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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 142 205
Rank change year-on-year 0 +63 +45
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cyber Threat 24 33 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.68% 0.69% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.15% 2.34% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 21 6
10th Percentile £470 £518 £447
25th Percentile £500 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £690 £538
Median % change year-on-year -24.28% +28.37% -2.27%
75th Percentile £570 £850 £616
90th Percentile £803 - £694
England median daily rate £550 £668 £600
% change year-on-year -17.66% +11.33% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% +17.35% -3.49%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,114 1,412 1,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.57% 29.55% 32.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 828 1,250
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £358 £386 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 139 96
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.92 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £21.58 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.92% +14.70% +120.56%
75th Percentile £62.24 £65.00 £63.94
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.16 £74.13
England median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -35.90% +16.28% +65.38%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Cyber Threat
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +20 20 £523 -3.24% 12
Berkshire +22 15 £500 -7.41% 11
Buckinghamshire +7 4 £543 -4.82% 1
Hampshire 0 3 £1,150 +43.75% 2
Surrey +11 1 £450 +12.50% 3
Oxfordshire - 1 £875 -
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 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
2 2 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.17%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Legal
3 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Analyst
2 8 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) SIEM Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Lead
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Development Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Information Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (4.17%) IT Security Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Operations Director
6 1 (4.17%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (4.17%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Security Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) SIEM Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) JSON
1 4 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (25.00%) CSOC
3 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
4 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Linux
2 5 (20.83%) Windows
3 1 (4.17%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (83.33%) SIEM
2 19 (79.17%) Incident Response
3 18 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (66.67%) Security Operations
5 11 (45.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 11 (45.83%) Threat Intelligence
6 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (25.00%) Process Improvement
8 5 (20.83%) Data Privacy
8 5 (20.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
9 4 (16.67%) Behavioural Analysis
9 4 (16.67%) Forensic Analysis
9 4 (16.67%) Malware Analysis
9 4 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
9 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (12.50%) Event Correlation
10 3 (12.50%) Task Automation
10 3 (12.50%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 4 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) GIAC
2 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) CISSP
4 5 (20.83%) GCIH
5 4 (16.67%) GCIA
5 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 3 (12.50%) CFCE
6 3 (12.50%) GCFA
7 2 (8.33%) CEH
7 2 (8.33%) CISM
7 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (8.33%) Degree
7 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.17%) CCNA
8 1 (4.17%) CISA
8 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (4.17%) MCSE
8 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (20.83%) NIST
3 4 (16.67%) Data Quality
3 4 (16.67%) GDPR
4 3 (12.50%) HIPAA
4 3 (12.50%) SLA
5 2 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (8.33%) NIST 800
5 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.17%) GRC
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (4.17%) CSIRT
2 1 (4.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 9 (37.50%) Splunk
2 5 (20.83%) ArcSight
2 5 (20.83%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (12.50%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.17%) Proofpoint
4 1 (4.17%) Virgin Media