Cybersecurity Contracts in Stevenage

Cybersecurity
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 10 43 44
Rank change year-on-year +33 +1 -10
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 18 15 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 14.40% 3.28% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.13% 3.51% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 1
10th Percentile £556 - -
25th Percentile £575 £290 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +77.42%
75th Percentile £625 - £575
90th Percentile £631 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £588 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -6.00% +8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.34 - -
Median hourly rate £81.35 - £76.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £81.80 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £81.01 - £76.00
% change year-on-year - - +375.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 427 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 95.20% 93.23% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 60
10th Percentile £348 £80 £273
25th Percentile £450 £258 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -3.23% -16.22%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £504
90th Percentile £628 £650 £607
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 298 133
10th Percentile £40.00 £38.12 £49.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Stevenage

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Stevenage

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Stevenage

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 4 (22.22%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (77.78%) DNS
1 14 (77.78%) FTP
1 14 (77.78%) HTTP
1 14 (77.78%) SMTP
1 14 (77.78%) SSL
2 12 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 12 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 17 (94.44%) Analyst
2 16 (88.89%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Junior
3 3 (16.67%) Junior Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Security Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (77.78%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (77.78%) Cyber Threat
1 14 (77.78%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (66.67%) Cyberattack
3 10 (55.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (44.44%) CSOC
5 7 (38.89%) Management Information System
6 4 (22.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (11.11%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Security Operations
1 14 (77.78%) Threat Detection
2 12 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 10 (55.56%) Information Management
3 10 (55.56%) Information Security
3 10 (55.56%) Network Packet Capture
4 9 (50.00%) SIEM
5 7 (38.89%) Analytics
5 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (38.89%) Behavioural Analytics
5 7 (38.89%) Machine Learning
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (11.11%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 16 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 14 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 10 (55.56%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) CISSP
4 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (11.11%) GCIA
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Darktrace
1 4 (22.22%) FireEye
1 4 (22.22%) LogRhythm
1 4 (22.22%) Splunk
2 2 (11.11%) IronPort
2 2 (11.11%) Symantec
3 1 (5.56%) Twitter