Cyber Defence Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Cyber Defence
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 77 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 5 15 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.52% 1.06% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.88% 3.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £800 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% - -
South East median daily rate £500 £800 £750
% change year-on-year -37.50% +6.67% +11.28%

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

Cyber Defence 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 266 400 409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 27.62% 28.25% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 229 226
10th Percentile £325 £360 £243
25th Percentile £425 £425 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £600
90th Percentile £673 £738 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 57 44
10th Percentile £24.09 £13.50 £15.55
25th Percentile £33.00 £53.40 £21.18
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +4.27% +19.05%
75th Percentile £56.88 £61.30 £62.97
90th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £54.69
% change year-on-year -40.92% +4.87% +127.85%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in Hampshire

Cyber Defence
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cyber Defence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Portsmouth -6 2 - -
Southampton - 2 - -
Farnborough - 1 £450 - 1
Cyber Defence
South East

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Coordinator
1 2 (40.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
1 2 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Data Privacy
3 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) ISMS
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISMP
1 2 (40.00%) GSEC
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) RMADS
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk