Security Posture Contracts in Gloucestershire

Security Posture
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 54 62
Rank change year-on-year +21 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 8 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 2.92% 0.93% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.27% 4.12% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £430 £433 -
25th Percentile £500 £519 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £665 £300
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +121.67% -17.24%
75th Percentile £900 £669 -
90th Percentile - £670 -
South West median daily rate £656 £425 £663
% change year-on-year +54.41% -35.85% -14.52%

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

Security Posture 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 71 97 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 25.91% 22.61% 24.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 59 87
10th Percentile £211 £295 £200
25th Percentile £414 £369 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +10.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £685
South West median daily rate £535 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 16
10th Percentile £28.81 - £63.75
25th Percentile £31.50 £14.00 £70.38
Median hourly rate £34.50 £15.89 £80.66
Median % change year-on-year +117.12% -80.30% +303.28%
75th Percentile £65.25 £21.00 £83.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £30.80 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +11.11% +359.18% -80.30%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Gloucestershire

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Gloucestershire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Gloucestershire

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Gloucester - 6 £900 - 1
Cheltenham +8 1 £650 -2.26% 2
Security Posture
South West

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Security Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 3 (37.50%) Application Security
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Task Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Event Correlation
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) McAfee
3 2 (25.00%) Symantec