Cybersecurity Contracts

Cybersecurity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 55 80
Rank change year-on-year +9 +25 +6
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,743 2,443 2,731
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.03% 4.08% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 4.54% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,185 1,666 1,862
10th Percentile £403 £418 £390
25th Percentile £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £785 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +1.33% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 56 34
10th Percentile £26.75 £22.50 £17.98
25th Percentile £36.74 £35.00 £26.94
Median hourly rate £83.77 £65.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +27.89% +41.62% -2.63%
75th Percentile £87.46 £83.31 £61.36
90th Percentile £87.75 £87.00 £68.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.77 £65.50 £55.22
% change year-on-year +27.89% +18.63% +16.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +8 1,469 £582 -3.00% 1,322
UK excluding London +14 941 £570 +1.33% 977
London -5 584 £600 -4.00% 365
Work from Home +4 574 £588 -2.08% 470
South West +25 279 £538 -13.92% 141
South East +17 264 £590 +0.43% 218
North of England -13 135 £575 +4.55% 306
Midlands +4 129 £600 - 155
West Midlands +5 113 £618 +2.92% 105
Scotland +34 105 £575 +25.27% 49
North West -19 76 £570 +3.64% 198
Yorkshire -6 51 £600 +9.09% 86
East of England -18 40 £600 +9.09% 84
Wales -5 17 £600 +26.32% 32
East Midlands +16 15 £400 -23.81% 49
North East +25 8 £550 -12.00% 22

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 48 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.26%) Confluence
3 20 (1.15%) CMS
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.40%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.34%) IIS
7 5 (0.29%) Apache
8 4 (0.23%) IBM HTTP Server
8 4 (0.23%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.23%) WebSphere Portal
9 3 (0.17%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
11 1 (0.057%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.057%) JBoss
11 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.057%) WildFly
Applications
1 47 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.63%) Acrobat
5 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.057%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 335 (19.22%) Azure
2 174 (9.98%) AWS
3 87 (4.99%) SaaS
4 82 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
5 76 (4.36%) IaaS
6 71 (4.07%) Azure Sentinel
7 66 (3.79%) Entra ID
8 65 (3.73%) PaaS
9 55 (3.16%) GCP
10 36 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (1.38%) GitHub
12 22 (1.26%) Power Platform
13 15 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (0.57%) Mimecast
16 9 (0.52%) Akamai
16 9 (0.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 9 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 199 (11.42%) Firewall
2 149 (8.55%) Network Security
3 63 (3.61%) Intrusion Detection
4 57 (3.27%) DNS
5 50 (2.87%) WAN
6 43 (2.47%) Broadband
7 40 (2.29%) 5G
8 38 (2.18%) TCP/IP
9 32 (1.84%) Wireless
10 31 (1.78%) VPN
11 28 (1.61%) DHCP
12 27 (1.55%) LAN
13 25 (1.43%) SD-WAN
14 20 (1.15%) Intranet
15 17 (0.98%) Internet
16 13 (0.75%) HTTP
17 12 (0.69%) SSL
18 9 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
19 8 (0.46%) HTTPS
20 7 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (1.78%) Big Data
2 21 (1.20%) Data Lake
3 18 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.75%) Power BI
5 10 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.52%) SQL Server
7 7 (0.40%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.34%) Hadoop
9 5 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.23%) Apache Hive
10 4 (0.23%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.23%) MySQL
10 4 (0.23%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.23%) Tableau
11 3 (0.17%) DB2
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Database 11g
12 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (2.70%) JIRA
2 32 (1.84%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.20%) Git
4 19 (1.09%) GitLab
5 15 (0.86%) SonarQube
6 12 (0.69%) Artifactory
7 9 (0.52%) Subversion
8 4 (0.23%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
8 4 (0.23%) IDA Disassembler
8 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.17%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.17%) Maven
9 3 (0.17%) Xcode
10 2 (0.11%) RStudio
10 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.11%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.057%) GoCD
11 1 (0.057%) Postman
General
1 409 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 250 (14.34%) Finance
3 220 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 189 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 95 (5.45%) Banking
6 55 (3.16%) Law
6 55 (3.16%) Legal
7 54 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (1.89%) Telecoms
9 31 (1.78%) Financial Institution
9 31 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 25 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.38%) Local Government
13 23 (1.32%) Marketing
14 20 (1.15%) Military
15 19 (1.09%) Police
16 18 (1.03%) Retail
17 15 (0.86%) Automotive
18 13 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 378 (21.69%) Analyst
2 246 (14.11%) Architect
3 181 (10.38%) Consultant
4 154 (8.84%) Security Architect
5 136 (7.80%) Security Analyst
6 125 (7.17%) Senior
7 122 (7.00%) Lead
8 120 (6.88%) Security Consultant
9 110 (6.31%) Project Manager
9 110 (6.31%) Security Engineer
10 102 (5.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 96 (5.51%) Security Manager
12 93 (5.34%) SOC Analyst
13 86 (4.93%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 74 (4.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 69 (3.96%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 63 (3.61%) Security Specialist
17 59 (3.38%) Security Project Manager
18 54 (3.10%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 51 (2.93%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.87%) Web Services
2 38 (2.18%) SailPoint
3 20 (1.15%) CSS
3 20 (1.15%) HTML
4 17 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
5 16 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
6 14 (0.80%) Middleware
7 13 (0.75%) .NET
7 13 (0.75%) LDAP
8 12 (0.69%) OAuth
8 12 (0.69%) OpenID
9 11 (0.63%) ARM Templates
10 10 (0.57%) Azure Blueprints
10 10 (0.57%) SAML
11 8 (0.46%) RESTful
12 7 (0.40%) J2EE
12 7 (0.40%) JSON
13 6 (0.34%) XML
14 5 (0.29%) Kafka
14 5 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 203 (11.65%) Management Information System
2 181 (10.38%) Cyber Threat
3 130 (7.46%) Cyber Defence
4 126 (7.23%) Security Operations Centre
5 123 (7.06%) Security Posture
6 78 (4.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 78 (4.48%) Operational Technology
7 60 (3.44%) Data Centre
8 59 (3.38%) Mobile App
9 54 (3.10%) CSOC
10 45 (2.58%) PKI
11 39 (2.24%) Onboarding
12 30 (1.72%) Cyberattack
13 29 (1.66%) Private Cloud
14 27 (1.55%) Product Ownership
15 24 (1.38%) Distributed Applications
16 23 (1.32%) Cloud Native
16 23 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 21 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
17 21 (1.20%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 192 (11.02%) Windows
2 180 (10.33%) Linux
3 42 (2.41%) Unix
4 41 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.80%) Android
8 10 (0.57%) Mac OS X
9 8 (0.46%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.17%) CentOS
11 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.057%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (21.63%) Information Security
2 350 (20.08%) SIEM
3 273 (15.66%) Security Operations
4 263 (15.09%) Incident Response
5 253 (14.52%) Risk Management
6 215 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
7 209 (11.99%) Agile
8 195 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 183 (10.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 181 (10.38%) Security Architecture
11 160 (9.18%) DevOps
11 160 (9.18%) Threat Intelligence
12 146 (8.38%) Penetration Testing
13 142 (8.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 141 (8.09%) Cloud Security
15 138 (7.92%) Use Case
16 137 (7.86%) Identity Access Management
17 132 (7.57%) Project Management
18 126 (7.23%) Roadmaps
18 126 (7.23%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (5.22%) PowerShell
2 90 (5.16%) Python
3 50 (2.87%) Java
4 47 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 44 (2.52%) C#
6 30 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
7 27 (1.55%) SQL
8 21 (1.20%) C++
9 19 (1.09%) Go
10 18 (1.03%) Bash
11 6 (0.34%) Rust
12 5 (0.29%) Perl
12 5 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
13 4 (0.23%) C
13 4 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.23%) Swift
14 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.17%) Ruby
15 2 (0.11%) PHP
15 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 703 (40.33%) Security Cleared
2 339 (19.45%) DV Cleared
3 337 (19.33%) SC Cleared
4 256 (14.69%) CISSP
5 184 (10.56%) Degree
6 179 (10.27%) CISM
7 85 (4.88%) CISA
8 78 (4.48%) SANS
9 65 (3.73%) GIAC
10 63 (3.61%) OSCP
11 59 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 56 (3.21%) CREST Certified
13 54 (3.10%) CEH
14 52 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
15 49 (2.81%) CRISC
15 49 (2.81%) GPEN
16 46 (2.64%) CompTIA Security+
17 33 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 30 (1.72%) Azure Certification
19 29 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 321 (18.42%) NIST
2 226 (12.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 145 (8.32%) GDPR
4 139 (7.97%) NCSC
5 94 (5.39%) PCI DSS
6 68 (3.90%) NIST 800
7 51 (2.93%) GRC
8 44 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 38 (2.18%) QA
10 34 (1.95%) COBIT
11 24 (1.38%) HIPAA
12 23 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 22 (1.26%) RMADS
14 17 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
15 14 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 13 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
17 12 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 12 (0.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 11 (0.63%) ISO 31000
19 10 (0.57%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 114 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 44 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (1.84%) Docker
4 19 (1.09%) vSphere
5 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (0.46%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.23%) Snort
7 4 (0.23%) XenApp
8 2 (0.11%) NFS
9 1 (0.057%) Ceph
9 1 (0.057%) KVM
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.057%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.057%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.057%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 77 (4.42%) Terraform
2 63 (3.61%) Ansible
3 52 (2.98%) Kubernetes
4 22 (1.26%) SCCM
4 22 (1.26%) vCenter Server
5 21 (1.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 18 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (0.86%) Puppet
8 14 (0.80%) Kibana
9 11 (0.63%) Nessus
9 11 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (0.52%) logstash
11 8 (0.46%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.40%) ArcSight ESM
12 7 (0.40%) BladeLogic
12 7 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
13 6 (0.34%) CSIRT
14 5 (0.29%) Functional Safety
14 5 (0.29%) QRadar
15 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 361 (20.71%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.02%) Splunk
3 55 (3.16%) VMware
4 53 (3.04%) Cisco
5 44 (2.52%) CyberArk
6 39 (2.24%) Virgin Media
7 30 (1.72%) Darktrace
8 28 (1.61%) Palo Alto
9 27 (1.55%) Oracle
10 24 (1.38%) Citrix
11 22 (1.26%) ArcSight
12 21 (1.20%) LogRhythm
13 19 (1.09%) Google
13 19 (1.09%) Red Hat
13 19 (1.09%) ServiceNow
14 18 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
14 18 (1.03%) Rapid7
15 17 (0.98%) FireEye
16 15 (0.86%) Qualys
17 13 (0.75%) Adobe