Security Posture Contract Job Trends 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 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 118 140
Rank change year-on-year +30 +22 +43
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 26 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.60% 0.36% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.52% 1.24% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile £444 £470 -
25th Percentile £488 £500 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £850
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% -29.41% +32.04%
75th Percentile £610 £663 £875
90th Percentile £650 £670 -
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £725
% change year-on-year +5.26% -34.48% +22.88%

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 575 646 844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.47% 29.11% 30.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 369 566
10th Percentile £250 £250 £232
25th Percentile £380 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year - -2.68% +0.24%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £638
90th Percentile £664 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 27 28
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £23.37 £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 £60.83 £72.40
90th Percentile £87.77 £68.38 £75.73
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +132.12%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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 21 September 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 21 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 +35 22 £513 -14.58% 7
Buckinghamshire +5 3 £588 - 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £488 - 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 4 (15.38%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) IaaS
4 1 (3.85%) PaaS
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Firewall
1 5 (19.23%) Network Security
2 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Git
General
1 10 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Architect
1 7 (26.92%) Security Architect
2 4 (15.38%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Head of Information
5 1 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Lead
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Network Support
5 1 (3.85%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Google JAX
1 2 (7.69%) JAX
1 2 (7.69%) PyTorch
1 2 (7.69%) scikit-learn
1 2 (7.69%) TensorFlow
2 1 (3.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Cloud Native
1 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (11.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Public Cloud
2 3 (11.54%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.85%) Clustering
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) DevOps
2 11 (42.31%) Cloud Security
2 11 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (42.31%) DevSecOps
3 10 (38.46%) SIEM
4 9 (34.62%) Incident Response
4 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (30.77%) Mentoring
6 7 (26.92%) Security Architecture
7 6 (23.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 6 (23.08%) Data Privacy
7 6 (23.08%) Information Security
7 6 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
7 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
8 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
8 5 (19.23%) SDLC
8 5 (19.23%) Secure Coding
9 4 (15.38%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 3 (11.54%) Java
4 2 (7.69%) C
4 2 (7.69%) C++
4 2 (7.69%) R
5 1 (3.85%) BeanShell
5 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) CISSP
2 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (11.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (11.54%) AWS Certification
3 3 (11.54%) Azure Certification
3 3 (11.54%) CCSP
3 3 (11.54%) CFCE
3 3 (11.54%) GCIH
4 2 (7.69%) CEH
4 2 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (7.69%) GCFA
4 2 (7.69%) GCIA
5 1 (3.85%) CCNA
5 1 (3.85%) CISM
5 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.85%) Degree
5 1 (3.85%) GIAC
5 1 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (42.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (42.31%) NIST
2 9 (34.62%) GDPR
3 4 (15.38%) PCI DSS
3 4 (15.38%) PSD2
4 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (7.69%) EU AI Act
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.85%) GRC
5 1 (3.85%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.85%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (3.85%) QRadar
2 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Splunk
3 2 (7.69%) ArcSight
3 2 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (7.69%) LogRhythm
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco
4 1 (3.85%) FireEye
4 1 (3.85%) Intel
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.85%) Tanium