Cyber Threat Contracts in the South East

Cyber Threats
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 172 216
Rank change year-on-year +35 +44 +41
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 22 33 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.73% 0.59% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.18% 2.08% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 6
10th Percentile £480 £544 £513
25th Percentile £500 £587 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £800 £588
Median % change year-on-year -34.06% +36.17% -30.88%
75th Percentile £638 £850 £647
90th Percentile £725 - £675
England median daily rate £539 £590 £623
% change year-on-year -8.69% -5.22% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £83.50 -
England median hourly rate £80.68 £83.50 -
% change year-on-year -3.38% - -

All Generic Skills
South East

Cyber Threat 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 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +52 14 £518 -9.21% 6
Berkshire +41 11 £505 - 1
Hampshire +6 4 £888 +10.94% 9
Buckinghamshire +15 3 £528 -7.46% 2
East Sussex - 3 £700 -
Surrey +14 1 £450 -47.06% 1
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Analyst
1 6 (27.27%) SIEM Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Audit Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Operations Director
4 1 (4.55%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (4.55%) Security Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Security Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) SIEM Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) SOC Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Technology Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) JSON
1 5 (22.73%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) CSOC
2 5 (22.73%) Onboarding
2 5 (22.73%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Windows
3 1 (4.55%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (77.27%) Incident Response
3 15 (68.18%) SIEM
4 14 (63.64%) Security Operations
5 11 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 11 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 10 (45.45%) Process Improvement
7 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
9 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (18.18%) Threat Detection
10 3 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (13.64%) Event Correlation
10 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
10 3 (13.64%) OSINT
10 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (13.64%) Workload Management
11 2 (9.09%) Threat Analysis
11 2 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) GIAC
2 5 (22.73%) CISSP
3 4 (18.18%) CISM
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
4 3 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) ISSEP
4 3 (13.64%) SSCP
5 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) CCNA
6 1 (4.55%) CEH
6 1 (4.55%) CISA
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.55%) GCIA
6 1 (4.55%) GCIH
6 1 (4.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
2 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.64%) NIST
4 2 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (9.09%) NIST 800
4 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
4 2 (9.09%) SLA
5 1 (4.55%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) CSIRT
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (4.55%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Splunk
3 2 (9.09%) ArcSight
4 1 (4.55%) AlienVault
4 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) Proofpoint