Cyber Defence
South East > Surrey
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 37 | - | 72 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey | 0.37% | - | 0.13% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.35% | - | 0.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £750 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £800 | £750 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.50% | +6.67% | +22.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.77 | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £32.77 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Surrey
Cyber Defence 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 Surrey.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 74 | 148 | 253 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey | 27.11% | 23.60% | 33.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 50 | 105 | 208 |
| 10th Percentile | £181 | £268 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £250 | £363 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £411 | £500 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.75% | -3.85% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £509 | £650 | £641 |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £738 | £788 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 22 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.32 | - | £23.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.00 | £11.71 | £32.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.39 | £15.68 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +93.84% | -67.00% | +257.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | £56.38 | £64.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.52 | £75.00 | £77.08 |
| South East median hourly rate | £33.89 | £54.00 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.25% | +2.86% | +162.50% |
Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey
Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.
Cyber Defence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in Surrey.
Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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: