester
4 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (34.38%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.13%) CSOC
4 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.13%) MISP
4 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (28.13%) Windows
2 5 (15.63%) Linux
2 5 (15.63%) Mac OS
3 3 (9.38%) Android
3 3 (9.38%) Apple iOS
4 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.13%) CentOS
5 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.13%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.13%) Unix
5 1 (3.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Vulnerability Management
2 15 (46.88%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (34.38%) Information Security
4 10 (31.25%) Cloud Security
4 10 (31.25%) IT Audit
5 8 (25.00%) Agile
5 8 (25.00%) Kanban
6 7 (21.88%) Incident Response
6 7 (21.88%) Security Operations
6 7 (21.88%) SIEM
6 7 (21.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 6 (18.75%) AI
7 6 (18.75%) Generative AI
7 6 (18.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 6 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 6 (18.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (15.63%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (12.50%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) Bash
2 2 (6.25%) Java
2 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) CISA
1 13 (40.63%) CISM
1 13 (40.63%) CISSP
2 10 (31.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 6 (18.75%) Degree
4 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.25%) GCIA
5 2 (6.25%) GCIH
5 2 (6.25%) GIAC
5 2 (6.25%) SSCP
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.13%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 1 (3.13%) CCIE Security
6 1 (3.13%) CCSA
6 1 (3.13%) CCSE
6 1 (3.13%) CEH
6 1 (3.13%) CSSLP
6 1 (3.13%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (50.00%) NIST
2 12 (37.50%) NIST 800
3 10 (31.25%) COBIT
3 10 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (9.38%) PCI DSS
4 3 (9.38%) QA
5 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) RSA Archer
2 7 (21.88%) Nessus
3 4 (12.50%) QRadar
4 3 (9.38%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (9.38%) SCCM
5 2 (6.25%) Ansible
5 2 (6.25%) CASB
5 2 (6.25%) Nexpose
5 2 (6.25%) WSUS
6 1 (3.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) ServiceNow
2 11 (34.38%) Tenable
3 10 (31.25%) Qualys
4 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
5 8 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (21.88%) Alteryx
7 4 (12.50%) Splunk
8 3 (9.38%) Carbon Black
8 3 (9.38%) Cisco
8 3 (9.38%) Palo Alto
8 3 (9.38%) Tanium
8 3 (9.38%) Zscaler
9 2 (6.25%) IBM
9 2 (6.25%) Proofpoint
9 2 (6.25%) Veracode
10 1 (3.13%) ArcSight
10 1 (3.13%) CyberArk
10 1 (3.13%) iManage
10 1 (3.13%) LogRhythm
10 1 (3.13%) Progress