Security Posture Contract Job Trends in London

Security Posture
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 236 286
Rank change year-on-year -19 +50 +107
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 189 131 97
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.94% 0.97% 0.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.51% 2.56% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 95 64
10th Percentile £400 £400 £408
25th Percentile £475 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £715 £775 £700
90th Percentile £850 £850 £775
England median daily rate £550 £575 £583
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.29% -4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73.75 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £28.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +169.57% -55.77% -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,527 5,114 5,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.47% 37.71% 33.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,703 3,352 3,798
10th Percentile £356 £333 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £719 £750
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 123 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £32.63 £27.50 £30.09
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -8.61% -14.03%
75th Percentile £56.25 £45.75 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £42.50 £31.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year +36.31% -34.36% +11.76%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in London over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Posture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Posture

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the London region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Central London -10 13 £500 -22.00% 9
West London -16 3 £375 -28.57% 6
East London - 2 £717 -
South London -10 1 £525 -19.23% 3
North London - 1 £400 - 1
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 102 (53.97%) Azure
2 66 (34.92%) AWS
3 42 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 31 (16.40%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (12.17%) GCP
6 22 (11.64%) Azure Sentinel
7 21 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
8 17 (8.99%) SaaS
9 12 (6.35%) GitHub
10 9 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (4.23%) Amazon S3
12 7 (3.70%) Amazon Bedrock
12 7 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (3.70%) Datadog
12 7 (3.70%) Serverless
12 7 (3.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (3.17%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (3.17%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (3.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 31 (16.40%) Network Security
2 19 (10.05%) Firewall
3 12 (6.35%) VPN
4 10 (5.29%) DNS
5 8 (4.23%) Internet
6 6 (3.17%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.17%) WAN
7 5 (2.65%) DHCP
7 5 (2.65%) SD-WAN
8 4 (2.12%) Intranet
9 3 (1.59%) LAN
10 2 (1.06%) BGP
10 2 (1.06%) DKIM
10 2 (1.06%) DMARC
10 2 (1.06%) OSPF
10 2 (1.06%) SSL
10 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.53%) IPFIX
11 1 (0.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.12%) Power BI
3 3 (1.59%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.06%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.06%) MySQL
4 2 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.06%) Redis
4 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.53%) Metadata
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.12%) GitLab
2 3 (1.59%) Git
2 3 (1.59%) JIRA
3 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
General
1 51 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.22%) Finance
3 22 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.99%) Banking
5 11 (5.82%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.23%) Legal
7 6 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.17%) Law
8 5 (2.65%) Local Government
9 4 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.59%) Digital Health
10 3 (1.59%) Digital Healthcare
10 3 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.59%) Retail
11 1 (0.53%) Aviation
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (19.58%) Security Engineer
2 33 (17.46%) Cloud Engineer
3 32 (16.93%) Architect
4 30 (15.87%) Security Architect
5 19 (10.05%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 16 (8.47%) Analyst
7 15 (7.94%) Senior
8 12 (6.35%) Lead
9 11 (5.82%) Consultant
10 10 (5.29%) Security Analyst
11 9 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.70%) Network Engineer
12 7 (3.70%) Operations Engineer
12 7 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.70%) Security Consultant
13 6 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 5 (2.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 5 (2.65%) Cloud Architect
14 5 (2.65%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.35%) REST
2 11 (5.82%) OAuth
3 9 (4.76%) SAML
4 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Graph
4 5 (2.65%) SOAP
4 5 (2.65%) Web Services
5 4 (2.12%) Jakarta EE
5 4 (2.12%) JSP
6 3 (1.59%) Kafka
6 3 (1.59%) OpenID
6 3 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Blueprints
7 2 (1.06%) Celery
7 2 (1.06%) Django
7 2 (1.06%) JWT
7 2 (1.06%) Middleware
7 2 (1.06%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.06%) React
7 2 (1.06%) SailPoint
7 2 (1.06%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 38 (20.11%) Cloud Security Posture
2 29 (15.34%) Cloud Native
3 14 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.29%) AI Agents
4 10 (5.29%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.23%) CMDB
5 8 (4.23%) Cyber Security Posture
5 8 (4.23%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.17%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.65%) NHS
8 4 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.12%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.12%) PKI
8 4 (2.12%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.59%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.88%) Windows
2 11 (5.82%) Linux
3 10 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.12%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.06%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (44.44%) Cloud Security
2 68 (35.98%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (24.34%) Security Operations
4 44 (23.28%) Vulnerability Management
5 42 (22.22%) Security Architecture
6 38 (20.11%) Incident Response
7 37 (19.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 35 (18.52%) Information Security
9 34 (17.99%) AI
9 34 (17.99%) SIEM
10 33 (17.46%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (17.46%) Risk Management
11 30 (15.87%) CI/CD
12 29 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
13 28 (14.81%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 27 (14.29%) Data Protection
14 27 (14.29%) Roadmaps
15 26 (13.76%) DevOps
15 26 (13.76%) Zero Trust
16 24 (12.70%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 29 (15.34%) Python
3 14 (7.41%) Bicep
4 13 (6.88%) Java
5 9 (4.76%) Bash
6 8 (4.23%) SQL
7 2 (1.06%) Go
8 1 (0.53%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.53%) Scala
8 1 (0.53%) Swift
8 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (16.93%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.34%) CISSP
3 28 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 19 (10.05%) CISM
5 15 (7.94%) Degree
6 13 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (5.29%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (4.76%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.76%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.70%) Azure Certification
10 6 (3.17%) CCNP
11 5 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.12%) CCIE
12 4 (2.12%) CEH
12 4 (2.12%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (2.12%) ISSAP
13 3 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.59%) CESG Certified Professional
13 3 (1.59%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (15.34%) NIST
3 22 (11.64%) GDPR
4 12 (6.35%) NCSC
5 11 (5.82%) GRC
6 8 (4.23%) PCI DSS
7 7 (3.70%) SOC 2
8 6 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.59%) NIST 800
11 2 (1.06%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (1.06%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.53%) COBIT
12 1 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.53%) QA
12 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.23%) Docker
3 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.53%) Squid
4 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (16.93%) Terraform
2 25 (13.23%) Kubernetes
3 17 (8.99%) Ansible
4 10 (5.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.59%) CASB
6 3 (1.59%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.59%) QRadar
7 2 (1.06%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.06%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.53%) Grafana
8 1 (0.53%) Nessus
8 1 (0.53%) PingFederate
8 1 (0.53%) Puppet
8 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (37.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.99%) ServiceNow
3 14 (7.41%) CrowdStrike
4 10 (5.29%) Splunk
4 10 (5.29%) Zscaler
5 8 (4.23%) Qualys
6 7 (3.70%) Google
6 7 (3.70%) Tenable
7 6 (3.17%) Cisco
8 5 (2.65%) Fortinet
8 5 (2.65%) Foundry
8 5 (2.65%) OpenAI
8 5 (2.65%) Oracle
9 4 (2.12%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.12%) Rapid7
9 4 (2.12%) TOWER Software
10 3 (1.59%) Aruba
10 3 (1.59%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.59%) Hitachi
10 3 (1.59%) Okta