Insider Threat Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Insider Threats
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insider Threat in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Insider Threat over the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 358 420
Rank change year-on-year -20 +62 +94
Contract jobs citing Insider Threat 2 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.040% 0.005%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.038% 0.14% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £301 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £305 £450
Median % change year-on-year +55.74% -32.22% -21.74%
75th Percentile - £475 £475
90th Percentile - £540 -
UK median daily rate £550 £305 £650
% change year-on-year +80.33% -53.08% +30.00%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Insider Threat 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,278 5,105 6,727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.58% 28.93% 31.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,153 2,888 4,404
10th Percentile £223 £213 £220
25th Percentile £363 £372 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 366 349
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.97 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.99 £21.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +17.04% +122.73%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.08 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.00% +12.36% +71.15%

Insider Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Insider Threat in the UK excluding London

Insider Threat
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Insider Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Insider Threat

Insider Threat
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 Insider Threat within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East - 2 £475 - 1
Insider Threat
UK

Insider Threat
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) OSINT
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Operations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel