Insider Threat Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Insider Threats
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insider Threat in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Insider Threat over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Insider Threat 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
South East median daily rate £475 - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Insider 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 584 653 853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.68% 29.18% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 372 569
10th Percentile £250 £250 £249
25th Percentile £381 £399 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -
75th Percentile £575 £608 £638
90th Percentile £664 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 29 28
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.84 £18.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £20.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.44 £42.88 £60.63
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% -29.27% +206.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.06 £72.40
90th Percentile £87.77 £69.79 £75.73
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +135.14%

Insider Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Insider Threat in the Thames Valley

Insider 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 Insider Threat within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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 - 2 £475 - 1
Insider Threat
South East

Insider 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) OSINT
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Operations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel