Cybersecurity Contracts in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 53 82
Rank change year-on-year +5 +29 +3
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,394 2,012 2,122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.83% 4.18% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 4.63% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,397 1,451
10th Percentile £400 £425 £375
25th Percentile £488 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +7.46% +8.57%
75th Percentile £700 £706 £688
90th Percentile £823 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 41 27
10th Percentile £26.75 £27.00 £15.95
25th Percentile £34.02 £40.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £83.63 £70.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.48% +64.71% -10.53%
75th Percentile £87.46 £83.31 £64.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £83.40 £68.91
UK median hourly rate £83.77 £65.50 £41.95
% change year-on-year +27.89% +56.14% -11.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in England.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London -9 572 £600 -5.88% 338
South West +24 277 £545 -16.15% 115
South East +4 210 £590 +2.61% 160
North of England -17 137 £575 +4.55% 209
Midlands +5 124 £563 -6.25% 125
West Midlands +7 113 £583 -2.83% 79
North West -25 77 £570 +3.64% 110
Yorkshire -6 51 £615 +11.82% 80
East of England -18 38 £600 +9.09% 58
East Midlands +5 11 £400 -23.81% 46
North East +17 9 £550 -12.00% 19
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 32 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.43%) CMS
3 16 (1.15%) Confluence
4 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) IIS
5 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.14%) nginx
5 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.072%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.072%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.072%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 43 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.36%) CANalyzer
5 5 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.22%) Trello
7 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.072%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 247 (17.72%) Azure
2 134 (9.61%) AWS
3 66 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
4 51 (3.66%) Entra ID
5 47 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
6 43 (3.08%) GCP
7 35 (2.51%) SaaS
8 25 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (1.58%) IaaS
10 17 (1.22%) PaaS
11 12 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (0.79%) Power Platform
13 10 (0.72%) GitHub
13 10 (0.72%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (0.57%) AWS CloudTrail
15 8 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (0.50%) Akamai
16 7 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 153 (10.98%) Firewall
2 115 (8.25%) Network Security
3 62 (4.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 51 (3.66%) DNS
5 48 (3.44%) WAN
6 30 (2.15%) TCP/IP
7 26 (1.87%) DHCP
8 25 (1.79%) LAN
8 25 (1.79%) Wireless
9 24 (1.72%) SD-WAN
10 20 (1.43%) VPN
11 11 (0.79%) HTTP
12 10 (0.72%) HTTPS
12 10 (0.72%) Internet
13 9 (0.65%) SSL
14 8 (0.57%) SAN
15 7 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (0.43%) Ethernet
17 5 (0.36%) VoIP
17 5 (0.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (2.15%) Big Data
2 20 (1.43%) Data Lake
3 14 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.72%) Power BI
5 7 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.36%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.29%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.29%) MySQL
8 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.14%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.14%) Tableau
11 1 (0.072%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.072%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.072%) DB2
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (2.01%) Jenkins
2 21 (1.51%) JIRA
3 17 (1.22%) GitLab
4 16 (1.15%) Git
5 12 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 8 (0.57%) Subversion
7 5 (0.36%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.36%) CANoe
7 5 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.22%) Maven
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.22%) Xcode
9 2 (0.14%) RStudio
9 2 (0.14%) Selenium
9 2 (0.14%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.072%) Appium
10 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.072%) Postman
General
1 318 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 218 (15.64%) Finance
3 148 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (9.97%) Public Sector
5 69 (4.95%) Banking
6 45 (3.23%) Legal
7 34 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 31 (2.22%) Financial Institution
9 30 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 28 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (1.43%) Military
13 19 (1.36%) Retail
14 18 (1.29%) Automotive
15 16 (1.15%) Police
16 14 (1.00%) Law
17 12 (0.86%) Electronics
18 11 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (0.79%) Local Government
18 11 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 331 (23.74%) Analyst
2 211 (15.14%) Architect
3 155 (11.12%) Consultant
4 127 (9.11%) Security Architect
5 105 (7.53%) Security Analyst
6 104 (7.46%) Security Consultant
7 95 (6.81%) Project Manager
8 93 (6.67%) Lead
8 93 (6.67%) Security Engineer
9 88 (6.31%) SOC Analyst
10 86 (6.17%) Security Manager
11 82 (5.88%) Senior
12 76 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 70 (5.02%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 62 (4.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 57 (4.09%) Security Project Manager
16 56 (4.02%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 48 (3.44%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
18 45 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 39 (2.80%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.94%) SailPoint
2 16 (1.15%) Apache NiFi
3 13 (0.93%) .NET
4 12 (0.86%) Middleware
5 10 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (0.72%) LDAP
6 9 (0.65%) Web Services
7 8 (0.57%) OpenID
8 7 (0.50%) OAuth
8 7 (0.50%) REST
9 6 (0.43%) CSS
9 6 (0.43%) Kafka
9 6 (0.43%) SAML
10 5 (0.36%) HTML
10 5 (0.36%) JSON
10 5 (0.36%) YAML
11 4 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.22%) iOS SDK
12 3 (0.22%) Regular Expression
12 3 (0.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 162 (11.62%) Cyber Threat
2 154 (11.05%) Management Information System
3 119 (8.54%) Cyber Defence
4 103 (7.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 100 (7.17%) Security Posture
6 75 (5.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 59 (4.23%) Operational Technology
8 52 (3.73%) CSOC
9 49 (3.52%) Data Centre
10 39 (2.80%) PKI
11 31 (2.22%) Cyberattack
12 27 (1.94%) Onboarding
12 27 (1.94%) Private Cloud
13 22 (1.58%) Product Ownership
14 21 (1.51%) Distributed Applications
15 20 (1.43%) Public Cloud
16 18 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 17 (1.22%) Cloud Native
17 17 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
18 16 (1.15%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 158 (11.33%) Linux
2 155 (11.12%) Windows
3 34 (2.44%) Unix
4 32 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (1.29%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.00%) Android
8 10 (0.72%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.29%) CentOS
9 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (23.24%) Information Security
2 305 (21.88%) SIEM
3 232 (16.64%) Incident Response
3 232 (16.64%) Security Operations
4 204 (14.63%) Risk Management
5 150 (10.76%) Agile
6 144 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
6 144 (10.33%) Security Architecture
7 141 (10.11%) Threat Intelligence
8 139 (9.97%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 132 (9.47%) DevOps
10 123 (8.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 115 (8.25%) Cloud Security
11 115 (8.25%) Use Case
12 112 (8.03%) Identity Access Management
12 112 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 108 (7.75%) Roadmaps
14 103 (7.39%) Incident Management
15 101 (7.25%) Mentoring
15 101 (7.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (5.45%) PowerShell
2 75 (5.38%) Python
3 41 (2.94%) C#
4 40 (2.87%) Java
5 29 (2.08%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.65%) SQL
7 22 (1.58%) C++
8 18 (1.29%) Bash
8 18 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.72%) Go
10 6 (0.43%) Rust
11 5 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.29%) Ruby
12 4 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.29%) Swift
12 4 (0.29%) VBA
13 3 (0.22%) C
13 3 (0.22%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.22%) Perl
13 3 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 558 (40.03%) Security Cleared
2 312 (22.38%) DV Cleared
3 251 (18.01%) SC Cleared
4 196 (14.06%) CISSP
5 147 (10.55%) CISM
6 140 (10.04%) Degree
7 69 (4.95%) CISA
8 45 (3.23%) CEH
9 36 (2.58%) CRISC
9 36 (2.58%) SANS
10 34 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
11 33 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
12 28 (2.01%) CompTIA Security+
13 22 (1.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 21 (1.51%) OSCP
15 20 (1.43%) GIAC
16 19 (1.36%) Master's Degree
17 16 (1.15%) ISACA
18 15 (1.08%) CISMP
19 14 (1.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (20.44%) NIST
2 178 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (6.67%) GDPR
4 66 (4.73%) NIST 800
5 59 (4.23%) NCSC
6 51 (3.66%) PCI DSS
7 41 (2.94%) GRC
8 31 (2.22%) COBIT
9 28 (2.01%) QA
10 23 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (1.65%) HIPAA
11 21 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 17 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 10 (0.72%) ISO 22301
13 10 (0.72%) ISO 9000
14 9 (0.65%) ISO 31000
14 9 (0.65%) RMADS
14 9 (0.65%) SLA
15 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 88 (6.31%) Active Directory
2 43 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.58%) vSphere
4 17 (1.22%) Docker
5 11 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (0.79%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.29%) VMware Server
7 4 (0.29%) XenApp
8 2 (0.14%) NFS
9 1 (0.072%) Ceph
9 1 (0.072%) Snort
9 1 (0.072%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.072%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (4.30%) Terraform
2 47 (3.37%) Ansible
3 31 (2.22%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.72%) vCenter Server
5 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.86%) Puppet
7 11 (0.79%) Nessus
8 10 (0.72%) SCCM
8 10 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 8 (0.57%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.50%) ArcSight ESM
10 7 (0.50%) BladeLogic
10 7 (0.50%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (0.50%) Kibana
11 6 (0.43%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.43%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.43%) logstash
11 6 (0.43%) QRadar
12 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 288 (20.66%) Microsoft
2 54 (3.87%) VMware
3 52 (3.73%) Splunk
4 42 (3.01%) Cisco
5 32 (2.30%) CyberArk
6 30 (2.15%) Darktrace
7 22 (1.58%) Citrix
7 22 (1.58%) LogRhythm
8 20 (1.43%) ArcSight
8 20 (1.43%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.29%) FireEye
10 17 (1.22%) Rapid7
11 16 (1.15%) Oracle
11 16 (1.15%) Palo Alto
12 15 (1.08%) Red Hat
13 14 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
14 13 (0.93%) Google
15 12 (0.86%) SAP
16 11 (0.79%) Qualys
17 10 (0.72%) F5