Cyber Threat Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threats
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat 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 88 140 148
Rank change year-on-year +52 +8 +14
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 14 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.93% 0.19% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.57% 0.62% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile - £528 -
25th Percentile £500 £542 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.21% +8.57% -38.24%
75th Percentile £544 £590 £544
90th Percentile £567 - £548
South East median daily rate £528 £800 £588
% change year-on-year -34.06% +36.17% -30.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £83.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £83.50 -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Cyber Threat 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 545 801 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.07% 29.82% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 473 613
10th Percentile £303 £205 £280
25th Percentile £423 £295 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 62 24
10th Percentile £14.16 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -38.46% +143.75%
75th Percentile £66.12 £59.97 £70.90
90th Percentile £88.60 £65.00 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat
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 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 +41 11 £505 - 9
Buckinghamshire +15 3 £528 -7.46% 10
Cyber Threat
South East

Cyber Threat
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Burp Suite
1 1 (7.14%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (64.29%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) SIEM Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Audit Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) SOC Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Technology Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) JSON
1 5 (35.71%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) CSOC
2 5 (35.71%) Onboarding
3 4 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
4 1 (7.14%) SCADA
4 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Kali Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (78.57%) Security Operations
2 11 (78.57%) SIEM
3 9 (64.29%) Incident Response
4 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
5 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (14.29%) Protective Monitoring
7 2 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
8 1 (7.14%) Data Security
8 1 (7.14%) Ethical Hacking
8 1 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) GIAC
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) CISM
4 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (7.14%) CEH
5 1 (7.14%) CISA
5 1 (7.14%) GCIA
5 1 (7.14%) GCIH
5 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Data Quality
2 2 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 2 (14.29%) SLA
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
3 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) CSIRT
1 1 (7.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (7.14%) Proofpoint