Security Posture Contract Job Trends in South London

Security Posture
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.31% 1.74% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% 3.95% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% - -
75th Percentile £538 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £600 £588 £550
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% -8.33%

All Generic Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 114 76 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 35.74% 44.19% 35.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 35 34
10th Percentile £450 £163 £413
25th Percentile £475 £436 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £567
90th Percentile £745 £725 £725
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.70 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £17.85 £15.84 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.69% -18.77% -44.29%
75th Percentile £19.50 £16.38 £34.28
90th Percentile - £17.98 £56.84
London median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +30.91% -8.82% -13.83%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in South London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 30 July 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wandsworth -4 1 £525 -19.23%
Security Posture
London

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft