Darktrace Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Darktrace
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of Darktrace products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Darktrace over the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Darktrace.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Darktrace 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.19% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £555 - -
25th Percentile £619 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £781 - -
90th Percentile £785 - -
South East median daily rate £750 - -

All Vendors
Thames Valley

Darktrace falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,173 841 1,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 54.86% 48.44% 51.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 530 852
10th Percentile £269 £250 £205
25th Percentile £406 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -0.40%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £652 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -2.19% +2.24% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 17 66
10th Percentile £15.62 £21.50 £18.10
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.66 £24.36
Median hourly rate £29.61 £42.50 £55.40
Median % change year-on-year -30.33% -23.29% +96.98%
75th Percentile £80.05 £65.62 £62.53
90th Percentile £95.00 £70.45 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £40.25 £54.56
% change year-on-year -44.10% -26.23% +45.49%

Darktrace
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Darktrace job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Darktrace in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Darktrace in the Thames Valley

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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 Darktrace within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 January 2026. 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 - 2 £763 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £525 - 1
Darktrace
South East

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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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Forensic Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) IoT
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (50.00%) Unix
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Behavioural Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Forensics
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 2 (50.00%) Document Management
2 2 (50.00%) E-Discovery
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) SOAR
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) GCFA
1 2 (50.00%) GCFE
1 2 (50.00%) GCIH
1 2 (50.00%) GREM
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) EnCase
1 2 (50.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike