Cybersecurity Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 46 81
Rank change year-on-year +3 +35 +1
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 836 1,037 941
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.09% 4.53% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 5.07% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 725 697
10th Percentile £409 £371 £350
25th Percentile £500 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £670 £675 £638
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £582 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 38 22
10th Percentile £26.75 £25.00 £15.58
25th Percentile £38.91 £35.00 £23.75
Median hourly rate £83.77 £69.24 £56.72
Median % change year-on-year +20.98% +22.08% +19.40%
75th Percentile £87.53 £83.31 £67.98
90th Percentile £87.94 £83.40 £69.80
UK median hourly rate £83.77 £67.75 £40.98
% change year-on-year +23.64% +65.34% -13.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,136 20,443 27,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.74% 89.32% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,222 14,032 18,934
10th Percentile £250 £260 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% +9.78%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,099 1,246 1,342
10th Percentile £12.38 £10.63 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.29 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £62.10
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.30 £25.68
% change year-on-year -3.36% +45.25% +9.28%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 May 2024. 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
South West +24 267 £550 -15.38% 153
South East -2 204 £600 +4.35% 300
North of England -16 133 £582 +5.82% 222
Midlands -4 115 £550 -5.38% 123
West Midlands -5 104 £550 -8.33% 73
Scotland +27 84 £563 +15.38% 51
North West -26 74 £570 +3.64% 137
Yorkshire -14 50 £650 +18.18% 74
East of England -17 42 £600 +9.09% 88
Wales +1 19 £600 +26.32% 22
East Midlands +7 11 £400 -23.81% 48
North East +19 9 £550 -12.00% 11
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 36 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.27%) CMS
3 7 (0.84%) Confluence
4 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.36%) IBM HTTP Server
5 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.36%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) JBoss
6 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.12%) WildFly
Applications
1 23 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.32%) Acrobat
4 6 (0.72%) CANalyzer
5 5 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 127 (15.19%) Azure
2 53 (6.34%) AWS
3 33 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 27 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 26 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (1.56%) SaaS
7 12 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.44%) GCP
7 12 (1.44%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.32%) IaaS
8 11 (1.32%) PaaS
9 7 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (0.72%) Akamai
10 6 (0.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 6 (0.72%) Cloudflare
10 6 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.60%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.48%) Azure API Management
12 4 (0.48%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 100 (11.96%) Firewall
2 78 (9.33%) Network Security
3 47 (5.62%) Intrusion Detection
4 37 (4.43%) DNS
5 28 (3.35%) WAN
6 19 (2.27%) DHCP
7 16 (1.91%) TCP/IP
7 16 (1.91%) Wireless
8 12 (1.44%) LAN
8 12 (1.44%) SD-WAN
9 11 (1.32%) SSL
10 8 (0.96%) SAN
10 8 (0.96%) VPN
11 7 (0.84%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.84%) HTTP
12 5 (0.60%) Fibre Channel
12 5 (0.60%) FlexRay
12 5 (0.60%) HTTPS
13 4 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.79%) Big Data
2 8 (0.96%) Data Lake
3 7 (0.84%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.36%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.36%) MySQL
7 2 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.24%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.24%) Power BI
7 2 (0.24%) Tableau
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (1.67%) JIRA
2 6 (0.72%) CANoe
2 6 (0.72%) Git
3 4 (0.48%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.36%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.24%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.24%) JUnit
5 2 (0.24%) Maven
6 1 (0.12%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.12%) GitLab
6 1 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.12%) Selenium
6 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 216 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 108 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
3 107 (12.80%) Public Sector
4 45 (5.38%) Finance
5 34 (4.07%) Legal
6 28 (3.35%) Manufacturing
7 24 (2.87%) Banking
8 22 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.39%) Automotive
10 19 (2.27%) Military
11 17 (2.03%) Marketing
12 15 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.56%) Local Government
14 11 (1.32%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.32%) Electronics
15 9 (1.08%) Retail
16 8 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.60%) German Language
17 5 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 230 (27.51%) Analyst
2 101 (12.08%) Architect
3 77 (9.21%) SOC Analyst
4 74 (8.85%) Consultant
4 74 (8.85%) Lead
5 71 (8.49%) Security Analyst
6 62 (7.42%) Senior
7 61 (7.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 57 (6.82%) Security Architect
9 53 (6.34%) Security Consultant
10 52 (6.22%) Project Manager
11 47 (5.62%) Security Engineer
12 44 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 42 (5.02%) Security Manager
14 34 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 34 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 34 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 34 (4.07%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
