Cyber Threat Contracts in Hertfordshire

Cyber Threats
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 74 73
Rank change year-on-year +42 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 14 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.39% 0.12% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.38% 0.48% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £556 - -
25th Percentile £575 £451 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £453 £900
Median % change year-on-year +32.60% -49.72% -
75th Percentile £625 £454 -
90th Percentile £631 - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £453 £900
% change year-on-year +32.60% -49.72% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.34 - -
Median hourly rate £80.68 - -
75th Percentile £81.56 - -
90th Percentile £81.88 - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.68 - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

Cyber Threat 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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 167 210 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 52.35% 25.03% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 81 169
10th Percentile £418 £263 £249
25th Percentile £485 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year +21.55% -9.50% -
75th Percentile £656 £613 £631
90th Percentile £683 £700 £728
East of England median daily rate £523 £459 £456
% change year-on-year +13.90% +0.55% -3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 60 33
10th Percentile £16.95 £29.60 £21.00
25th Percentile £51.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -0.76% +22.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £85.00 £73.40
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.35% +120.87%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in Hertfordshire

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in Hertfordshire

Cyber Threat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat in Hertfordshire

Cyber Threat
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 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 - 14 £600 -
Cyber Threat
East of England

Cyber Threat
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
1 10 (71.43%) FTP
1 10 (71.43%) HTTP
1 10 (71.43%) Network Security
1 10 (71.43%) SMTP
1 10 (71.43%) SSL
General
1 10 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Analyst
1 13 (92.86%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Junior
2 2 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (71.43%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (85.71%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (57.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (57.14%) CSOC
2 8 (57.14%) Cyberattack
3 7 (50.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (7.14%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (85.71%) Security Operations
2 12 (85.71%) Threat Detection
3 10 (71.43%) Incident Response
3 10 (71.43%) Information Management
4 9 (64.29%) Information Security
4 9 (64.29%) SIEM
5 8 (57.14%) Network Packet Capture
6 7 (50.00%) Analytics
6 7 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (50.00%) Behavioural Analytics
6 7 (50.00%) Machine Learning
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
3 8 (57.14%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (14.29%) GCIA
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Darktrace
1 2 (14.29%) FireEye
1 2 (14.29%) LogRhythm
1 2 (14.29%) Splunk