Blue Team Contract Job Trends in London

Blue Teaming
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Blue Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 374 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Blue Team 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.066% 0.006% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £439 - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £553 - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Blue Team falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,570 13,844 18,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.41% 89.13% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,263 8,916 13,154
10th Percentile £331 £350 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 166 235
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.40
25th Percentile £25.03 £25.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.25 £38.29 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% +2.09% -1.15%
75th Percentile £47.13 £58.75 £60.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.38 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

Blue Team
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Blue Team relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Blue Team job vacancy trend in London

Blue Team
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Blue Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Blue Team

Blue Team
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blue Team in London over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Blue Team in London

Blue Team
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Team within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +2 1 - - 3
Blue Team
England

Blue Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Burp Suite
1 1 (11.11%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Red Team
2 7 (77.78%) Purple Team
2 7 (77.78%) SIEM
3 6 (66.67%) Incident Response
4 5 (55.56%) ITSM
5 3 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 2 (22.22%) Data Enrichment
6 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
6 2 (22.22%) Offensive Security
6 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Use Case
7 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (11.11%) Open Source
7 1 (11.11%) SOAR
7 1 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
7 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (11.11%) C
2 1 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) CCSAS
3 1 (11.11%) GPEN
3 1 (11.11%) GWAPT
3 1 (11.11%) GXPN
3 1 (11.11%) OSCE
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Citrix
2 5 (55.56%) Forcepoint
2 5 (55.56%) Fortinet