Tripwire Contract Job Trends

Tripwire
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Tripwire products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Tripwire over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, 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 Tripwire, Inc.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 522 -
Rank change year-on-year -120 - -
Contract jobs citing Tripwire 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.007% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.005% 0.014% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £497 -
25th Percentile £463 £499 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% - -
75th Percentile £488 £527 -
90th Percentile - £533 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - -

All Vendors
UK

Tripwire 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 20,204 13,941 18,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.67% 47.62% 42.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,713 8,584 11,394
10th Percentile £313 £280 £267
25th Percentile £413 £404 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £514
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.63% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,037 620 1,132
10th Percentile £15.29 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.34 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +13.93% -45.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.06 £58.49
90th Percentile £78.63 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.27 £22.94 £21.75
% change year-on-year +31.97% +5.46% -45.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Tripwire job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Tripwire

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Tripwire

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Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tripwire within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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 -128 1 £475 -6.86% 2
UK excluding London - 1 £475 - 2
Midlands - 1 £475 -
West Midlands - 1 £475 -

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System