Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Security Posture
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 86 109
Rank change year-on-year -26 +23 +27
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 20 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.07% 0.43% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.79% 1.30% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 4
10th Percentile £475 £553 -
25th Percentile £509 £556 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £634
90th Percentile £700 £678 £696
England median daily rate £525 £600 £615
% change year-on-year -12.50% -2.44% +2.50%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 717 385 519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 38.47% 33.13% 28.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 242 324
10th Percentile £309 £180 £302
25th Percentile £406 £313 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £583 £587
90th Percentile £619 £700 £634
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 19
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.18 £15.16
25th Percentile £14.81 £17.68 £17.07
Median hourly rate £18.78 £38.75 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -51.55% +81.84% +12.16%
75th Percentile £51.06 £45.94 £22.00
90th Percentile £56.63 £68.37 £24.36
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Yorkshire

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
West Yorkshire -11 10 £525 -4.55% 6
South Yorkshire -42 10 £575 -9.80% 1
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) AWS
1 11 (55.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) Akamai
3 5 (25.00%) GCP
4 4 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (15.00%) Cloudflare
5 3 (15.00%) GitHub
5 3 (15.00%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (5.00%) Amazon ECR
6 1 (5.00%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (5.00%) Amazon S3
6 1 (5.00%) Apigee
6 1 (5.00%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Firewall
2 3 (15.00%) HTTP
2 3 (15.00%) HTTPS
2 3 (15.00%) Network Security
3 2 (10.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (5.00%) BGP
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (5.00%) LAN
4 1 (5.00%) OSPF
4 1 (5.00%) VPN
4 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MSI
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Legal
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Security Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) AWS Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.00%) Head of Security
4 1 (5.00%) Information Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Information Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) JSON
1 3 (15.00%) REST
1 3 (15.00%) XML
2 2 (10.00%) ARM Templates
2 2 (10.00%) React
3 1 (5.00%) JWT
3 1 (5.00%) Node.js
3 1 (5.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (15.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (10.00%) NHS
3 2 (10.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Application Security
1 8 (40.00%) DevOps
1 8 (40.00%) Test Automation
1 8 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
2 7 (35.00%) CI/CD
2 7 (35.00%) Cloud Security
2 7 (35.00%) DevSecOps
2 7 (35.00%) Information Security
3 6 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (25.00%) SDLC
4 5 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Zero Trust
5 4 (20.00%) Configuration Management
5 4 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (15.00%) Secure Coding
6 3 (15.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) Bicep
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) CEH
2 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.00%) CISSP
2 3 (15.00%) GIAC
2 3 (15.00%) GWAPT
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (5.00%) CCIE
4 1 (5.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (20.00%) NIST
3 2 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (10.00%) GDPR
3 2 (10.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (10.00%) PSD2
4 1 (5.00%) GRC
4 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Docker
2 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) CSIRT
1 3 (15.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
2 2 (10.00%) Grafana
2 2 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (5.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) F5
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Splunk
3 3 (15.00%) Imperva
4 2 (10.00%) Cribl.io
4 2 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (5.00%) Aruba
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) ForeScout
5 1 (5.00%) VMware