Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Security Posture
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.32% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £450 - -

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 78 74 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 24.61% 33.48% 31.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 26 35
10th Percentile £146 £311 £135
25th Percentile £167 £355 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £369 £450 £454
Median % change year-on-year -17.94% -0.88% -17.45%
75th Percentile £537 £650 £544
90th Percentile £600 £700 £713
North East median daily rate £400 £460 £454
% change year-on-year -13.04% +1.32% -16.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £14.30
25th Percentile £13.37 £18.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.49 £19.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% -40.63% -
75th Percentile £13.61 £20.00 £33.75
90th Percentile - - £49.50
North East median hourly rate £13.49 £46.18 £32.50
% change year-on-year -70.79% +42.09% -50.76%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £450 - 3
Security Posture
North East

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared