Cyber Assurance Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cyber Assurance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 149 191
Rank change year-on-year -49 +42 +19
Contract jobs citing Cyber Assurance 7 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.034% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.037% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 £615 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £630 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% - -
75th Percentile £625 £645 -
90th Percentile £633 - -
England median daily rate £575 £850 £575
% change year-on-year -32.35% +47.83% -6.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Cyber Assurance 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,788 2,724 4,603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.46% 91.56% 84.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,124 1,742 2,674
10th Percentile £280 £250 £250
25th Percentile £412 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -1.48%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £663 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 427 174 440
10th Percentile £15.07 £13.13 £13.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.82 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +103.35% -45.65% -5.00%
75th Percentile £82.13 £61.16 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.78% -21.23% -0.11%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Cyber Assurance job vacancy trend in the South East

Cyber Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cyber Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cyber Assurance

Cyber Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Assurance in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Assurance in the South East

Cyber Assurance
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Thames Valley -40 5 £600 -4.76% 3
Berkshire -22 3 £600 -4.76% 3
Hampshire - 2 £438 - 3
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
Cyber Assurance
England

Cyber Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Risk Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
1 2 (28.57%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (57.14%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Business Case
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
4 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 1 (14.29%) Operations Management
5 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
1 2 (28.57%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (28.57%) GRC
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR