Cyber Security Posture Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cybersecurity Posture
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 172 210
Rank change year-on-year -9 +38 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 8 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.19% 0.076% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.24% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £340 £403 -
25th Percentile £360 £408 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £415 £388
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +7.10% -
75th Percentile £430 £520 £394
90th Percentile £436 £583 -
England median daily rate £425 £776 £650
% change year-on-year -45.31% +19.42% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
South East

Cyber Security Posture 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 1,294 1,254 1,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.50% 31.66% 31.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 722 1,031
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £368 £380 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £512 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.88% +2.37% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £613
90th Percentile £688 £699 £700
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 66 96
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.25 £19.23
25th Percentile £16.50 £22.85 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -33.96% +53.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.24 £63.29
90th Percentile £84.50 £74.93 £77.75
England median hourly rate £27.21 £38.54 £43.92
% change year-on-year -29.39% -12.26% +25.49%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cyber Security Posture job vacancy trend in the South East

Cyber Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Cyber Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Berkshire - 8 £420 - 1
Thames Valley - 8 £420 - 1
Cyber Security Posture
England

Cyber Security Posture
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 8 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 8 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
1 8 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (62.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CEH
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
1 8 (100.00%) GIAC
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Kibana
2 4 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) FireEye
1 5 (62.50%) Tanium
2 4 (50.00%) ArcSight
2 4 (50.00%) Splunk