Security Posture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 312 367
Rank change year-on-year +58 +55 +101
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 89 85 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.41% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.03% 1.42% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 62 51
10th Percentile £425 - £400
25th Percentile £500 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +2.33% -12.24%
75th Percentile £638 £646 £648
90th Percentile £779 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £588 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +6.82% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.88 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £28.75 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.77% - -
75th Percentile £31.34 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £53.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -55.77% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,380 5,967 7,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.60% 28.80% 32.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,659 3,572 4,919
10th Percentile £212 £208 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £610
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 744 413
10th Percentile £15.31 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.76 £34.07 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +56.64% +2.35%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.30 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £34.21 £22.00
% change year-on-year -3.54% +55.50% -18.46%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Midlands +29 25 £625 +38.89% 24
South East +52 21 £559 -30.19% 26
North of England +22 20 £555 -11.20% 26
West Midlands +24 17 £631 +26.25% 16
North West +11 14 £593 -8.85% 15
South West +17 12 £781 +48.81% 16
Scotland +9 9 £425 -15.00% 20
East Midlands +14 8 £500 +25.00% 8
Yorkshire +15 4 £600 - 8
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 12
East of England +26 3 - - 10
North East - 2 £534 - 3
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 1 (1.12%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (1.12%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 31 (34.83%) Azure
2 14 (15.73%) AWS
3 10 (11.24%) Azure Sentinel
3 10 (11.24%) Entra ID
3 10 (11.24%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.99%) GCP
5 7 (7.87%) Power Platform
6 6 (6.74%) SaaS
7 4 (4.49%) IaaS
7 4 (4.49%) PaaS
8 2 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.12%) Akamai
9 1 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.12%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.12%) OCI
9 1 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.73%) Firewall
2 12 (13.48%) Network Security
3 6 (6.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (5.62%) VPN
5 4 (4.49%) SD-WAN
5 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.49%) WAN
6 3 (3.37%) LAN
7 2 (2.25%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (2.25%) HTTP
7 2 (2.25%) Internet
7 2 (2.25%) MPLS
8 1 (1.12%) BGP
8 1 (1.12%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (1.12%) DKIM
8 1 (1.12%) DNS
8 1 (1.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.87%) Power BI
2 4 (4.49%) Oracle Database
3 3 (3.37%) DB2
3 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.37%) Tableau
4 2 (2.25%) MySQL
4 2 (2.25%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.12%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.12%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.12%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 35 (39.33%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (17.98%) Finance
4 7 (7.87%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (7.87%) Legal
5 5 (5.62%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.37%) Banking
7 3 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (2.25%) Law
9 1 (1.12%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.12%) Automotive
9 1 (1.12%) Electronics
9 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.12%) Marketing
9 1 (1.12%) Retail
9 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (16.85%) Architect
2 14 (15.73%) Security Architect
3 13 (14.61%) Consultant
4 12 (13.48%) Analyst
5 9 (10.11%) Lead
6 8 (8.99%) Security Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Security Consultant
7 6 (6.74%) SOC Analyst
8 5 (5.62%) Administrator
8 5 (5.62%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
8 5 (5.62%) Security Manager
9 4 (4.49%) Information Manager
9 4 (4.49%) Information Security Manager
9 4 (4.49%) Security Analyst
9 4 (4.49%) Senior
10 3 (3.37%) Head of Security
10 3 (3.37%) SIEM Engineer
11 2 (2.25%) Information Assurance Specialist
11 2 (2.25%) Information Security Consultant
11 2 (2.25%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.62%) LDAP
2 2 (2.25%) OAuth
2 2 (2.25%) OpenID
2 2 (2.25%) SAML
3 1 (1.12%) .NET
3 1 (1.12%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.12%) JSON
3 1 (1.12%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.12%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.48%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.36%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (10.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (6.74%) Data Centre
5 5 (5.62%) Onboarding
5 5 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (4.49%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (4.49%) Operational Technology
6 4 (4.49%) PKI
7 2 (2.25%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.25%) SCADA
8 1 (1.12%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.12%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.12%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.12%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.24%) Linux
1 10 (11.24%) Windows
2 3 (3.37%) Unix
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (46.07%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (33.71%) Incident Response
3 29 (32.58%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (29.21%) Cloud Security
5 25 (28.09%) SIEM
6 23 (25.84%) Security Operations
7 21 (23.60%) Information Security
8 20 (22.47%) Vulnerability Management
9 17 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (19.10%) Threat Intelligence
10 15 (16.85%) Threat Modelling
11 14 (15.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 14 (15.73%) Risk Management
12 13 (14.61%) Identity Access Management
12 13 (14.61%) Migration
13 11 (12.36%) Security Monitoring
14 10 (11.24%) DevSecOps
14 10 (11.24%) Zero Trust
15 9 (10.11%) Mentoring
15 9 (10.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.61%) Python
2 9 (10.11%) PowerShell
3 8 (8.99%) SQL
4 5 (5.62%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (2.25%) Bash
5 2 (2.25%) Perl
6 1 (1.12%) C#
6 1 (1.12%) Java
6 1 (1.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (22.47%) CISSP
2 15 (16.85%) CISM
3 12 (13.48%) Security Cleared
4 10 (11.24%) CEH
5 9 (10.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (10.11%) Degree
6 8 (8.99%) SC Cleared
7 7 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (6.74%) CRISC
9 5 (5.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (5.62%) CISA
10 4 (4.49%) DV Cleared
10 4 (4.49%) Master's Degree
11 3 (3.37%) CCSP
11 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (2.25%) CCNA
12 2 (2.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (2.25%) OSCP
13 1 (1.12%) CCSK
13 1 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (23.60%) NIST
2 17 (19.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (14.61%) GDPR
4 7 (7.87%) PCI DSS
5 6 (6.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (6.74%) GRC
6 4 (4.49%) PMO
6 4 (4.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (3.37%) HIPAA
8 2 (2.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (2.25%) COBIT
8 2 (2.25%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (2.25%) NCSC
8 2 (2.25%) QA
8 2 (2.25%) SLA
8 2 (2.25%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 12 (13.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.62%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.49%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.37%) AirWatch
4 3 (3.37%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (3.37%) SCCM
4 3 (3.37%) Terraform
5 2 (2.25%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (2.25%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.25%) QRadar
6 1 (1.12%) Ansible
6 1 (1.12%) Argo
6 1 (1.12%) CASB
6 1 (1.12%) Istio
6 1 (1.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (34.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.99%) Oracle
3 7 (7.87%) CyberArk
3 7 (7.87%) Splunk
4 5 (5.62%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.49%) Cisco
5 4 (4.49%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.37%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.25%) Aruba
7 2 (2.25%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.25%) Google
7 2 (2.25%) Proofpoint
7 2 (2.25%) Zscaler
8 1 (1.12%) AlienVault
8 1 (1.12%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (1.12%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.12%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.12%) IBM
8 1 (1.12%) Ping Identity
8 1 (1.12%) Ubiquiti