Security Posture Contracts in Central London

Security Posture
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 164 195
Rank change year-on-year +48 +31 -35
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 21 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.88% 0.30% 0.089%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.83% 0.84% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 1
10th Percentile £440 £454 -
25th Percentile £472 £499 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +33.33% -42.49%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £475
90th Percentile £675 £925 -
London median daily rate £545 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -14.29%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 743 1,317 1,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 31.05% 35.69% 35.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 895 1,147
10th Percentile £265 £315 £400
25th Percentile £425 £475 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £688 £738 £700
90th Percentile £838 £845 £803
London median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 27
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.78 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.38 - £29.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -23.08% +139.63%
75th Percentile £25.50 £83.75 £57.25
90th Percentile £36.30 £88.30 £62.50
London median hourly rate £27.00 £34.62 £42.02
% change year-on-year -22.01% -17.61% +22.90%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Central London

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Central London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Central London

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
City of London +45 17 £600 - 3
City of Westminster - 3 £450 -
West End of London - 1 - -
Security Posture
London

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Azure API Management
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
1 4 (19.05%) SD-WAN
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) GitLab
1 1 (4.76%) Katalon Studio
General
1 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
2 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution
3 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Architect
1 4 (19.05%) Azure Architect
1 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (19.05%) Security Architect
1 4 (19.05%) Security Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Information Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Security Officer
3 2 (9.52%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Information Officer
4 1 (4.76%) Lead
4 1 (4.76%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Security Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Vulnerability Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) PKI
2 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Information Security
3 6 (28.57%) SIEM
4 5 (23.81%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (19.05%) Log Aggregation
5 4 (19.05%) Network Architecture
5 4 (19.05%) Threat Detection
5 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (19.05%) Zero Trust
6 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 3 (14.29%) Information Security Governance
6 3 (14.29%) Network Design
6 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
7 2 (9.52%) Data Privacy
7 2 (9.52%) Due Diligence
7 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.52%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) CISSP
2 7 (33.33%) CISM
3 4 (19.05%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (9.52%) CISA
4 2 (9.52%) CRISC
4 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) GIAC
5 1 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) GDPR
1 3 (14.29%) GRC
1 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.52%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) QRadar
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco
2 3 (14.29%) F5
2 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.76%) Qualys