Cyber Resilience Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cyber Resilience
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cyber Resilience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 169 201
Rank change year-on-year +7 +32 +51
Contract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 25 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.57% 0.081% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.092% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 2 4
10th Percentile £439 £505 -
25th Percentile £462 £511 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £621 £534 £597
90th Percentile £866 £541 £681
England median daily rate £560 £538 £638
% change year-on-year +4.19% -15.69% -1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £73.31 -
England median hourly rate £45.46 £73.31 -
% change year-on-year -37.99% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cyber Resilience 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 3,713 3,258 4,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.10% 88.29% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,428 2,030 2,900
10th Percentile £221 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.46%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £675 £682 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 124 223
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.55 £18.59
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £26.13
Median hourly rate £22.38 £47.51 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -52.89% -12.92% +45.49%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.11 £66.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.53 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

Cyber Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cyber Resilience job vacancy trend in the South East

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Resilience in the South East over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Resilience in the South East

Cyber Resilience
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cyber Resilience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cyber Resilience

Cyber Resilience
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 Resilience within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 December 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 +9 19 £536 +2.58% 1
Berkshire +13 16 £536 +2.58%
Hampshire - 3 £458 - 3
Oxfordshire - 2 £695 -
Surrey +1 1 £500 -
Sussex - 1 £900 -
West Sussex - 1 £600 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £588 - 1
Cyber Resilience
England

Cyber Resilience
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.00%) SaaS
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
3 3 (12.00%) IaaS
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (12.00%) PaaS
4 2 (8.00%) Google Workspace
4 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (16.00%) Firewall
3 3 (12.00%) IPsec
3 3 (12.00%) Network Security
4 1 (4.00%) DHCP
4 1 (4.00%) DNS
4 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.00%) MQTT
4 1 (4.00%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Legal
3 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Architect
1 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 6 (24.00%) Security Architect
1 6 (24.00%) Security Manager
2 5 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
2 5 (20.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) Operational Security Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.00%) Security Operations Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Forensic Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Head of Security
5 2 (8.00%) Lead
5 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) ADO
2 2 (8.00%) ModSecurity
3 1 (4.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Operational Technology
2 5 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (12.00%) SCADA
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (8.00%) IoT
5 1 (4.00%) CMDB
5 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (4.00%) PKI
5 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (8.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (28.00%) Project Management
3 7 (28.00%) Security Architecture
3 7 (28.00%) Security Operations
3 7 (28.00%) Zero Trust
4 6 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (24.00%) Incident Response
5 5 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (20.00%) DevOps
5 5 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
6 4 (16.00%) Change Management
6 4 (16.00%) Network Architecture
6 4 (16.00%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (16.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity
7 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
7 3 (12.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) CISSP
2 5 (20.00%) CISM
3 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (12.00%) GCIH
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (8.00%) CCSP
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.00%) GCFA
4 2 (8.00%) GCFE
4 2 (8.00%) GREM
4 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) APMG
5 1 (4.00%) CEH
5 1 (4.00%) CISA
5 1 (4.00%) GCIA
5 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) NIST
2 4 (16.00%) GRC
2 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.00%) NCSC
3 3 (12.00%) GDPR
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.00%) JSP 440
5 1 (4.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) EnCase
1 2 (8.00%) FTK
1 2 (8.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Tenable
3 2 (8.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.00%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (8.00%) Darktrace
3 2 (8.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.00%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (4.00%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (4.00%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto