Cybersecurity Contracts in Southampton

Cybersecurity
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity 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 7 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +16 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 13 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 12.04% 1.18% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.61% 1.96% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £475 - -
25th Percentile £513 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% - +79.69%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £597
90th Percentile £656 - £603
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £625 £589
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.10% +14.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89 102 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 82.41% 60.36% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 83
10th Percentile £200 £300 £240
25th Percentile £329 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +11.65% +14.76%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £595
90th Percentile £625 £713 £663
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - £13.13 £21.99
25th Percentile - £66.88 £23.15
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +122.22% +104.08%
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - £52.65
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Southampton

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Southampton

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Southampton

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 8 (61.54%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (53.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) Internet
2 7 (53.85%) VPN
3 6 (46.15%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) Power BI
General
1 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) IT Manager
2 8 (61.54%) IT Services Manager
2 8 (61.54%) Service Manager
3 7 (53.85%) Senior
4 6 (46.15%) Senior IT Manager
4 6 (46.15%) Senior Manager
4 6 (46.15%) Senior Service Manager
5 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Administrator
6 1 (7.69%) Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (7.69%) Network Administrator
6 1 (7.69%) Network Manager
6 1 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Network Manager
6 1 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Disaster Recovery
1 8 (61.54%) Penetration Testing
1 8 (61.54%) Security Monitoring
2 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (53.85%) Case Management
2 7 (53.85%) Contract Management
3 6 (46.15%) Analytics
4 5 (38.46%) Antivirus Management
4 5 (38.46%) Server Management
4 5 (38.46%) Storage Management
5 2 (15.38%) Design for Test
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.69%) Change Management
6 1 (7.69%) Compliance Audit
6 1 (7.69%) Data Privacy
6 1 (7.69%) ERP
6 1 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Remediation Plan
6 1 (7.69%) Validation
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) CISA
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) CRISC
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) COBIT
1 1 (7.69%) COSO
1 1 (7.69%) ITGC
1 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) SAP