Insider Threat Contract Job Trends in the South East

Insider Threats
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insider Threat in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Insider Threat over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Insider Threat 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.055% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +5.00% -23.08% +23.29%

All Generic Skills
South East

Insider 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 1,127 1,297 1,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.00% 30.44% 31.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 718 739 1,167
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £363 £375 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £546 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.73% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 79 107
10th Percentile £13.08 £14.83 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.94 £26.63 £23.62
Median hourly rate £25.00 £53.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.83% -0.93% +85.12%
75th Percentile £54.00 £75.00 £64.88
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.16 £78.00
England median hourly rate £27.36 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.90% +16.67% +73.71%

Insider Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Insider Threat job vacancy trend in the South East

Insider Threat
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Insider 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 Insider Threat within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 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
Berkshire - 2 £475 - 1
Thames Valley - 2 £475 - 1
Insider Threat
England

Insider Threat
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 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) OSINT
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Operations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel