Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Kent

Security Posture
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 2.67% - 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.34% - 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.65%
75th Percentile £561 - -
90th Percentile £576 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% -20.83%

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 58 46 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 25.78% 36.22% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 39 30
10th Percentile £153 £150 £162
25th Percentile £155 £160 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £220 £388
Median % change year-on-year +84.31% -43.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £561 £413 £494
90th Percentile £596 £542 £624
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 17
10th Percentile £20.63 - £20.49
25th Percentile - - £65.47
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £70.32
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.96%
75th Percentile - - £75.16
90th Percentile £54.25 - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £57.35
% change year-on-year +77.07% -40.92% +14.70%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Kent

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 25 July 2026. 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
West Malling - 1 £525 - 1
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Technology Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) LDAP
1 3 (50.00%) OAuth
1 3 (50.00%) OpenID
1 3 (50.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft