Cybersecurity Contracts in the South East

Cybersecurity
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 51 80
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 -2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 218 235 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.95% 4.14% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 4.64% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 160 174
10th Percentile £401 £425 £310
25th Percentile £500 £497 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £575 £548
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% +4.88% +25.10%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £625
90th Percentile £766 £776 £738
England median daily rate £581 £610 £575
% change year-on-year -4.71% +6.09% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 2 2
10th Percentile £52.07 £28.68 £26.03
25th Percentile £81.88 £31.19 £32.06
Median hourly rate £87.46 £36.38 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +140.44% -14.91% -12.31%
75th Percentile £87.53 £40.56 £54.06
90th Percentile £91.00 £42.48 £60.48
England median hourly rate £83.77 £66.50 £46.53
% change year-on-year +25.96% +42.92% -2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,658 5,063 6,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.40% 89.28% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,720 3,521 4,612
10th Percentile £250 £249 £226
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 222 279
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.31 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Thames Valley +8 117 £560 +1.82% 64
Berkshire +12 92 £575 +4.55% 37
Hampshire +29 82 £625 +6.10% 41
Buckinghamshire +12 19 £500 - 16
Surrey -18 12 £500 -28.57% 15
Oxfordshire +10 6 £615 -21.90% 11
West Sussex -5 5 £575 +15.00% 10
Kent +3 1 £533 -28.52% 16
Sussex - 1 £600 -
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (12.39%) Azure
2 13 (5.96%) AWS
3 7 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (2.75%) IaaS
4 6 (2.75%) PaaS
4 6 (2.75%) SaaS
5 5 (2.29%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.83%) Azure API Management
7 3 (1.38%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.92%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.46%) GCP
9 1 (0.46%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 38 (17.43%) Firewall
2 26 (11.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 23 (10.55%) Network Security
4 15 (6.88%) DNS
5 8 (3.67%) DHCP
5 8 (3.67%) WAN
6 5 (2.29%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.29%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.29%) VPN
7 3 (1.38%) LAN
7 3 (1.38%) Wireless
8 2 (0.92%) Broadband
8 2 (0.92%) SSL
9 1 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.46%) Internet
9 1 (0.46%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.46%) MPLS
9 1 (0.46%) OpenLDAP
9 1 (0.46%) SAN
9 1 (0.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.46%) Big Data
1 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.92%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) JIRA
3 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
General
1 43 (19.72%) Social Skills
2 20 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.80%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.42%) Telecoms
5 6 (2.75%) Finance
5 6 (2.75%) Legal
5 6 (2.75%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.83%) Automotive
6 4 (1.83%) French Language
6 4 (1.83%) German Language
7 3 (1.38%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.92%) Electronics
8 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Banking
9 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (23.39%) Architect
2 44 (20.18%) Consultant
3 36 (16.51%) Security Architect
3 36 (16.51%) Security Consultant
4 33 (15.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 32 (14.68%) Analyst
6 24 (11.01%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 17 (7.80%) Lead
8 14 (6.42%) Security Analyst
9 11 (5.05%) Senior
9 11 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (4.59%) ArcSight Consultant
11 9 (4.13%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 8 (3.67%) Security Engineer
13 7 (3.21%) Business Analyst
13 7 (3.21%) Infrastructure Architect
13 7 (3.21%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
14 6 (2.75%) Head of Security
14 6 (2.75%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.29%) Web Services
2 3 (1.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.46%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.46%) CSS
3 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.46%) Kafka
3 1 (0.46%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.46%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.68%) Cyber Threat
2 30 (13.76%) Cyber Defence
3 22 (10.09%) Management Information System
4 19 (8.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 18 (8.26%) Data Centre
6 12 (5.50%) Operational Technology
7 7 (3.21%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.75%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.29%) IoT
9 5 (2.29%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.29%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.83%) CSOC
10 4 (1.83%) SCADA
11 3 (1.38%) PKI
12 2 (0.92%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
13 1 (0.46%) Cyberattack
13 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.30%) Windows
2 21 (9.63%) Linux
3 8 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.85%) Information Security
2 41 (18.81%) SIEM
3 37 (16.97%) DevOps
4 36 (16.51%) Security Architecture
5 29 (13.30%) Incident Response
6 25 (11.47%) Risk Management
6 25 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (11.01%) Protective Monitoring
8 23 (10.55%) Identity Access Management
8 23 (10.55%) Vulnerability Management
9 21 (9.63%) Incident Management
9 21 (9.63%) Mentoring
10 19 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (7.80%) Security Operations
12 16 (7.34%) Use Case
13 15 (6.88%) Cloud Security
13 15 (6.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 15 (6.88%) Security Monitoring
13 15 (6.88%) Threat Intelligence
14 14 (6.42%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.50%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.75%) Python
3 4 (1.83%) Java
4 3 (1.38%) C#
4 3 (1.38%) PHP
4 3 (1.38%) Ruby
5 2 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 116 (53.21%) Security Cleared
2 90 (41.28%) DV Cleared
3 27 (12.39%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.80%) Degree
5 13 (5.96%) CISSP
6 10 (4.59%) CISM
7 9 (4.13%) CISA
8 8 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (3.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (3.21%) ISACA
10 6 (2.75%) CISMP
10 6 (2.75%) CRISC
11 4 (1.83%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.38%) CCSP
12 3 (1.38%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.38%) PMP
12 3 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.92%) HND
13 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (18.35%) NIST
2 17 (7.80%) NIST 800
3 15 (6.88%) COBIT
4 12 (5.50%) GDPR
4 12 (5.50%) NCSC
5 10 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (4.59%) RMADS
6 9 (4.13%) GRC
7 5 (2.29%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.92%) QA
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.46%) IASME
10 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 14 (6.42%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.38%) Docker
3 3 (1.38%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.92%) XenApp
5 1 (0.46%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (5.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 5 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.38%) Nessus
5 2 (0.92%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.92%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.92%) Terraform
6 1 (0.46%) Ansible
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 51 (23.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.05%) ArcSight
3 10 (4.59%) Cisco
4 8 (3.67%) Splunk
4 8 (3.67%) VMware
5 5 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.83%) Citrix
6 4 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.38%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.38%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.92%) Sage
8 2 (0.92%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.46%) Adobe
9 1 (0.46%) Apple
9 1 (0.46%) BMC
9 1 (0.46%) Juniper
9 1 (0.46%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.46%) Remedy
9 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.46%) TippingPoint