Cyber Resilience Contract Job Trends

Cyber Resilience
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Cyber Resilience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 495 542
Rank change year-on-year +1 +47 +185
Contract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 93 57 63
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.19% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 34 41
10th Percentile £410 £358 £463
25th Percentile £463 £481 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -14.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £744 £668 £700
90th Percentile £850 £718 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £650
% change year-on-year -4.00% -23.08% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £34.04 - -
25th Percentile £35.94 £68.26 -
Median hourly rate £39.12 £73.31 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.64% - -
75th Percentile £42.29 £78.36 -
90th Percentile £44.19 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.12 £73.31 -
% change year-on-year -46.64% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Resilience 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,541 30,291 38,815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.45% 88.04% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,482 18,505 25,899
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,089 1,000 1,504
10th Percentile £14.53 £15.61 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.78 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £32.28 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.75% -27.46% +39.06%

Cyber Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Resilience relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Resilience job vacancy trend in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Resilience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Resilience

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Resilience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Resilience

Cyber Resilience
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Resilience within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England +1 80 £550 +0.46% 84
UK excluding London -38 48 £480 -4.00% 85
Work from Home +15 36 £480 -12.73% 69
London +5 32 £656 +12.62% 18
South East +9 26 £526 +0.57% 15
North of England -46 10 £480 -4.00% 20
Yorkshire -40 6 £500 - 6
Scotland 0 5 £475 +26.67% 5
North West -30 4 £480 -4.00% 11
East of England - 4 £465 - 13
South West -4 2 £813 +19.49% 13
Wales - 1 £750 - 7

Cyber Resilience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.30%) Confluence
2 3 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (30.11%) Azure
2 16 (17.20%) AWS
3 12 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (10.75%) SaaS
5 7 (7.53%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.53%) GCP
5 7 (7.53%) IaaS
6 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (6.45%) PaaS
7 5 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.23%) Azure Storage
9 2 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.15%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.15%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.15%) Viva Engage
10 1 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.08%) GitHub
10 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.68%) Firewall
2 5 (5.38%) SD-WAN
3 4 (4.30%) Network Security
4 3 (3.23%) DNS
4 3 (3.23%) IPsec
5 2 (2.15%) VPN
6 1 (1.08%) DHCP
6 1 (1.08%) DMARC
6 1 (1.08%) DSL
6 1 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.08%) Modbus
6 1 (1.08%) MQTT
6 1 (1.08%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) Power BI
1 2 (2.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Jenkins
1 4 (4.30%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) Bitbucket
General
1 32 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 31 (33.33%) Finance
3 11 (11.83%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.68%) Legal
5 5 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (5.38%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.23%) Banking
7 3 (3.23%) Electronics
7 3 (3.23%) Marketing
7 3 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.08%) Automotive
8 1 (1.08%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.08%) Local Government
8 1 (1.08%) Military
8 1 (1.08%) Police
8 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (23.66%) Architect
2 19 (20.43%) Security Architect
3 12 (12.90%) Consultant
4 11 (11.83%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 11 (11.83%) Security Solutions Architect
4 11 (11.83%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (9.68%) Analyst
5 9 (9.68%) Lead
5 9 (9.68%) Senior
6 8 (8.60%) Security Consultant
6 8 (8.60%) Security Manager
7 7 (7.53%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 7 (7.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 6 (6.45%) Project Manager
8 6 (6.45%) Security Project Manager
8 6 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (4.30%) Change Manager
9 4 (4.30%) Security Analyst
9 4 (4.30%) Security Engineer
9 4 (4.30%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) OAuth
2 3 (3.23%) ADO
2 3 (3.23%) JWT
2 3 (3.23%) SailPoint
2 3 (3.23%) SAML
3 2 (2.15%) ModSecurity
3 2 (2.15%) REST
3 2 (2.15%) SOAP
4 1 (1.08%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.08%) LDAP
4 1 (1.08%) React
4 1 (1.08%) Resque
4 1 (1.08%) RESTful
4 1 (1.08%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (1.08%) Sidekiq
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.83%) Cyber Threat
1 11 (11.83%) Operational Technology
2 9 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (7.53%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (7.53%) Security Posture
4 6 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 6 (6.45%) Taxonomies
5 5 (5.38%) Product Ownership
6 4 (4.30%) CMDB
6 4 (4.30%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.30%) SCADA
7 3 (3.23%) PKI
8 2 (2.15%) CSOC
8 2 (2.15%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.15%) IoT
8 2 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.08%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.75%) Windows
2 4 (4.30%) Linux
3 3 (3.23%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.23%) Unix
3 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (62.37%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (26.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 22 (23.66%) Incident Response
3 22 (23.66%) Risk Management
4 21 (22.58%) Cloud Security
5 19 (20.43%) Information Security
5 19 (20.43%) Security Architecture
6 18 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (16.13%) Security Operations
9 13 (13.98%) Change Management
9 13 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (13.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (13.98%) Roadmaps
10 12 (12.90%) AI
10 12 (12.90%) Project Management
10 12 (12.90%) Regulatory Compliance
10 12 (12.90%) Zero Trust
11 11 (11.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 11 (11.83%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.38%) Python
2 3 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.15%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.15%) Ruby
4 1 (1.08%) Java
4 1 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (26.88%) Security Cleared
2 24 (25.81%) CISSP
3 18 (19.35%) SC Cleared
4 14 (15.05%) CISM
5 9 (9.68%) Degree
6 7 (7.53%) DV Cleared
7 6 (6.45%) Azure Certification
8 5 (5.38%) CISA
9 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (4.30%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (3.23%) GCIH
11 2 (2.15%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.15%) CCSP
11 2 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (2.15%) CRISC
11 2 (2.15%) GCFA
11 2 (2.15%) GREM
11 2 (2.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (2.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (33.33%) NIST
2 24 (25.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (11.83%) GDPR
4 9 (9.68%) NCSC
5 7 (7.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (6.45%) EU AI Act
7 5 (5.38%) COBIT
7 5 (5.38%) GRC
7 5 (5.38%) JSP 440
8 3 (3.23%) Accessibility
8 3 (3.23%) QA
9 2 (2.15%) ISO 22301
9 2 (2.15%) NIST 800
9 2 (2.15%) SLA
9 2 (2.15%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.08%) Data Quality
10 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 10 (10.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.38%) SCCM
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.15%) EnCase
3 2 (2.15%) FTK
4 1 (1.08%) Ansible
4 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.08%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.53%) Tenable
3 4 (4.30%) CheckPoint
3 4 (4.30%) Splunk
3 4 (4.30%) VMware
4 3 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (3.23%) Fortinet
4 3 (3.23%) SAP
4 3 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.15%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.15%) Darktrace
5 2 (2.15%) Poppulo
6 1 (1.08%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (1.08%) BMC
6 1 (1.08%) Citrix
6 1 (1.08%) Google
6 1 (1.08%) Hitachi
6 1 (1.08%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.08%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.08%) Zerto