Cybersecurity Contracts in Milton Keynes

Cybersecurity
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 25 28
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +45
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 7 21 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 3.10% 6.40% 6.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 7.39% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 36
10th Percentile £500 £295 £488
25th Percentile £503 £490 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £525 £568
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -7.49% -5.42%
75th Percentile £554 £550 £629
90th Percentile £570 £590 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -6.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Cybersecurity 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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 210 284 671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 92.92% 86.59% 93.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 200 531
10th Percentile £227 £248 £320
25th Percentile £350 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £555 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £438 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 5
10th Percentile £14.39 £16.89 -
25th Percentile £15.12 £19.63 £13.16
Median hourly rate £16.69 £30.00 £13.17
Median % change year-on-year -44.38% +127.79% +8.13%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.37 £13.57
90th Percentile £23.83 £37.25 £16.68
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.50 £27.50 £14.99
% change year-on-year -43.64% +83.52% +15.27%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Milton Keynes

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Milton Keynes

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Presales Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Presales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (28.57%) CSOC
3 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) Protective Monitoring
2 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
4 1 (14.29%) Presales
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Splunk