SANS Contracts in England

SANS Institute
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 487 559
Rank change year-on-year +29 +72 +166
Contract jobs citing SANS 24 50 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.098% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.44% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 38 57
10th Percentile £550 - £515
25th Percentile £631 £463 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +1.82%
75th Percentile £750 £770 £750
90th Percentile - £825 £838
UK median daily rate £700 £675 £700
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £62.75
25th Percentile - - £65.19
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £77.63
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,704 11,250 13,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.47% 30.87% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,909 6,955 8,888
10th Percentile £285 £313 £331
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 970 677
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.91 £20.47
Median hourly rate £39.66 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -23.81% +28.28%
75th Percentile £67.50 £61.60 £67.50
90th Percentile £81.35 £77.50 £80.10
UK median hourly rate £37.25 £40.00 £54.28
% change year-on-year -6.88% -26.31% +23.50%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SANS in England

SANS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SANS in England

SANS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SANS in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SANS in England

SANS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SANS in England.

Hourly rate trend for SANS in England

SANS
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 SANS within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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 +39 16 £700 -6.67% 18
Midlands - 4 £713 - 23
West Midlands - 4 £713 - 12
South East - 3 £550 - 25
SANS
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SANS
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 (20.83%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) GCP
2 3 (12.50%) OCI
3 2 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) Network Security
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.17%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) GitLab
2 5 (20.83%) Snyk
2 5 (20.83%) SonarQube
3 4 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Legal
3 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Architect
2 7 (29.17%) Security Architect
3 6 (25.00%) Senior
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Architect
4 5 (20.83%) Senior Security Architect
5 3 (12.50%) Security Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (8.33%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Service Delivery Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Service Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Consultant
7 1 (4.17%) DevSecOps Consultant
7 1 (4.17%) IT Security Officer
7 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 2 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) PKI
3 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (37.50%) DevSecOps
3 8 (33.33%) SABSA
4 7 (29.17%) DevOps
4 7 (29.17%) OWASP
4 7 (29.17%) Secure Coding
4 7 (29.17%) Static Application Security Testing
5 6 (25.00%) Information Security
5 6 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 6 (25.00%) SIEM
6 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
6 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
8 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.50%) Time Management
8 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Bash
1 7 (29.17%) PowerShell
1 7 (29.17%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) Perl
3 1 (4.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 17 (70.83%) CISSP
2 11 (45.83%) GIAC
3 10 (41.67%) CISA
4 8 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (29.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (25.00%) CCSK
7 5 (20.83%) CISM
7 5 (20.83%) CRISC
8 4 (16.67%) OSCP
9 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
10 2 (8.33%) CCSP
10 2 (8.33%) CEH
10 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (8.33%) Degree
10 2 (8.33%) ISACA
10 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
10 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
11 1 (4.17%) CCNA
11 1 (4.17%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (33.33%) NIST
2 5 (20.83%) NIST 800
3 2 (8.33%) GDPR
4 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.17%) CASB
2 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Coverity
1 5 (20.83%) Veracode
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco
2 3 (12.50%) Splunk
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Tenable
4 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.17%) Forcepoint
4 1 (4.17%) Google
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.17%) Rapid7