Cyber Threat Specialist Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Cyber Threat Specialist
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Cyber Threat Specialist daily rate in Hertfordshire is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 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
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Threat Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
East of England median daily rate £650 - -

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 370 557 713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.50% 93.93% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 206 416
10th Percentile £244 £244 £260
25th Percentile £434 £325 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £618 £575 £675
90th Percentile £700 £625 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 181 142
10th Percentile £17.97 £15.50 £17.72
25th Percentile £36.75 £40.85 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £65.13 £65.00 £71.88
90th Percentile £74.50 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £36.75 £43.90 £42.40
% change year-on-year -16.29% +3.54% +114.03%

Cyber Threat 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 Cyber Threat Specialist within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Hatfield - 1 £650 -
Cyber Threat Specialist
East of England

Cyber Threat Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, Cyber Threat 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 Cyber Threat Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Pattern Recognition
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Cyber Threat 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Pattern Recognition
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST