Cyber Threat Contracts in the South West

Cyber Threats
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 158 164
Rank change year-on-year +67 +6 -27
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 67 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.09% 0.25% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.34% 0.89% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 6 10
10th Percentile £515 £613 £343
25th Percentile £538 £614 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £633 £773
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% -18.12% +33.48%
75th Percentile £580 £685 £809
90th Percentile £771 £834 £978
England median daily rate £590 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -5.22% +3.75% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42.47
25th Percentile - - £43.55
Median hourly rate - - £47.35
75th Percentile - - £50.40
90th Percentile - - £51.03
England median hourly rate £83.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
South West

Cyber Threat is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,056 1,016 946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 33.01% 28.02% 25.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 702 658
10th Percentile £300 £263 £205
25th Percentile £450 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.11% +7.42%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £588
90th Percentile £694 £725 £666
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 138 58
10th Percentile £13.69 - £15.46
25th Percentile £15.65 - £25.73
Median hourly rate £45.00 £9.80 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +359.18% -80.30% +5.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.34 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.16 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +34.04% -16.60% +2.08%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Wiltshire - 58 £568 - 3
Bristol +33 9 £525 -16.00% 8
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (2.99%) Azure
2 1 (1.49%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.46%) Wireless
2 4 (5.97%) Network Security
3 1 (1.49%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.49%) Firewall
General
1 51 (76.12%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.42%) Telecoms
3 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.46%) Military
5 4 (5.97%) Banking
6 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.49%) Electronics
7 1 (1.49%) Finance
7 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 38 (56.72%) Analyst
2 26 (38.81%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 20 (29.85%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 20 (29.85%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 12 (17.91%) Lead
5 9 (13.43%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Consultant
6 4 (5.97%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) SIEM Consultant
7 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) Information Assurance Manager
8 2 (2.99%) Information Manager
8 2 (2.99%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.99%) SIEM Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) SOC Analyst
9 1 (1.49%) Incident Analyst
9 1 (1.49%) Operations Analyst
9 1 (1.49%) Penetration Tester
9 1 (1.49%) Security Operations Analyst
9 1 (1.49%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 34 (50.75%) Cyber Defence
2 31 (46.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 28 (41.79%) Management Information System
4 8 (11.94%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (7.46%) Operational Technology
6 4 (5.97%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.49%) CSOC
7 1 (1.49%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Linux
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
2 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (94.03%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (85.07%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 57 (85.07%) Threat Intelligence
3 55 (82.09%) SIEM
4 48 (71.64%) SOAR
5 45 (67.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 32 (47.76%) Incident Response
6 32 (47.76%) Mentoring
7 31 (46.27%) Information Security
7 31 (46.27%) Protective Monitoring
8 30 (44.78%) Incident Management
8 30 (44.78%) Security Operations
9 29 (43.28%) Cyber Intelligence
9 29 (43.28%) Use Case
10 26 (38.81%) Case Management
10 26 (38.81%) CRM
10 26 (38.81%) Root Cause Analysis
11 25 (37.31%) Open Source
11 25 (37.31%) OSINT
12 20 (29.85%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.48%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (4.48%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (1.49%) C
2 1 (1.49%) C++
2 1 (1.49%) Java
2 1 (1.49%) Perl
2 1 (1.49%) Python
2 1 (1.49%) Ruby
2 1 (1.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (86.57%) Security Cleared
2 55 (82.09%) DV Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.99%) CISSP
5 1 (1.49%) CEH
5 1 (1.49%) CISM
5 1 (1.49%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.49%) Degree
5 1 (1.49%) GIAC
5 1 (1.49%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (46.27%) NIST
2 27 (40.30%) NIST 800
3 3 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.49%) GDPR
5 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (1.49%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.49%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Puppet
1 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (50.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) Splunk
3 2 (2.99%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.49%) ArcSight
4 1 (1.49%) SAP