Cyber Defence Contracts in London

Cyber Defence
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 463 601
Rank change year-on-year +83 +138 -154
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 13 36 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.073% 0.13% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.37% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 4
10th Percentile £545 £654 £508
25th Percentile £556 £734 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £779 £675
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +15.41% +28.57%
75th Percentile £784 £803 £778
90th Percentile £830 £828 £851
England median daily rate £645 £735 £725
% change year-on-year -12.30% +1.44% +31.82%

All Generic Skills
London

Cyber Defence is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,907 9,752 14,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.05% 35.89% 36.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,176 6,984 10,327
10th Percentile £300 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +11.58%
75th Percentile £725 £745 £700
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 120 197
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.88 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.25 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -19.98% +36.69%
75th Percentile £47.18 £63.88 £51.75
90th Percentile £66.95 £83.08 £71.51
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -15.09% +1.92%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in London.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
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 Cyber Defence within the London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +45 1 £575 -32.35%
Cyber Defence
England

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Burp Suite
General
1 5 (38.46%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) French Language
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Security Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Ethical Hacker
4 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Kali Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (30.77%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) Data Security
5 3 (23.08%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
6 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
6 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (15.38%) Purple Team
6 2 (15.38%) Secrets Management
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISSP
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) OSCP
3 3 (23.08%) CISM
3 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) GIAC
5 1 (7.69%) GREM
5 1 (7.69%) GSEC
5 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
1 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (7.69%) Cybereason
2 1 (7.69%) Symantec