Cyber Resilience Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cyber Resilience
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cyber Resilience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 118 137
Rank change year-on-year +9 +19 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 19 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.92% 0.099% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 2 4
10th Percentile £452 £505 -
25th Percentile £467 £511 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £649 £534 £597
90th Percentile £833 £541 £681
South East median daily rate £526 £523 £525
% change year-on-year +0.57% -0.48% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Cyber Resilience 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,816 1,793 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.86% 88.67% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,051 1,470
10th Percentile £268 £298 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 54 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.92 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.35 £29.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.49% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.09 £69.03 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £51.00 £51.96
% change year-on-year -56.86% -1.85% +38.56%

Cyber Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Resilience relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Cyber Resilience job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cyber Resilience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cyber Resilience

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Resilience in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Resilience in the Thames Valley

Cyber Resilience
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Resilience within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Berkshire +10 16 £536 +2.58% 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £695 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £588 - 2
Cyber Resilience
South East

Cyber Resilience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (21.05%) Entra ID
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (21.05%) SaaS
3 3 (15.79%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) IaaS
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (15.79%) PaaS
4 2 (10.53%) Google Workspace
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) SD-WAN
2 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) IPsec
2 3 (15.79%) Network Security
3 1 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.26%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Legal
2 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Architect
1 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 6 (31.58%) Security Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Security Solutions Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.79%) Security Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Forensic Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) ADO
2 1 (5.26%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Operational Technology
2 4 (21.05%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (10.53%) IoT
3 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) SCADA
4 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Mac OS
2 2 (10.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (26.32%) Data Loss Prevention
2 5 (26.32%) DevOps
2 5 (26.32%) Security Architecture
2 5 (26.32%) Security Operations
2 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (21.05%) Incident Response
3 4 (21.05%) Network Architecture
3 4 (21.05%) Network Segmentation
3 4 (21.05%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (21.05%) Zero Trust
4 3 (15.79%) Architectural Design
4 3 (15.79%) Business Continuity
4 3 (15.79%) Change Management
4 3 (15.79%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) CISSP
2 3 (15.79%) Azure Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (15.79%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (10.53%) CCSP
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.53%) CISM
3 2 (10.53%) GCFA
3 2 (10.53%) GCFE
3 2 (10.53%) GCIH
3 2 (10.53%) GREM
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) NIST
2 3 (15.79%) GDPR
2 3 (15.79%) GRC
2 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.26%) NCSC
4 1 (5.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) EnCase
1 2 (10.53%) FTK
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Tenable
3 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
3 2 (10.53%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (10.53%) Darktrace
3 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.26%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (5.26%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (5.26%) CyberArk