Nmap Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Network Mapper (Nmap)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Nmap skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Nmap 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.74% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £491 - -
90th Percentile £495 - -
South East median daily rate £475 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

Nmap falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 300 290 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.83% 13.77% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 212 261
10th Percentile £255 £301 £203
25th Percentile £363 £380 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £497 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% -5.43% +2.44%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £625
90th Percentile £608 £674 £695
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £530
% change year-on-year -3.00% -5.66% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 15
10th Percentile - £18.00 £24.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.08 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -28.74% -27.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £81.50 £37.06 £57.37
90th Percentile £86.00 £37.62 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £36.39 £34.00 £49.07
% change year-on-year +7.01% -30.70% -7.22%

Nmap
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Nmap job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Nmap
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Nmap
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 Nmap within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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 - 15 £425 - 2
Nmap
South East

Nmap
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:

Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) AWS
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) GCP
3 1 (6.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Wireless
1 7 (46.67%) Wireshark
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
3 1 (6.67%) Internet
3 1 (6.67%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 15 (100.00%) Burp Suite
2 13 (86.67%) Metasploit
3 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 14 (93.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Penetration Tester
1 14 (93.33%) Tester
2 1 (6.67%) Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Security Incident Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Security Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Kali Linux
1 9 (60.00%) Linux
2 6 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (53.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 8 (53.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 8 (53.33%) OWASP
2 8 (53.33%) Red Team
2 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
3 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 5 (33.33%) Information Security
6 3 (20.00%) Business Development
6 3 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
6 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (20.00%) Line Management
6 3 (20.00%) Security Management
7 1 (6.67%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (6.67%) Incident Response
7 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (6.67%) Runbook
7 1 (6.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Bash
1 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
1 7 (46.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) CEH
2 8 (53.33%) OSCP
3 7 (46.67%) GPEN
4 6 (40.00%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (40.00%) Degree
5 4 (26.67%) CREST Certified
5 4 (26.67%) Cyber Scheme
5 4 (26.67%) Postgraduate
6 2 (13.33%) CISSP
7 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (6.67%) CCSP
7 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
7 1 (6.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) GDPR
1 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (40.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (20.00%) PMO
2 3 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (6.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Google
1 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
1 1 (6.67%) Splunk