Security Posture Contracts in London

Security Posture
England > London

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

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 420 547
Rank change year-on-year +123 +127 -104
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 103 68 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.59% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.76% 0.74% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 51 44
10th Percentile £425 £420 £508
25th Percentile £478 £494 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £681 £675
90th Percentile £725 £700 £798
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%

All Generic Skills
London

Security Posture 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 5,839 9,229 14,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.49% 36.12% 36.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,126 6,687 10,265
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 107 203
10th Percentile £15.49 £18.56 £18.09
25th Percentile £18.79 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -19.54% +33.85%
75th Percentile £50.25 £63.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £86.32 £68.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £22.08 £26.39
% change year-on-year +60.78% -16.32% +2.47%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in London.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in London over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in London

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 25 May 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 +49 21 £588 -2.08% 6
East London - 2 £540 -
West London - 1 £450 - 1
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.50%) Azure
2 11 (10.68%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.71%) AWS
4 7 (6.80%) GCP
5 6 (5.83%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.91%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.94%) Google App Engine
7 2 (1.94%) IaaS
7 2 (1.94%) SaaS
8 1 (0.97%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.97%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.97%) GitHub
8 1 (0.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.97%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.97%) PaaS
8 1 (0.97%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.56%) Firewall
2 7 (6.80%) DNS
3 6 (5.83%) Network Security
4 3 (2.91%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.91%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.94%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.94%) SSL
6 1 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.97%) Modbus
6 1 (0.97%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.88%) Big Data
1 4 (3.88%) BigQuery
2 3 (2.91%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.97%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.97%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.97%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.97%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.97%) GitLab
2 1 (0.97%) Katalon Studio
General
1 25 (24.27%) Finance
1 25 (24.27%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (13.59%) Banking
3 9 (8.74%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.83%) Legal
5 5 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.91%) Marketing
8 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.94%) Law
9 1 (0.97%) French Language
Job Titles
1 23 (22.33%) Security Engineer
2 20 (19.42%) Architect
3 15 (14.56%) Consultant
4 13 (12.62%) Security Consultant
5 11 (10.68%) Security Architect
6 9 (8.74%) Analyst
7 8 (7.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 4 (3.88%) Applications Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Azure Architect
9 4 (3.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 4 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) GCP Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) IAM Specialist
9 4 (3.88%) IT Consultant
9 4 (3.88%) IT Security Consultant
9 4 (3.88%) Security Officer
9 4 (3.88%) SOC Analyst
10 3 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.91%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) OAuth
1 2 (1.94%) OpenID
1 2 (1.94%) SAML
1 2 (1.94%) SPML
2 1 (0.97%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.71%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.77%) Cloud Security Posture
3 6 (5.83%) PKI
4 5 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (4.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (4.85%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.94%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.94%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.94%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.94%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.94%) IoT
7 2 (1.94%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.94%) SCADA
8 1 (0.97%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.97%) STIX
8 1 (0.97%) TAXII
8 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.77%) Windows
2 5 (4.85%) Linux
3 4 (3.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.91%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.97%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (40.78%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (23.30%) Security Operations
2 24 (23.30%) Vulnerability Management
3 22 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (20.39%) Information Security
5 20 (19.42%) SIEM
6 18 (17.48%) Incident Response
7 14 (13.59%) CI/CD
7 14 (13.59%) Threat Modelling
8 12 (11.65%) Cloud Security
8 12 (11.65%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (11.65%) Security Testing
8 12 (11.65%) Threat Detection
9 11 (10.68%) Data Loss Prevention
9 11 (10.68%) Identity Access Management
9 11 (10.68%) Security Architecture
9 11 (10.68%) Security Monitoring
10 9 (8.74%) Computer Science
11 8 (7.77%) Agile
11 8 (7.77%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.56%) Python
2 5 (4.85%) Java
2 5 (4.85%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (4.85%) SQL
3 4 (3.88%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.94%) Ruby
4 2 (1.94%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.97%) Bash
5 1 (0.97%) C
5 1 (0.97%) C++
5 1 (0.97%) Go
5 1 (0.97%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.97%) Perl
5 1 (0.97%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.97%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (25.24%) CISSP
2 15 (14.56%) CISM
3 14 (13.59%) Security Cleared
4 12 (11.65%) Degree
4 12 (11.65%) SC Cleared
5 9 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (5.83%) CISA
7 4 (3.88%) CEH
7 4 (3.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (3.88%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.88%) GIAC
8 3 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.94%) CRISC
10 1 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.97%) CCNA
10 1 (0.97%) CCNP
10 1 (0.97%) CCSP
10 1 (0.97%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.97%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.48%) NIST
2 10 (9.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (5.83%) GDPR
4 5 (4.85%) GRC
4 5 (4.85%) NCSC
5 3 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (2.91%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.94%) SLA
7 1 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.97%) ISA99
7 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.97%) QA
7 1 (0.97%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.97%) Docker
2 1 (0.97%) Firmware
2 1 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (6.80%) Terraform
2 4 (3.88%) Nessus
2 4 (3.88%) QRadar
3 3 (2.91%) SCCM
4 2 (1.94%) CASB
5 1 (0.97%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (36.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.71%) Qualys
3 6 (5.83%) Google
3 6 (5.83%) Rapid7
4 5 (4.85%) CA
5 4 (3.88%) Ping Identity
6 3 (2.91%) Cisco
6 3 (2.91%) F5
6 3 (2.91%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.91%) VMware
7 2 (1.94%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.94%) Checkmarx
7 2 (1.94%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.94%) Splunk
7 2 (1.94%) Veracode
8 1 (0.97%) BigPanda
8 1 (0.97%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.97%) ForeScout
8 1 (0.97%) Imperva
8 1 (0.97%) Workday