Proofpoint Contract Job Trends in the South East

Proofpoint
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East citing Proofpoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Proofpoint over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Proofpoint, Inc.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	235	176	-
Rank change year-on-year	-59	-	-
Contract jobs citing Proofpoint	3	2	0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East	0.044%	0.052%	-
As % of the Vendors category	0.10%	0.100%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	-	-
England median daily rate	£510	£475	£550
% change year-on-year	+7.40%	-13.64%	-

All Vendors
South East

Proofpoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing vendor products and services in the South East.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services	2,986	2,007	2,057
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East	44.11%	52.35%	49.63%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,716	1,364	1,287
10^th Percentile	£275	£207	£250
25^th Percentile	£425	£375	£401
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£518
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-3.39%	+0.98%
75^th Percentile	£625	£588	£627
90^th Percentile	£700	£650	£688
England median daily rate	£525	£506	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	-3.62%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	339	144	68
10^th Percentile	£14.05	£14.15	£16.25
25^th Percentile	£16.00	£15.55	£25.31
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£20.00	£57.65
Median % change year-on-year	+62.50%	-65.31%	+27.51%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£33.49	£67.14
90^th Percentile	£87.97	£81.00	£70.00
England median hourly rate	£25.00	£25.08	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-0.30%	-28.36%	-21.35%

Proofpoint Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Proofpoint Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Proofpoint Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Proofpoint 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 Proofpoint within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	-20	3	£450	-
Thames Valley	-34	3	£450	-
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Proofpoint Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Proofpoint also mentioned 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 citing Proofpoint.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Loss Prevention	100.0%	3
1	DKIM	100.0%	3
1	DMARC	100.0%	3
1	Kalman Filter	100.0%	3
1	Malware Detection/Protection	100.0%	3
1	Microsoft	100.0%	3
1	Microsoft 365	100.0%	3
1	Microsoft Exchange	100.0%	3
1	Performance Tuning	100.0%	3
1	PowerShell	100.0%	3
1	Python	100.0%	3
1	QRadar	100.0%	3
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	3
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	3
1	Security Operations	100.0%	3
1	SIEM	100.0%	3
1	SMTP	100.0%	3
1	Splunk	100.0%	3
1	Threat Analysis	100.0%	3
1	Threat Detection	100.0%	3
1	Threat Intelligence	100.0%	3
22	Cyber Threat Intelligence	66.7%	2
22	Cybersecurity	66.7%	2
22	Incident Management	66.7%	2
22	Malware Analysis	66.7%	2
26	HMG Security Policy Framework	33.3%	1
26	Mentoring	33.3%	1
26	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1
26	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	1

Proofpoint Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	100.0%	3
1	Splunk	100.0%	3