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 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 490 561
Rank change year-on-year +11 +71 +228
Contract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 73 59 79
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 39 46
10th Percentile £340 £475 £456
25th Percentile £463 £513 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.92% +2.04% +6.52%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £700
90th Percentile £850 £800 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £536 £538 £573
% change year-on-year -0.28% -6.11% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £63.53
25th Percentile - - £69.24
Median hourly rate £32.77 - £82.50
75th Percentile - - £88.13
90th Percentile - - £89.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.77 - £82.50
% change year-on-year - - +11.83%

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 29,886 32,659 43,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.55% 85.92% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,552 19,727 29,515
10th Percentile £300 £308 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,876 1,335 1,584
10th Percentile £14.31 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% -2.35% +45.65%
75th Percentile £43.22 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £74.26 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +73.47%

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 5 October 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
Top 13 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 5 October 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 +31 60 £600 +3.00% 68
UK excluding London +3 38 £536 -0.28% 59
London +19 28 £650 +3.83% 24
Work from Home +18 23 £536 -14.38% 46
South East - 15 £562 - 18
North of England -24 9 £600 +19.90% 20
Scotland -13 7 £400 -42.86% 2
Yorkshire -17 6 £600 +20.00% 10
West Midlands -5 4 £350 -33.33% 5
Midlands -12 4 £350 -33.33% 9
North West -14 3 £480 -4.00% 7
South West +14 2 £813 +8.33% 4
Wales - 1 £750 - 6

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 7 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.74%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.74%) MicroStation
3 2 (2.74%) Navisworks
3 2 (2.74%) Revit
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.92%) Azure
2 11 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.22%) AWS
4 5 (6.85%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.48%) SaaS
6 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.11%) IaaS
6 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.74%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.74%) PaaS
7 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.74%) Viva Engage
8 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.37%) GCP
8 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) Firewall
1 4 (5.48%) Network Security
1 4 (5.48%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.74%) DNS
2 2 (2.74%) IPsec
2 2 (2.74%) VPN
3 1 (1.37%) 4G
3 1 (1.37%) 5G
3 1 (1.37%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.37%) LTE
3 1 (1.37%) PPP
3 1 (1.37%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 32 (43.84%) Finance
2 29 (39.73%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 7 (9.59%) Telecoms
5 5 (6.85%) Legal
6 4 (5.48%) Banking
6 4 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.11%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (4.11%) Electronics
7 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.11%) Marketing
8 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Police
8 2 (2.74%) Publishing
9 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.37%) Games
9 1 (1.37%) Military
9 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Consultant
2 10 (13.70%) Architect
3 9 (12.33%) Security Architect
3 9 (12.33%) Security Consultant
4 8 (10.96%) Lead
5 7 (9.59%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 6 (8.22%) Analyst
6 6 (8.22%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 6 (8.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Security Manager
7 5 (6.85%) Senior
8 4 (5.48%) Head of Security
8 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Principal Architect
9 3 (4.11%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.11%) Security Project Manager
9 3 (4.11%) Security Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (4.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.74%) ADO
3 1 (1.37%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.37%) OAuth
3 1 (1.37%) React
3 1 (1.37%) Resque
3 1 (1.37%) RESTful
3 1 (1.37%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (1.37%) Sidekiq
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.70%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (10.96%) Operational Technology
3 7 (9.59%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (9.59%) Security Posture
4 6 (8.22%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.48%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.11%) SCADA
7 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.74%) IoT
7 2 (2.74%) PKI
7 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.37%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.37%) Taxonomies
8 1 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.70%) Windows
2 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.48%) Windows 10
4 3 (4.11%) Linux
4 3 (4.11%) Mac OS
4 3 (4.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (61.64%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (26.03%) Incident Response
2 19 (26.03%) Risk Management
3 17 (23.29%) Information Security
4 16 (21.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (19.18%) Vulnerability Management
6 13 (17.81%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (16.44%) Business Continuity
7 12 (16.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 12 (16.44%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (15.07%) Agile
8 11 (15.07%) Change Management
8 11 (15.07%) Security Operations
9 10 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (12.33%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (12.33%) Cloud Security
10 9 (12.33%) Project Management
11 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.37%) Java
1 1 (1.37%) Ruby
1 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (20.55%) CISSP
2 14 (19.18%) Security Cleared
3 13 (17.81%) Degree
4 11 (15.07%) CISM
5 10 (13.70%) SC Cleared
6 4 (5.48%) CISA
6 4 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (4.11%) GCIH
7 3 (4.11%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.74%) CRISC
8 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.74%) GCFA
8 2 (2.74%) GCFE
8 2 (2.74%) GCIA
8 2 (2.74%) GREM
8 2 (2.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (28.77%) NIST
2 18 (24.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (12.33%) GDPR
4 6 (8.22%) Accessibility
4 6 (8.22%) QA
5 5 (6.85%) COBIT
6 4 (5.48%) SLA
7 3 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (4.11%) GRC
7 3 (4.11%) ISO 22301
7 3 (4.11%) SOC 2
8 2 (2.74%) EU AI Act
8 2 (2.74%) NCSC
9 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.37%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (9.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (6.85%) SCCM
2 2 (2.74%) EnCase
2 2 (2.74%) FTK
3 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.37%) QRadar
Vendors
1 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.22%) Tenable
3 3 (4.11%) CheckPoint
3 3 (4.11%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (4.11%) SAP
3 3 (4.11%) VMware
4 2 (2.74%) Autodesk
4 2 (2.74%) Darktrace
4 2 (2.74%) Poppulo
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco
5 1 (1.37%) Citrix
5 1 (1.37%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.37%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.37%) Hitachi
5 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.37%) Splunk