Insider Threat Contract Job Trends in the South West

Insider Threats
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insider Threat in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Insider Threat over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 - 147
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Insider Threat 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.083% - 0.034%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £300
England median daily rate £475 £401 £575
% change year-on-year +18.38% -30.22% +9.11%

All Generic Skills
South West

Insider 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 734 536 884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 30.51% 26.27% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 312 594
10th Percentile £225 £205 £238
25th Percentile £400 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% -0.36% -
75th Percentile £647 £652 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 35 69
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.41 £14.51
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.17 £18.50
Median hourly rate £33.50 £63.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.83% +0.80% +9.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.65
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -21.62% -14.78% +28.98%

Insider Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Insider Threat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Insider Threat job vacancy trend in the South West

Insider 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 Insider Threat within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Gloucestershire - 2 - - 2
Insider Threat
England

Insider Threat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement