Cyber Threat Specialist Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat Specialist
South East > Thames Valley

The median Cyber Threat Specialist daily rate in the Thames Valley is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 123 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cyber Threat Specialist 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.061% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
South East median daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,494 2,054 2,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 91.45% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 935 1,153 1,756
10th Percentile £250 £257 £250
25th Percentile £380 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £611 £616
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 104 93
10th Percentile £14.20 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £29.38 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.53 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -58.45% +25.06% +169.41%
75th Percentile £60.63 £72.33 £66.00
90th Percentile £87.38 £89.25 £74.96
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.71
% change year-on-year -56.26% +13.39% +111.29%

Cyber Threat Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Cyber Threat Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat Specialist in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat Specialist
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 Threat Specialist within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +12 1 £475 -
Cyber Threat Specialist
South East

Cyber Threat Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Cyber Threat Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Cyber Threat Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Web Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Insider Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Cyber Threat Specialist Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Operations