Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Security Posture
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 43 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 7 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.20% 0.87% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.45% 2.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £679 -
25th Percentile - £703 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £763 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.48% - -
75th Percentile £602 £828 -
90th Percentile £631 £856 -
East of England median daily rate £553 £675 -
% change year-on-year -18.07% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - -
75th Percentile £34.16 - -
90th Percentile £34.58 - -
East of England median hourly rate £32.11 - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 203 157 272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.82% 34.20% 35.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 70 143
10th Percentile £289 £267 £265
25th Percentile £413 £333 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £678 £575 £638
90th Percentile £800 £650 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 25 61
10th Percentile £17.41 £35.00 £42.25
25th Percentile £30.61 £47.50 £49.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.54% -4.41%
75th Percentile £67.25 £95.00 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £98.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -30.33% -6.15% +59.59%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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 - 4 £553 -
Watford - 3 - - 1
Security Posture
East of England

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Compliance Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Risk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
3 5 (71.43%) Threat Modelling
4 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (42.86%) Cyber Intelligence
5 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Analysis
5 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
5 3 (42.86%) Information Assurance
5 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (42.86%) Open Source
5 3 (42.86%) OSINT
5 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
5 3 (42.86%) Threat Analysis
5 3 (42.86%) Threat Detection
5 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (42.86%) Time Management
5 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) Bicep
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) OSCP
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CEH
3 1 (14.29%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (100.00%) NIST
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (85.71%) GDPR
3 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
4 2 (28.57%) COBIT
5 1 (14.29%) GRC
5 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Computacenter
2 1 (14.29%) Cribl.io
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft