Red Team Contracts in England

Red Teaming
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Red Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Red Team over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 601 754
Rank change year-on-year +80 +153 -142
Contract jobs citing Red Team 30 36 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.081% 0.076% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.084% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 18 14
10th Percentile £488 £485 £466
25th Percentile £556 £555 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £606 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +12.65% +2.38%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £784
90th Percentile £658 £727 £843
UK median daily rate £595 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -0.83% +14.29% +4.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Red Team 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 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in England

Red Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Red Team in England

Red Team
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Team in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Red Team in England

Red Team
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 Red Team within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +83 12 £590 -5.60% 13
North of England +21 8 £625 +6.66% 3
South West +8 5 £575 -11.54% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £650 - 1
North West +13 2 £513 -12.54% 2
North East - 2 £625 -
East of England - 2 £750 -
South East +10 1 £575 -3.77% 4
Red Team
UK

Red Team
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) Wireless
2 4 (13.33%) Firewall
3 2 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Burp Suite
2 3 (10.00%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (33.33%) Banking
2 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Finance
4 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (13.33%) Legal
6 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.33%) Automotive
7 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 10 (33.33%) Tester
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
3 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 3 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (6.67%) Applications Tester
4 2 (6.67%) Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) Junior
4 2 (6.67%) Junior Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (3.33%) Security Specialist
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 10 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 6 (20.00%) Operational Technology
4 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (6.67%) Cyberattack
5 2 (6.67%) IoT
5 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.33%) CSOC
6 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.33%) Insider Threat
6 1 (3.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) Linux
1 13 (43.33%) Windows
2 3 (10.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 20 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (46.67%) Security Operations
4 10 (33.33%) Blue Team
5 9 (30.00%) Application Security
5 9 (30.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 9 (30.00%) Incident Response
5 9 (30.00%) Offensive Security
6 8 (26.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 7 (23.33%) SIEM
7 7 (23.33%) Threat Detection
7 7 (23.33%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (23.33%) Threat Modelling
8 6 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
8 6 (20.00%) OWASP
9 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (16.67%) Use Case
9 5 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) Python
2 8 (26.67%) C++
3 6 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (10.00%) C#
4 3 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (10.00%) Perl
5 2 (6.67%) C
5 2 (6.67%) Go
5 2 (6.67%) Java
5 2 (6.67%) Ruby
5 2 (6.67%) Search Processing Language
5 2 (6.67%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.33%) Bash
6 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) CREST Certified
1 13 (43.33%) OSCP
2 9 (30.00%) GIAC
2 9 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (26.67%) CEH
4 6 (20.00%) GPEN
5 4 (13.33%) CISSP
6 2 (6.67%) CHECK Team Leader
6 2 (6.67%) CISM
6 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (3.33%) Degree
7 1 (3.33%) ECSA
7 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (46.67%) NIST
2 3 (10.00%) NIST 800
3 2 (6.67%) GDPR
3 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.67%) SLA
4 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Nessus
2 1 (3.33%) HP Fortify
2 1 (3.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Splunk
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco
3 1 (3.33%) Darktrace
3 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.33%) Qualys
3 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.33%) SAP