Cybersecurity Specialist Contracts in Hertfordshire

Cybersecurity Specialist
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in Hertfordshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £625 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 295 755 733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 89.99% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 312 397
10th Percentile £330 £240 £209
25th Percentile £425 £315 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £426 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.10% -14.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £760
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 287 148
10th Percentile £25.98 £37.91 £19.96
25th Percentile £48.75 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% +22.86% +125.81%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in Hertfordshire

Cybersecurity Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Stevenage - 1 £625 -
Cybersecurity Specialist
East of England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Cybersecurity Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection