Security Posture Contract Job Trends 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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 33 53
Rank change year-on-year -5 +20 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 2 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.60% 2.02% 0.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.06% 8.06% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile - £565 £433
25th Percentile £538 £625 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £900 £665
Median % change year-on-year -36.11% +35.34% +121.67%
75th Percentile £613 - £669
90th Percentile - - £670
South West median daily rate £525 £781 £600
% change year-on-year -32.80% +30.21% -

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 97 62 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 29.13% 25.00% 22.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 43 63
10th Percentile £191 £215 £313
25th Percentile £300 £278 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.72% -0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £606 £676 £594
90th Percentile £625 £735 £691
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 11
10th Percentile £29.75 £29.89 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.17 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +85.11% -76.44%
75th Percentile £33.75 £45.75 £45.50
90th Percentile £46.65 £75.00 £70.00
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £29.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +97.76% -47.27% +461.22%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Security Posture

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 10 June 2026. 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
Cheltenham -5 2 £575 -11.54% 3
Security Posture
South West

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CSOC
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team