Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Security Posture
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 86 97
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 +28
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 3 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.31% 0.30% 0.076%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.08% 1.05% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £445 £455 -
25th Percentile £446 £482 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £553 £800
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% -30.94% +54.96%
75th Percentile £486 £612 -
90th Percentile £509 £632 -
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £725
% change year-on-year +5.26% -34.48% +22.88%

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 279 380 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 28.94% 28.19% 31.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 221 226
10th Percentile £325 £350 £263
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £672 £600
90th Percentile £663 £725 £663
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 43 48
10th Percentile £22.50 £12.91 £15.95
25th Percentile £32.94 £35.00 £21.20
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +4.27% +14.35%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.30 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £70.00 £74.13
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +132.12%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Hampshire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Fleet - 2 £446 -
Southampton - 1 £500 - 6
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
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 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Data Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Change
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft