MITRE ATT&CK Contracts in the UK excluding London

MITRE ATT&CK
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MITRE ATT&CK skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MITRE ATT&CK over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 294 377
Rank change year-on-year -36 +83 +113
Contract jobs citing MITRE ATT&CK 37 81 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.44% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.53% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 61 32
10th Percentile £477 £500 £406
25th Percentile £513 £600 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 £574
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +22.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £800 £800 £628
90th Percentile - £850 £675
UK median daily rate £575 £661 £560
% change year-on-year -12.94% +17.95% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £86.66
UK median hourly rate - - £86.66

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

MITRE ATT&CK falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,697 15,217 19,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.29% 83.12% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,222 9,130 13,018
10th Percentile £240 £250 £261
25th Percentile £369 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,357 1,546 1,190
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.85 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.87 £17.30
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% +13.33% +70.45%
75th Percentile £44.78 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £76.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.33
% change year-on-year -39.40% -1.95% +59.73%

MITRE ATT&CK
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MITRE ATT&CK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MITRE ATT&CK in the UK excluding London

MITRE ATT&CK
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MITRE ATT&CK in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MITRE ATT&CK in the UK excluding London

MITRE ATT&CK
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MITRE ATT&CK in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MITRE ATT&CK in the UK excluding London

MITRE ATT&CK
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 MITRE ATT&CK within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
North of England -26 12 £575 -22.03% 14
South East +15 11 £550 -20.86% 14
North West -12 10 £575 -20.69% 10
West Midlands -15 7 £800 +24.03% 3
Midlands -15 7 £800 +24.03% 5
South West -3 5 £525 -23.91% 6
Yorkshire -21 2 £536 -32.96% 4
East of England +10 1 £825 +10.00% 15
Scotland - 1 - - 4
MITRE ATT&CK
UK

MITRE ATT&CK
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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (40.54%) Azure
2 10 (27.03%) AWS
3 8 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (18.92%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (18.92%) GCP
5 4 (10.81%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (5.41%) SaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.70%) OCI
7 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.70%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.03%) Network Security
2 3 (8.11%) Firewall
3 2 (5.41%) VPN
4 1 (2.70%) DNS
4 1 (2.70%) DSL
4 1 (2.70%) tcpdump
4 1 (2.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 17 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Legal
5 3 (8.11%) Military
6 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.70%) Games
7 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Analyst
1 11 (29.73%) Architect
1 11 (29.73%) Security Architect
2 7 (18.92%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Consultant
4 4 (10.81%) Security Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 3 (8.11%) IT Architect
5 3 (8.11%) IT Security Architect
5 3 (8.11%) Network Security Architect
5 3 (8.11%) Security Analyst
5 3 (8.11%) Security Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.11%) Security Specialist
5 3 (8.11%) SOC Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Operations Director
6 2 (5.41%) SIEM Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SIEM Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Development Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Google JAX
1 3 (8.11%) JAX
1 3 (8.11%) PyTorch
1 3 (8.11%) scikit-learn
1 3 (8.11%) TensorFlow
2 2 (5.41%) JSON
2 2 (5.41%) REST
3 1 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Security Operations Centre
1 9 (24.32%) Security Posture
2 7 (18.92%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (13.51%) Operational Technology
3 5 (13.51%) SCADA
4 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
5 3 (8.11%) Algorithms
5 3 (8.11%) Cloud Native
5 3 (8.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (5.41%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.70%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.70%) FMCG
7 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.70%) MISP
7 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.70%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (67.57%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (59.46%) Incident Response
3 20 (54.05%) Threat Intelligence
4 19 (51.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 17 (45.95%) Security Operations
6 15 (40.54%) SOAR
7 14 (37.84%) SIEM
8 13 (35.14%) Threat Modelling
9 12 (32.43%) Threat Detection
10 11 (29.73%) Cloud Security
10 11 (29.73%) Security Architecture
11 8 (21.62%) Analytics
11 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (13.51%) Application Security
12 5 (13.51%) CI/CD
12 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (13.51%) Design Patterns
12 5 (13.51%) OWASP
12 5 (13.51%) Use Case
12 5 (13.51%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (29.73%) Python
2 8 (21.62%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
4 3 (8.11%) Bash
4 3 (8.11%) C
4 3 (8.11%) C++
4 3 (8.11%) Java
4 3 (8.11%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) CISSP
3 6 (16.22%) CISM
3 6 (16.22%) GCIH
3 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
4 5 (13.51%) Degree
5 4 (10.81%) GCIA
6 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.70%) BC Cleared
7 1 (2.70%) CISA
7 1 (2.70%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (2.70%) CREST Certified
7 1 (2.70%) CRISC
7 1 (2.70%) GCED
7 1 (2.70%) GCFA
7 1 (2.70%) GIAC
7 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (48.65%) NIST
2 10 (27.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (24.32%) GDPR
4 5 (13.51%) PCI DSS
5 3 (8.11%) EU AI Act
5 3 (8.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (5.41%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.70%) ISO 22301
7 1 (2.70%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) QRadar
2 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.70%) Ansible
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.70%) Kibana
3 1 (2.70%) logstash
3 1 (2.70%) Nessus
3 1 (2.70%) OpenVAS
3 1 (2.70%) SCCM
3 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (24.32%) Splunk
3 4 (10.81%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (8.11%) IBM
5 2 (5.41%) LogRhythm
5 2 (5.41%) Rapid7
5 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.70%) ArcSight
6 1 (2.70%) Carbon Black
6 1 (2.70%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.70%) Google
6 1 (2.70%) Qualys