Security Posture Contracts in the South West

Security Posture
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 113 162
Rank change year-on-year +13 +49 +10
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 11 44 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.66% 1.38% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.25% 4.17% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 38 4
10th Percentile £441 - £390
25th Percentile £513 £413 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £656 £425 £663
Median % change year-on-year +54.41% -35.85% -14.52%
75th Percentile £900 £600 £753
90th Percentile - £639 £759
England median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Generic Skills
South West

Security Posture 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 489 1,056 1,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.14% 33.01% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 647 702
10th Percentile £263 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.11%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £656
90th Percentile £676 £694 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 166 138
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.69 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.65 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +359.18% -80.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.34
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +21 8 £650 -2.26% 10
Bristol - 2 £663 - 8
Wiltshire +18 1 - - 3
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Electronics
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Security Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
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 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
1 4 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Threat Modelling
1 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
1 4 (36.36%) Zero Trust
2 3 (27.27%) Application Security
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) SIEM
2 3 (27.27%) Task Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Threat Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
3 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) Threat Detection
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Security Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) PMO
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (18.18%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (18.18%) SCCM
2 2 (18.18%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) McAfee
3 2 (18.18%) Symantec
4 1 (9.09%) SAP