Cybersecurity Specialist Contracts in the South West

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > South West

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in the South West is £530 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 165 166
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 2 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.063% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.24% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £777 £186
25th Percentile - £786 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £800 £200
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% +300.00% -
75th Percentile - £869 £216
90th Percentile - £903 £220
England median daily rate £530 £600 £556
% change year-on-year -11.67% +7.87% -9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £60.67
25th Percentile - £59.73 £63.17
Median hourly rate - £64.15 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year - -6.47% -
75th Percentile - £72.98 £70.46
90th Percentile - - £70.83
England median hourly rate - £64.15 £65.79
% change year-on-year - -2.50% +9.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,979 3,380 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,526 2,537
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £659
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 276 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.24 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the South West

Cybersecurity Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the South West

Cybersecurity Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the South West

Cybersecurity Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Bristol +12 1 £530 -33.44%
Somerset - 1 - -
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Cybersecurity Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory