Security Posture Contracts in the North West

Security Posture
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 144 171
Rank change year-on-year +21 +27 -30
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 11 14 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.40% 0.44% 0.074%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.49% 1.30% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 3
10th Percentile £425 £450 -
25th Percentile £500 £608 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £654 £150
Median % change year-on-year -9.75% +335.83% -77.96%
75th Percentile £819 £670 £360
90th Percentile £988 £675 £483
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 740 1,080 1,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 26.65% 33.82% 34.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 722 1,069
10th Percentile £289 £296 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +22.58%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £588
90th Percentile £672 £675 £673
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 47 63
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.74 £12.27
Median hourly rate £25.25 £27.98 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +51.24% +3.35%
75th Percentile £42.19 £65.00 £39.14
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £48.19
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the North West

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the North West

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the North West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the North West

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Manchester +19 8 £575 -6.12% 3
Lancashire +3 2 £975 - 1
Cheshire +1 1 - -
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (18.18%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) IaaS
4 1 (9.09%) PaaS
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Security Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IAM Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SOC Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Technologist
3 1 (9.09%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cyberattack
2 2 (18.18%) Insider Threat
2 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
2 4 (36.36%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Information Security
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Security Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Application Security
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
4 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (18.18%) OWASP
4 2 (18.18%) SDLC
4 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CISSP
1 3 (27.27%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (36.36%) NIST
3 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
4 1 (9.09%) GDPR
4 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
4 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) HP Fortify
1 1 (9.09%) Nmap
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Rapid7
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (9.09%) Darktrace
3 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds
3 1 (9.09%) Sophos
3 1 (9.09%) VMware