MITRE ATT&CK Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

MITRE ATT&CK
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring MITRE ATT&CK skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 117 65
Rank change year-on-year +10 -52 +115
Contract jobs citing MITRE ATT&CK 19 4 76
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.92% 0.20% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.22% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 3
10th Percentile £404 £430 -
25th Percentile £407 £475 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £523 £663 £596
90th Percentile £549 £708 £612
South East median daily rate £450 £600 £608
% change year-on-year -25.00% -1.23% +15.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

MITRE ATT&CK 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 1,817 1,784 2,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.74% 88.84% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,045 1,475
10th Percentile £268 £292 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 54 104
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.92 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.40 £29.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £49.87
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +13.80% +137.45%
75th Percentile £56.50 £63.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £89.63 £69.03 £74.37
South East median hourly rate £22.23 £50.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -55.55% -5.66% +41.33%

MITRE ATT&CK
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

MITRE ATT&CK job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

MITRE ATT&CK
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MITRE ATT&CK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MITRE ATT&CK

MITRE ATT&CK
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MITRE ATT&CK in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MITRE ATT&CK in the Thames Valley

MITRE ATT&CK
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 MITRE ATT&CK within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 December 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 +5 16 £425 -15.00% 2
Buckinghamshire +7 2 £625 -13.79% 2
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
MITRE ATT&CK
South East

MITRE ATT&CK
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) GCP
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) GitHub
2 1 (5.26%) IaaS
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (5.26%) PaaS
2 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Burp Suite
2 7 (36.84%) Metasploit
3 4 (21.05%) Git
4 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (57.89%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Law
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Penetration Tester
1 7 (36.84%) Tester
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 3 (15.79%) Security Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Security Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Security Incident Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Google JAX
1 3 (15.79%) JAX
1 3 (15.79%) PyTorch
1 3 (15.79%) scikit-learn
1 3 (15.79%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (21.05%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (15.79%) Algorithms
3 2 (10.53%) CSOC
3 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Linux
2 8 (42.11%) Kali Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Incident Response
2 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (42.11%) Ethical Hacking
4 7 (36.84%) OWASP
4 7 (36.84%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (36.84%) Red Team
4 7 (36.84%) Security Operations
4 7 (36.84%) Test Automation
5 6 (31.58%) SIEM
6 4 (21.05%) AI
6 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
6 4 (21.05%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (21.05%) DevOps
6 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.79%) Agile
7 3 (15.79%) Data Science
7 3 (15.79%) SDLC
7 3 (15.79%) Secure Coding
7 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
7 3 (15.79%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) Python
2 10 (52.63%) PowerShell
3 7 (36.84%) Bash
4 3 (15.79%) C
4 3 (15.79%) C++
4 3 (15.79%) Java
4 3 (15.79%) R
5 1 (5.26%) Bicep
5 1 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) CEH
3 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
4 7 (36.84%) GPEN
4 7 (36.84%) OSCP
5 5 (26.32%) CISSP
6 3 (15.79%) CISM
6 3 (15.79%) Degree
7 2 (10.53%) CREST Certified
7 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
7 2 (10.53%) GCFA
7 2 (10.53%) GIAC
7 2 (10.53%) SANS
8 1 (5.26%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (5.26%) GCIA
8 1 (5.26%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) NIST
2 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (15.79%) EU AI Act
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (42.11%) Nmap
2 3 (15.79%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.26%) QRadar
3 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
1 5 (26.32%) Splunk
2 3 (15.79%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.26%) ArcSight
3 1 (5.26%) Carbon Black
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) Tenable