15 29 (3.47%) Security Project Manager
16 25 (2.99%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.03%) SailPoint
2 14 (1.67%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (0.72%) Web Services
4 5 (0.60%) LDAP
5 4 (0.48%) .NET
5 4 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.48%) OpenID
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.36%) CSS
6 3 (0.36%) J2EE
6 3 (0.36%) Middleware
6 3 (0.36%) Regular Expression
6 3 (0.36%) REST
7 2 (0.24%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.24%) JSP
7 2 (0.24%) Spring
8 1 (0.12%) Kafka
8 1 (0.12%) Keycloak
8 1 (0.12%) OpenJDK
8 1 (0.12%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 125 (14.95%) Cyber Threat
2 112 (13.40%) Management Information System
3 93 (11.12%) Cyber Defence
4 91 (10.89%) Security Operations Centre
5 61 (7.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 56 (6.70%) Security Posture
7 50 (5.98%) CSOC
7 50 (5.98%) Operational Technology
8 40 (4.78%) Data Centre
9 26 (3.11%) Private Cloud
10 24 (2.87%) Cyberattack
11 19 (2.27%) Distributed Applications
12 16 (1.91%) PKI
13 14 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 12 (1.44%) Cloud Native
15 11 (1.32%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.32%) SCADA
16 9 (1.08%) Public Cloud
17 8 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
17 8 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 116 (13.88%) Windows
2 110 (13.16%) Linux
3 29 (3.47%) Unix
4 25 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 20 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.44%) Android
6 12 (1.44%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.32%) Mac OS X
8 5 (0.60%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.48%) CentOS
9 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.24%) AIX
10 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (26.08%) SIEM
2 191 (22.85%) Information Security
3 175 (20.93%) Security Operations
4 161 (19.26%) Incident Response
5 122 (14.59%) Risk Management
6 111 (13.28%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 105 (12.56%) Threat Intelligence
8 96 (11.48%) Use Case
9 92 (11.00%) Problem-Solving
10 87 (10.41%) Agile
10 87 (10.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 85 (10.17%) Incident Management
12 84 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
13 76 (9.09%) Mentoring
13 76 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
14 75 (8.97%) Security Architecture
15 73 (8.73%) DevOps
16 72 (8.61%) SOAR
17 65 (7.78%) Protective Monitoring
18 63 (7.54%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (3.83%) Python
2 28 (3.35%) PowerShell
3 19 (2.27%) Java
4 14 (1.67%) C#
5 11 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (1.20%) Bash
7 8 (0.96%) C++
7 8 (0.96%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.84%) SQL
9 5 (0.60%) VBA
10 4 (0.48%) Search Processing Language
11 3 (0.36%) Go
11 3 (0.36%) PHP
11 3 (0.36%) Ruby
12 2 (0.24%) C
13 1 (0.12%) Bicep
13 1 (0.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 429 (51.32%) Security Cleared
2 248 (29.67%) DV Cleared
3 174 (20.81%) SC Cleared
4 98 (11.72%) Degree
5 78 (9.33%) CISSP
6 57 (6.82%) CISM
7 29 (3.47%) CISA
8 26 (3.11%) SANS
9 22 (2.63%) CEH
10 18 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
11 16 (1.91%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.91%) PMP
12 15 (1.79%) ISACA
12 15 (1.79%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (1.44%) Azure Certification
15 11 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (1.20%) CISMP
16 10 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (1.20%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (19.26%) NIST
2 94 (11.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 58 (6.94%) GDPR
4 53 (6.34%) NIST 800
5 34 (4.07%) NCSC
6 22 (2.63%) PCI DSS
7 21 (2.51%) HIPAA
7 21 (2.51%) QA
8 17 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (1.91%) COBIT
10 14 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (1.44%) Disclosure Scotland
12 11 (1.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 10 (1.20%) GRC
13 10 (1.20%) ISO 9000
14 9 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.72%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.60%) PMO
17 4 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 62 (7.42%) Active Directory
2 41 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.63%) vSphere
4 11 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (1.32%) VMware NSX
5 10 (1.20%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.08%) Docker
7 4 (0.48%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.24%) XenApp
10 1 (0.12%) Firmware
10 1 (0.12%) Snort
10 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (2.87%) vCenter Server
2 21 (2.51%) SCCM
3 15 (1.79%) Terraform
4 11 (1.32%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.60%) Ansible
6 5 (0.60%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.60%) Nessus
6 5 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.48%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.48%) Kibana
7 4 (0.48%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 4 (0.48%) VxRail
8 3 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.36%) logstash
9 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.24%) QRadar
9 2 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 194 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.34%) Splunk
3 51 (6.10%) VMware
4 25 (2.99%) Cisco
4 25 (2.99%) Darktrace
4 25 (2.99%) LogRhythm
5 21 (2.51%) CyberArk
6 20 (2.39%) FireEye
7 14 (1.67%) Red Hat
8 13 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.44%) Adobe
10 11 (1.32%) ArcSight
11 10 (1.20%) Oracle
12 8 (0.96%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.96%) Citrix
12 8 (0.96%) SAP
12 8 (0.96%) Veeam
13 7 (0.84%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (0.72%) Cadence
15 5 (0.60%) Sage