Cybersecurity Contracts in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity 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 24 26 53
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 +13
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 46 91 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 6.17% 5.65% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.86% 6.75% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 52 36
10th Percentile £500 £519 £504
25th Percentile £520 £559 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £589
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.10% +14.94%
75th Percentile £644 £691 £680
90th Percentile £699 £850 £714
South East median daily rate £550 £589 £581
% change year-on-year -6.62% +1.33% +6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £90.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year - +105.71% +98.86%
South East median hourly rate £79.16 £87.23 £33.50
% change year-on-year -9.26% +160.39% -8.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,348 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 89.95% 83.73% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 715 797
10th Percentile £325 £388 £240
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £696
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 162 104
10th Percentile £20.10 £13.05 £18.25
25th Percentile £29.38 £25.52 £22.85
Median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the Hampshire 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
Southampton +16 13 £603 +4.87% 59
Basingstoke +32 11 £625 - 47
Farnborough -13 6 £450 -24.84% 21
Andover - 4 £594 - 3
Eastleigh -2 2 £500 +5.26%
Portsmouth -15 2 £639 -3.58% 54
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (17.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.96%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (15.22%) Power Platform
3 6 (13.04%) AWS
4 4 (8.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.52%) AWS KMS
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.17%) GCP
7 1 (2.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (23.91%) Firewall
2 7 (15.22%) Internet
2 7 (15.22%) VPN
3 6 (13.04%) Network Security
4 3 (6.52%) DHCP
4 3 (6.52%) DNS
4 3 (6.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) Power BI
2 4 (8.70%) MongoDB
General
1 12 (26.09%) Public Sector
2 8 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Finance
4 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Military
5 3 (6.52%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.35%) Electronics
6 2 (4.35%) Legal
6 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.35%) Marketing
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) IT Manager
2 8 (17.39%) IT Services Manager
2 8 (17.39%) Senior
2 8 (17.39%) Service Manager
3 7 (15.22%) Architect
4 6 (13.04%) Senior IT Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Senior Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Senior Service Manager
5 5 (10.87%) Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Lead
6 4 (8.70%) Project Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Security Manager
7 3 (6.52%) Contracts Manager
7 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (6.52%) Project Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Project Leader
7 3 (6.52%) Security Architect
7 3 (6.52%) Security Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Security Project Manager
7 3 (6.52%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) Kafka
2 3 (6.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.52%) PKI
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (2.17%) IoT
4 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) SCADA
4 1 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Linux
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Analytics
2 10 (21.74%) Contract Management
2 10 (21.74%) SIEM
3 9 (19.57%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (19.57%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (19.57%) Security Monitoring
3 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (15.22%) Case Management
5 7 (15.22%) Incident Response
6 6 (13.04%) Risk Management
6 6 (13.04%) Security Architecture
7 5 (10.87%) Antivirus Management
7 5 (10.87%) OSINT
7 5 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.87%) Server Management
7 5 (10.87%) Storage Management
8 4 (8.70%) Data Analytics
8 4 (8.70%) Security Operations
8 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (63.04%) Security Cleared
2 16 (34.78%) SC Cleared
3 12 (26.09%) DV Cleared
4 5 (10.87%) Degree
5 4 (8.70%) CISSP
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.17%) APMP
7 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.17%) CISA
7 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.17%) CRISC
7 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) NIST
2 6 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.52%) Def Stans
3 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 3 (6.52%) NCSC
3 3 (6.52%) NIST 800
4 2 (4.35%) GDPR
4 2 (4.35%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.17%) COBIT
5 1 (2.17%) COSO
5 1 (2.17%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (2.17%) ITGC
5 1 (2.17%) JSP 440
5 1 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.17%) PMO
5 1 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.17%) Docker
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) VMware
3 4 (8.70%) Oracle
4 3 (6.52%) ArcSight
4 3 (6.52%) LogRhythm
4 3 (6.52%) SAP
4 3 (6.52%) Thales
5 1 (2.17%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.17%) Splunk
5 1 (2.17%) Tenable