Proofpoint Contracts

Proofpoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Proofpoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Proofpoint over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Proofpoint, Inc.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 559 696
Rank change year-on-year +64 +137 +135
Contract jobs citing Proofpoint 25 23 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.053% 0.037%
As % of the Vendors category 0.18% 0.12% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 17
10th Percentile £395 £413 £400
25th Percentile £400 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -30.77% +18.18%
75th Percentile £517 £536 -
90th Percentile £602 £573 £759
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £438 -
% change year-on-year -8.57% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £22.36 -
25th Percentile £40.50 £22.90 -
Median hourly rate £41.00 £23.80 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.27% - -
75th Percentile £41.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 - -

All Vendors
UK

Proofpoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,893 18,473 25,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.46% 42.41% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,711 11,449 17,111
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
75th Percentile £619 £628 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 1,101 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.13 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%
75th Percentile £56.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Proofpoint in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Proofpoint in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Proofpoint over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Proofpoint in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Proofpoint in the UK

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Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Proofpoint within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +53 17 £400 -11.11% 45
Work from Home +46 12 £400 -5.88% 40
UK excluding London +65 11 £400 -8.57% 31
London +34 8 £450 - 23
Midlands - 6 £400 -
West Midlands - 6 £400 -
Scotland - 3 £496 - 1
North of England +19 2 £350 -31.03% 17
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 2
South East +46 1 - - 11

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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 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (36.00%) Azure
3 8 (32.00%) Mimecast
4 6 (24.00%) Entra ID
5 5 (20.00%) AWS
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) DKIM
1 5 (20.00%) DMARC
1 5 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (8.00%) Extranet
3 2 (8.00%) Internet
3 2 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Git
General
1 4 (16.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Local Government
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Developer
2 3 (12.00%) Python Developer
2 3 (12.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Consultant
3 2 (8.00%) Exchange Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Administrator
4 1 (4.00%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) IT Support
4 1 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Messaging Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Server Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) FastAPI
1 2 (8.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
3 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (8.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Kalman Filter
2 6 (24.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 6 (24.00%) User Experience
3 5 (20.00%) Change Management
3 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (20.00%) Information Security
4 4 (16.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (16.00%) Identity Management
4 4 (16.00%) Migration
4 4 (16.00%) PLM
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (16.00%) System Testing
5 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (12.00%) DevOps
5 3 (12.00%) Email Filtering
5 3 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (12.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 3 (12.00%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) CEH
1 2 (8.00%) CISM
1 2 (8.00%) CISSP
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) Docker
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Terraform
2 3 (12.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (8.00%) NetBackup
3 2 (8.00%) Podman
3 2 (8.00%) RSA Archer
4 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Cisco
3 4 (16.00%) Splunk
4 3 (12.00%) Netskope
4 3 (12.00%) Oracle
4 3 (12.00%) Symantec
5 2 (8.00%) Avaya
5 2 (8.00%) Mitel
5 2 (8.00%) MobileIron
5 2 (8.00%) NetApp
5 2 (8.00%) Pure Storage
5 2 (8.00%) Veritas
5 2 (8.00%) VMware
5 2 (8.00%) Zscaler
6 1 (4.00%) LogRhythm
6 1 (4.00%) Rapid7