Cyber Kill Chain Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cyber Kill Chain
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Kill Chain in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Kill Chain over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 168 207
Rank change year-on-year +8 +39 +57
Contract jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain 4 14 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.32% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.36% 1.07% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 5
10th Percentile £524 £500 £521
25th Percentile £560 £616 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £690 £625
Median % change year-on-year -14.49% +10.40% +25.00%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £638
90th Percentile £705 £835 £645
England median daily rate £544 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -22.29% +16.67% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
South East

Cyber Kill Chain 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,111 1,310 1,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.29% 29.95% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 694 752 1,185
10th Percentile £204 £240 £205
25th Percentile £350 £375 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.27% -1.32% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 84 111
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £26.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +142.61%
75th Percentile £58.00 £75.00 £65.84
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.16 £77.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £46.03
% change year-on-year -47.69% +24.59% +79.04%

Cyber Kill Chain
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cyber Kill Chain job vacancy trend in the South East

Cyber Kill Chain
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Cyber Kill Chain
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain in the South East over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Kill Chain in the South East

Cyber Kill Chain
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 Kill Chain within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 October 2025. 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 +10 4 £590 +18.00%
Berkshire +17 3 £600 +20.00%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £580 -
Cyber Kill Chain
England

Cyber Kill Chain
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) SOAR
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Blue Team
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) GCIA
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) ECSA
2 2 (50.00%) GCFA
2 2 (50.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) GCED
3 1 (25.00%) SANS
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Splunk
2 2 (50.00%) IBM
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft