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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 37 54
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 +14
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cybersecurity 38 65 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.84% 4.39% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 5.49% 4.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 47 28
10th Percentile £380 £529 £371
25th Percentile £500 £613 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £650 £544
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +19.54% +3.57%
75th Percentile £625 £719 £674
90th Percentile £730 £850 £683
South East median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £90.60 -
25th Percentile - £91.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate - £92.19 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +130.46% -11.11%
75th Percentile - £92.37 £47.50
90th Percentile - - £49.00
South East median hourly rate £85.00 £87.46 £75.00
% change year-on-year -2.81% +16.61% +66.67%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 850 1,185 1,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 85.95% 80.12% 87.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 718 653
10th Percentile £310 £363 £261
25th Percentile £450 £455 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +10.48% -
75th Percentile £600 £672 £613
90th Percentile £656 £738 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £518
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.39% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 122 109
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.69 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.79 £51.06 £21.00
Median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.92% +9.24% +16.67%
75th Percentile £58.70 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.13 £78.56 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +86.12%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Hampshire over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Hampshire

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basingstoke +20 11 £600 +14.83% 10
Farnborough +9 8 £410 -31.67% 11
Southampton +6 6 £513 -16.33% 13
Andover - 3 £588 -
Portsmouth -24 2 £735 +6.52% 14
Eastleigh - 2 £500 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Azure
2 9 (23.68%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (21.05%) AWS
4 3 (7.89%) AWS KMS
5 2 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (5.26%) GCP
5 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) Firewall
2 3 (7.89%) SSL
3 2 (5.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) MongoDB
General
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.63%) Advertising
3 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Finance
3 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.63%) Legal
3 1 (2.63%) Marketing
3 1 (2.63%) Military
3 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Analyst
1 7 (18.42%) Architect
2 5 (13.16%) Consultant
2 5 (13.16%) Security Consultant
3 4 (10.53%) Security Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Bid Writer
4 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (7.89%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Security Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Security Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Technical Bid Writer
4 3 (7.89%) Technical Writer
5 2 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Lead
5 2 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) Web Services
2 2 (5.26%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (7.89%) Operational Technology
1 3 (7.89%) PKI
2 2 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.63%) IoT
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) SCADA
3 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Linux
1 4 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) SIEM
2 7 (18.42%) Agile
2 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
2 7 (18.42%) Security Architecture
3 5 (13.16%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (13.16%) Incident Response
3 5 (13.16%) Information Assurance
3 5 (13.16%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (10.53%) ISMS
4 4 (10.53%) OSINT
4 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (10.53%) Scrum
4 4 (10.53%) Security Operations
4 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (7.89%) Analytics
5 3 (7.89%) Asset Management
5 3 (7.89%) Cryptography
5 3 (7.89%) Digital Identity
5 3 (7.89%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.63%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (55.26%) Security Cleared
2 13 (34.21%) DV Cleared
3 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
4 6 (15.79%) Degree
5 4 (10.53%) CISSP
6 2 (5.26%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.26%) CASP
6 2 (5.26%) CISM
6 2 (5.26%) CISMP
6 2 (5.26%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (5.26%) GCIH
6 2 (5.26%) GSEC
7 1 (2.63%) CISA
7 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.63%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (28.95%) NIST
2 6 (15.79%) NIST 800
3 4 (10.53%) GDPR
3 4 (10.53%) NCSC
4 3 (7.89%) RMADS
5 2 (5.26%) Def Stans
5 2 (5.26%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (2.63%) IASME
6 1 (2.63%) ISO 31000
6 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) ArcSight
3 3 (7.89%) Thales
4 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.26%) VMware
5 1 (2.63%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.63%) Splunk
5 1 (2.63%) Tenable
5 1 (2.63%) Zscaler