Security Posture Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 87 137 150
Rank change year-on-year +50 +13 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 15 8 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.99% 0.30% 0.034%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.75% 1.00% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 1
10th Percentile £480 £775 -
25th Percentile £500 £806 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £913 £675
Median % change year-on-year -34.25% +35.19% +3.85%
75th Percentile - £938 £688
90th Percentile £649 £944 -
South East median daily rate £584 £815 £563
% change year-on-year -28.40% +44.89% +4.17%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Security Posture 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%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
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 Security Posture 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 +40 11 £600 - 6
Buckinghamshire +14 4 £550 -39.73% 4
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (6.67%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
3 4 (26.67%) GCP
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.67%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (13.33%) VPN
3 1 (6.67%) BGP
3 1 (6.67%) DNS
3 1 (6.67%) LAN
3 1 (6.67%) NGFW
3 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (6.67%) SSL
3 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Architect
1 5 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Information Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Cyberattack
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) PKI
2 1 (6.67%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) SIEM
2 9 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (53.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (46.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 7 (46.67%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 5 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 4 (26.67%) DevSecOps
6 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (26.67%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 3 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
8 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
8 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
8 2 (13.33%) Data Security
8 2 (13.33%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (13.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) CISSP
2 6 (40.00%) CEH
3 5 (33.33%) CISM
4 4 (26.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (20.00%) Degree
5 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) CCNA
6 2 (13.33%) CISA
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (13.33%) CRISC
6 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (6.67%) CCNP
7 1 (6.67%) CCSP
7 1 (6.67%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (6.67%) CFCE
7 1 (6.67%) SANS
7 1 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) NIST
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) QRadar
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (6.67%) Argo
2 1 (6.67%) CASB
2 1 (6.67%) Istio
2 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
3 1 (6.67%) Forcepoint
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Proofpoint
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow