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 in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 90 153
Rank change year-on-year -10 +63 0
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 11 65 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.58% 2.13% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 6.76% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 42 3
10th Percentile £508 £513 £820
25th Percentile £511 £539 £850
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £576 £900
Median % change year-on-year -6.68% -36.00% +29.03%
75th Percentile £598 £700 £938
90th Percentile £641 £850 £960
England median daily rate £525 £600 £593
% change year-on-year -12.50% +1.14% -5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year +13.04% - -

All Generic Skills
South West

Cyber Threat 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 587 962 866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 31.14% 31.50% 25.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 586 641
10th Percentile £250 £319 £300
25th Percentile £385 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £669
90th Percentile £688 £696 £738
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 153 52
10th Percentile £6.00 £13.72 £22.23
25th Percentile £15.48 £40.00 £61.30
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% -6.67% +78.57%
75th Percentile £52.13 - £83.40
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 -
England median hourly rate £32.74 £41.25 £39.00
% change year-on-year -20.64% +5.77% +50.00%

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 21 July 2025.

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 21 July 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
Bristol +13 6 £594 +13.10% 5
Devon - 2 - -
Gloucestershire - 1 £550 - 7
Somerset - 1 - - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Apache Spark
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (9.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) GCP
4 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Big Data
1 1 (9.09%) Hadoop
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Security Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Data Scientist
4 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) LDAP
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
1 1 (9.09%) OpenID
1 1 (9.09%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Security Posture
2 4 (36.36%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
4 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
4 2 (18.18%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Security Operations
2 6 (54.55%) SIEM
2 6 (54.55%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
4 4 (36.36%) Threat Detection
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (27.27%) Threat Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (18.18%) Forensic Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Information Security
6 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
6 2 (18.18%) Security Management
6 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) R
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) CEH
3 2 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (9.09%) CISM
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
2 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow