Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Security Posture
East of England > Suffolk

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Suffolk. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 23 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 2.04% 2.00% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.09% 4.65% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £505 £576 -
25th Percentile £513 £593 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £665 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% - -
75th Percentile £538 £718 -
90th Percentile £545 £722 -
East of England median daily rate £553 £688 -
% change year-on-year -19.56% - -

All Generic Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22 43 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 22.45% 43.00% 20.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 11
10th Percentile £213 £205 £125
25th Percentile £395 £225 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £288
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +30.43% -58.93%
75th Percentile £700 £538 £488
90th Percentile £748 £695 £500
East of England median daily rate £454 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -9.20% +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £14.52 - -
25th Percentile £17.40 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £11.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.69%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £26.75
90th Percentile - - £36.05
East of England median hourly rate £22.50 £66.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -66.29% +21.36% -15.71%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
Ipswich +4 2 £525 -21.05% 1
Security Posture
East of England

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Application Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Risk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Security
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (50.00%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable