Security Posture Contracts in Cheshire

Security Posture
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 48 66
Rank change year-on-year +19 +18 -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 22 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 4.29% 0.49% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.46% 1.23% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 0
10th Percentile £502 £564 -
25th Percentile £525 £566 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £613 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% - -
75th Percentile £712 £672 -
90th Percentile £788 £681 -
North West median daily rate £563 £521 £488
% change year-on-year +7.91% +6.92% -18.07%

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 192 162 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 37.43% 40.00% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 100 166
10th Percentile £343 £408 £263
25th Percentile £425 £495 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +20.00%
75th Percentile £556 £586 £629
90th Percentile £651 £625 £633
North West median daily rate £486 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -2.80% +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 9
10th Percentile £18.72 £14.42 £12.13
25th Percentile £21.05 £17.25 £12.48
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% +1.01% +33.27%
75th Percentile £50.84 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £81.50 £65.00 £23.47
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £42.50 £21.78
% change year-on-year -25.29% +95.13% +17.73%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Cheshire

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Cheshire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Cheshire

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Knutsford - 20 £556 - 2
Security Posture
North West

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) AWS
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
1 6 (27.27%) SaaS
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Network Security
2 4 (18.18%) Firewall
3 3 (13.64%) Wireless
4 1 (4.55%) DNS
4 1 (4.55%) SSL
4 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (95.45%) Finance
2 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Architect
1 11 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 6 (27.27%) Consultant
2 6 (27.27%) Data Architect
3 5 (22.73%) Cloud Architect
3 5 (22.73%) Cloud Security Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Integration Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) SaaS Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) LDAP
1 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (77.27%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (27.27%) Public Cloud
3 5 (22.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (22.73%) Cyberattack
4 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) VMS
3 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (54.55%) Risk Management
3 11 (50.00%) Data Security
3 11 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 11 (50.00%) Product Strategy
3 11 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 11 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 9 (40.91%) Change Management
4 9 (40.91%) Cloud Security
4 9 (40.91%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (31.82%) Analytics
6 6 (27.27%) Computer Science
6 6 (27.27%) Data Management
6 6 (27.27%) Database Security
6 6 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (27.27%) Observability
6 6 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (27.27%) SIEM
6 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
7 5 (22.73%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) CISSP
2 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (4.55%) MCSA
2 1 (4.55%) MCSE
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) CASB
1 4 (18.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) ServiceNow
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Salesforce
3 4 (18.18%) Splunk
4 3 (13.64%) VMware
5 1 (4.55%) CyberArk
5 1 (4.55%) Ping Identity
5 1 (4.55%) Remedy