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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 182 212
Rank change year-on-year +26 +30 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 16 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.44% 0.047% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.056% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 1
10th Percentile £433 £505 -
25th Percentile £499 £511 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £523 £725
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% -27.93% -
75th Percentile £763 £534 £738
90th Percentile £878 £541 -
England median daily rate £600 £550 £675
% change year-on-year +9.09% -18.52% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £32.77 - -
England median hourly rate £39.12 - -

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 3,241 3,593 4,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.58% 84.32% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,036 2,182 3,259
10th Percentile £215 £261 £225
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -2.51% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £624
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 182 254
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £22.87
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +47.89%
75th Percentile £34.83 £70.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%

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 23 October 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 23 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 +24 13 £588 +12.54% 6
Berkshire +17 11 £536 +2.58% 5
Hampshire - 2 £450 - 4
Oxfordshire - 1 £875 -
Surrey - 1 - - 1
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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) Google Workspace
3 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) IPsec
2 2 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Local Government
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Consultant
1 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 4 (25.00%) Security Manager
1 4 (25.00%) Security Project Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Forensic Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Security Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Operations Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) ADO
2 1 (6.25%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Operational Technology
2 3 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (12.50%) IoT
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (12.50%) SCADA
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 2 (12.50%) Unix
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Incident Response
2 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Network Architecture
4 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (25.00%) Zero Trust
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
5 3 (18.75%) Change Management
5 3 (18.75%) DevOps
5 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 3 (18.75%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (12.50%) Computer Forensics
6 2 (12.50%) Document Management
6 2 (12.50%) Logistics
6 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) CISM
1 4 (25.00%) CISSP
2 3 (18.75%) GCIH
3 2 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (12.50%) CCSP
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (12.50%) GCFA
3 2 (12.50%) GCFE
3 2 (12.50%) GCIA
3 2 (12.50%) GREM
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) CEH
4 1 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) GCED
4 1 (6.25%) SANS
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) GRC
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (6.25%) JSP 440
2 1 (6.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) EnCase
1 2 (12.50%) FTK
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (12.50%) Darktrace
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Splunk
3 1 (6.25%) VMware