Security Posture Contracts in the South East

Security Posture
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 137 193 215
Rank change year-on-year +56 +22 +26
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 22 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.73% 0.22% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.18% 0.76% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 6
10th Percentile £474 £413 £514
25th Percentile £509 £738 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £584 £815 £563
Median % change year-on-year -28.40% +44.89% +4.17%
75th Percentile £625 £928 £641
90th Percentile £646 £939 £669
England median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Generic Skills
South East

Security Posture 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%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
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 Security Posture 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 +50 15 £600 -34.25% 13
Berkshire +40 11 £600 - 6
Hampshire - 5 £525 - 8
Buckinghamshire +14 4 £550 -39.73% 6
Surrey +16 1 £550 -30.38% 9
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (4.55%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) GCP
4 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (4.55%) Akamai
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (4.55%) Nutanix
6 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
1 4 (18.18%) Network Security
2 3 (13.64%) VPN
3 2 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (9.09%) SD-WAN
3 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.09%) WAN
4 1 (4.55%) BGP
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (4.55%) DNS
4 1 (4.55%) LAN
4 1 (4.55%) NGFW
4 1 (4.55%) SSL
4 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Legal
3 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Architect
1 5 (22.73%) Security Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 3 (13.64%) Information Security Specialist
3 3 (13.64%) Information Specialist
3 3 (13.64%) Lead
3 3 (13.64%) Security Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Auditor
5 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) 802.1X
1 1 (4.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) PKI
4 1 (4.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Incident Response
2 12 (54.55%) SIEM
3 11 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (36.36%) Cloud Security
5 8 (36.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 8 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
6 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
7 6 (27.27%) Information Security
7 6 (27.27%) Security Architecture
7 6 (27.27%) Security Operations
8 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 4 (18.18%) DevSecOps
9 4 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
9 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 3 (13.64%) Project Management
10 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (13.64%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) CISSP
2 7 (31.82%) CISM
3 6 (27.27%) CEH
4 5 (22.73%) Degree
5 4 (18.18%) CISA
5 4 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (18.18%) Master's Degree
5 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (9.09%) CCNA
6 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (9.09%) CRISC
6 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (4.55%) CCNP
7 1 (4.55%) CCSP
7 1 (4.55%) GCIH
7 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
7 1 (4.55%) PMP
7 1 (4.55%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) NIST
2 4 (18.18%) GDPR
2 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.64%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) QRadar
1 2 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.55%) Argo
2 1 (4.55%) CASB
2 1 (4.55%) Istio
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Splunk
3 2 (9.09%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) AlienVault
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco
4 1 (4.55%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.55%) Dell KACE
4 1 (4.55%) Forcepoint
4 1 (4.55%) Meraki
4 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.55%) Proofpoint
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.55%) Ubiquiti