Cybersecurity Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > South East

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in the South East is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 175 189
Rank change year-on-year +13 +14 -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 7 1 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.023% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.025% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 16
10th Percentile - - £610
25th Percentile £575 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £667
Median % change year-on-year - -10.04% -
75th Percentile £625 £625 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £575 £667
% change year-on-year -8.70% -13.79% -4.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,211 3,936 5,217
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 92.31% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,078 2,342 3,520
10th Percentile £204 £245 £210
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -0.98% +2.00%
75th Percentile £592 £625 £615
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 236 255
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.55 £27.00 £21.61
Median hourly rate £24.00 £58.49 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.97% +11.41% +81.66%
75th Percentile £55.00 £74.90 £68.62
90th Percentile £71.28 £78.75 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancy trend in the South East

Cybersecurity Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Cybersecurity Specialist
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 Cybersecurity Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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 +18 4 - -
Berkshire +12 3 - -
Hampshire - 2 - - 2
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £600 - 3
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Cybersecurity Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) CISM
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) CISSP
4 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) NIST
4 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
5 2 (28.57%) GIAC
5 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (28.57%) CSOC
5 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
5 2 (28.57%) SANS
5 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
5 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Network Security
5 2 (28.57%) ISMS
6 1 (14.29%) SCADA
6 1 (14.29%) Banking
6 1 (14.29%) CEH

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) CSOC
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
4 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance
4 2 (28.57%) ISMS
4 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISM
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) GIAC
3 2 (28.57%) SANS
4 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (14.29%) CEH
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 1 (14.29%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (14.29%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) QNX
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Tenable