Proofpoint Contract Job Trends in the South West

Proofpoint
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring knowledge or experience of Proofpoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Proofpoint over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Proofpoint, Inc.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Proofpoint 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.027% - 0.073%
As % of the Vendors category 0.083% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £533
25th Percentile £513 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £575
75th Percentile £538 - £594
90th Percentile - - £598
England median daily rate £525 £438 £565
% change year-on-year +20.00% -22.57% +2.73%

All Vendors
South West

Proofpoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,199 805 1,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.78% 41.73% 42.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 721 463 753
10th Percentile £300 £213 £220
25th Percentile £406 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £613 £619 £630
90th Percentile £725 £675 £700
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 105 114
10th Percentile £13.79 £13.78 £13.69
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £54.06
Median hourly rate £26.14 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.53% -73.04% +23.92%
75th Percentile £55.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £29.77
% change year-on-year +27.24% -15.52% -28.27%

Proofpoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Proofpoint job vacancy trend in the South West

Proofpoint
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Proofpoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Proofpoint

Proofpoint
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 Proofpoint within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
Bristol - 1 £525 - 2
Proofpoint
England

Proofpoint
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft