Cybersecurity Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 32 35 50
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 +28
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 82 140 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.43% 5.21% 3.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.84% 5.98% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 62 70
10th Percentile £425 £263 £400
25th Percentile £500 £488 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% +4.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £675 £675 £776
South East median daily rate £550 £589 £581
% change year-on-year -6.62% +1.33% +6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 2
10th Percentile £83.26 £81.86 £27.58
25th Percentile £84.40 £81.88 £28.44
Median hourly rate £87.58 £87.46 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +0.14% +179.87% -
75th Percentile £90.69 £87.50 £33.44
90th Percentile £91.77 £87.53 £33.93
South East median hourly rate £79.16 £87.23 £33.50
% change year-on-year -9.26% +160.39% -8.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -3 64 £545 -6.12% 141
Oxfordshire +8 9 £625 +1.63% 78
Buckinghamshire +4 9 £528 -1.62% 110
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Maximo
1 1 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.85%) Azure
2 8 (9.76%) AWS
3 5 (6.10%) SaaS
4 3 (3.66%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.66%) GCP
4 3 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.44%) IaaS
5 2 (2.44%) PaaS
6 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.22%) GitHub
6 1 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.22%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.63%) Firewall
2 11 (13.41%) Intrusion Detection
2 11 (13.41%) Network Security
3 6 (7.32%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (3.66%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.66%) VPN
4 3 (3.66%) WAN
4 3 (3.66%) Wireless
5 2 (2.44%) DNS
5 2 (2.44%) LAN
5 2 (2.44%) MPLS
5 2 (2.44%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.44%) VSAN
6 1 (1.22%) BGP
6 1 (1.22%) Internet
6 1 (1.22%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.22%) OSPF
6 1 (1.22%) SAN
6 1 (1.22%) SSL
6 1 (1.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.44%) Big Data
3 1 (1.22%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.22%) JIRA
1 1 (1.22%) Metasploit
General
1 21 (25.61%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (21.95%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.32%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.88%) Automotive
4 4 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.44%) Military
6 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Finance
7 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.22%) Law
7 1 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (24.39%) Analyst
2 14 (17.07%) Senior
3 13 (15.85%) Architect
3 13 (15.85%) Security Analyst
4 10 (12.20%) Lead
5 8 (9.76%) Security Architect
6 7 (8.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 7 (8.54%) SOC Analyst
7 6 (7.32%) Consultant
7 6 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (7.32%) Head of Architecture
7 6 (7.32%) Head of Security
7 6 (7.32%) Security Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) SIEM Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Head of Strategy
9 4 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (4.88%) IT Support
9 4 (4.88%) Security Advisor
10 3 (3.66%) Senior Architect
10 3 (3.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.32%) Elastic Stack
1 6 (7.32%) JSON
1 6 (7.32%) REST
2 5 (6.10%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (13.41%) Management Information System
2 11 (13.41%) Operational Technology
3 9 (10.98%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (9.76%) CSOC
4 8 (9.76%) Onboarding
4 8 (9.76%) Security Posture
5 5 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (6.10%) SCADA
6 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
6 4 (4.88%) PKI
7 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.22%) CESG
8 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.22%) CMDB
8 1 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.22%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.22%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.10%) Windows
2 3 (3.66%) Linux
2 3 (3.66%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.22%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (34.15%) SIEM
2 22 (26.83%) Incident Response
2 22 (26.83%) Security Operations
3 21 (25.61%) Risk Management
4 18 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (20.73%) Vulnerability Management
6 16 (19.51%) ITIL
6 16 (19.51%) Security Architecture
7 13 (15.85%) Information Security
8 11 (13.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 11 (13.41%) Threat Intelligence
9 10 (12.20%) Decision-Making
9 10 (12.20%) Roadmaps
10 9 (10.98%) Risk Assessment
10 9 (10.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 8 (9.76%) Cloud Security
11 8 (9.76%) OWASP
11 8 (9.76%) Security Monitoring
11 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (8.54%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.10%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.10%) Python
2 4 (4.88%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 17 (20.73%) DV Cleared
3 14 (17.07%) CISSP
4 12 (14.63%) SC Cleared
5 8 (9.76%) Degree
6 7 (8.54%) GIAC
7 6 (7.32%) CEH
8 5 (6.10%) CISM
8 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (3.66%) CISA
9 3 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.44%) GCIH
10 2 (2.44%) ISACA
10 2 (2.44%) MCSE
10 2 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (1.22%) CCSK
11 1 (1.22%) GCFA
11 1 (1.22%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (28.05%) NIST
2 14 (17.07%) GDPR
3 12 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (10.98%) NCSC
5 8 (9.76%) COBIT
6 7 (8.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (7.32%) Data Quality
8 3 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (3.66%) SLA
9 2 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (2.44%) PCI DSS
10 1 (1.22%) ISO 9001
10 1 (1.22%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.66%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.22%) Docker
3 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.22%) vSphere
3 1 (1.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.44%) CASB
2 2 (2.44%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.44%) QRadar
2 2 (2.44%) SCCM
3 1 (1.22%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.32%) Darktrace
3 5 (6.10%) Cisco
3 5 (6.10%) SAP
3 5 (6.10%) Splunk
4 4 (4.88%) Palo Alto
4 4 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.88%) VMware
5 3 (3.66%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.66%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.66%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.22%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.22%) Aruba
6 1 (1.22%) BMC
6 1 (1.22%) Citrix
6 1 (1.22%) F5
6 1 (1.22%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.22%) Google
6 1 (1.22%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.22%) Remedy