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 17 August 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 546 651
Rank change year-on-year +17 +105 +161
Contract jobs citing Proofpoint 22 18 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.046% 0.027%
As % of the Vendors category 0.14% 0.11% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 9
10th Percentile £401 £466 £385
25th Percentile £412 £519 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.35% +13.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £506 £581 £550
90th Percentile £576 £611 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £575 £350
% change year-on-year -13.74% +64.29% -47.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £23.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 15,698 16,949 23,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.36% 43.74% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,570 10,585 15,019
10th Percentile £275 £288 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 832 665
10th Percentile £14.40 £13.50 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.62 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £28.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% -29.29% +80.00%
75th Percentile £47.12 £61.60 £62.00
90th Percentile £67.60 £70.00 £73.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £27.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -9.84% +53.96%

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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 17 August 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 8 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 17 August 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 +24 17 £450 -20.35% 22
London +21 13 £450 -20.35% 17
UK excluding London +5 6 £496 -13.74% 8
Work from Home +29 4 £525 -12.50% 6
Scotland -4 3 £496 -
Midlands - 2 - -
South East - 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 - -

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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 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (40.91%) Azure
3 6 (27.27%) AWS
4 5 (22.73%) Entra ID
5 3 (13.64%) Mimecast
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
1 4 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (9.09%) DKIM
2 2 (9.09%) DMARC
2 2 (9.09%) Extranet
3 1 (4.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.55%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Git
1 2 (9.09%) Snyk
General
1 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Local Government
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Developer
1 4 (18.18%) IT Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Exchange Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Python Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Support
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) PowerShell Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) FastAPI
1 2 (9.09%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Low-Code
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Linux
3 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (36.36%) Security Operations
3 6 (27.27%) Data Loss Prevention
3 6 (27.27%) Kalman Filter
3 6 (27.27%) SIEM
4 5 (22.73%) DevOps
5 4 (18.18%) Data Security
5 4 (18.18%) Information Security
6 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
6 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (13.64%) Identity Management
6 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
6 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (13.64%) SDLC
6 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
6 3 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) PowerShell
1 7 (31.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) CISM
1 8 (36.36%) CISSP
2 4 (18.18%) CEH
3 2 (9.09%) CISA
3 2 (9.09%) CRISC
3 2 (9.09%) GIAC
4 1 (4.55%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.64%) NIST
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) Docker
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Terraform
2 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (9.09%) Podman
3 2 (9.09%) QRadar
3 2 (9.09%) RSA Archer
4 1 (4.55%) NetBackup
4 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Splunk
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco
3 3 (13.64%) Netskope
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle
3 3 (13.64%) Symantec
4 2 (9.09%) Avaya
4 2 (9.09%) Carbon Black
4 2 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (9.09%) Mitel
4 2 (9.09%) MobileIron
4 2 (9.09%) Qualys
4 2 (9.09%) Rapid7
4 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 2 (9.09%) Tanium
4 2 (9.09%) Tenable
4 2 (9.09%) Veracode
5 1 (4.55%) NetApp
5 1 (4.55%) Veritas
5 1 (4.55%) VMware