Security Posture Contracts in England

Security Posture
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 521 660
Rank change year-on-year +166 +139 -66
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 185 126 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 0.78% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 89 89
10th Percentile £413 £399 £425
25th Percentile £425 £485 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £753 £803
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,145 16,189 23,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.58% 33.64% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,307 11,254 16,999
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £572 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% +4.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 814 576 631
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.21
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +3.77%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £49.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +5.33%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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 +112 100 £588 -2.08% 42
South West +40 43 £425 -35.85% 8
North of England +29 15 £650 +3.17% 14
North West +20 13 £650 +4.00% 7
South East +21 12 £815 +44.89% 14
Midlands +32 9 £450 -29.41% 9
West Midlands +25 6 £500 -33.33% 6
East Midlands +15 3 £400 -23.81% 3
Yorkshire +12 2 - - 5
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 4 (2.16%) Confluence
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 40 (21.62%) Azure
2 24 (12.97%) AWS
3 12 (6.49%) GCP
3 12 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (4.32%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (2.70%) PaaS
7 4 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (2.16%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (2.16%) IaaS
7 4 (2.16%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.16%) SaaS
8 3 (1.62%) GitHub
9 2 (1.08%) Google App Engine
9 2 (1.08%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.54%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.54%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (15.14%) Firewall
2 16 (8.65%) Network Security
3 8 (4.32%) DNS
4 7 (3.78%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (3.78%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (3.24%) VPN
6 3 (1.62%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.08%) SSL
8 1 (0.54%) DHCP
8 1 (0.54%) DKIM
8 1 (0.54%) DMARC
8 1 (0.54%) Modbus
8 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.16%) Big Data
1 4 (2.16%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.62%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.24%) JIRA
2 4 (2.16%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.08%) Artifactory
3 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.54%) GitLab
4 1 (0.54%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.54%) MSI
General
1 39 (21.08%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.84%) Finance
3 25 (13.51%) Banking
4 21 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (5.95%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.78%) Legal
7 6 (3.24%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.62%) Law
9 3 (1.62%) Marketing
10 2 (1.08%) Automotive
11 1 (0.54%) French Language
11 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (17.30%) Architect
2 31 (16.76%) Security Engineer
3 24 (12.97%) Analyst
4 22 (11.89%) Lead
5 21 (11.35%) Consultant
6 20 (10.81%) Security Architect
7 16 (8.65%) Security Consultant
8 13 (7.03%) Security Analyst
9 9 (4.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 8 (4.32%) SOC Analyst
11 7 (3.78%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 7 (3.78%) Security Manager
11 7 (3.78%) SOC Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
13 5 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 5 (2.70%) Information Analyst
13 5 (2.70%) Information Manager
13 5 (2.70%) Information Security Analyst
13 5 (2.70%) Information Security Manager
13 5 (2.70%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.16%) ModSecurity
2 2 (1.08%) .NET
2 2 (1.08%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.08%) OAuth
2 2 (1.08%) OpenID
2 2 (1.08%) SAML
2 2 (1.08%) SPML
3 1 (0.54%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.65%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (7.57%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.95%) PKI
4 10 (5.41%) Public Cloud
5 9 (4.86%) Cloud Security Posture
5 9 (4.86%) Operational Technology
6 8 (4.32%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.24%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.70%) Cyberattack
8 5 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.62%) Industry 4.0
10 3 (1.62%) IoT
10 3 (1.62%) SCADA
11 2 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.08%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.08%) Insider Threat
11 2 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.11%) Windows
2 13 (7.03%) Linux
3 4 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.08%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.54%) AIX
6 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (53.51%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (20.54%) Risk Management
3 35 (18.92%) Incident Response
4 33 (17.84%) Security Operations
5 31 (16.76%) Information Security
5 31 (16.76%) SIEM
6 28 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (15.14%) Vulnerability Management
7 25 (13.51%) Roadmaps
7 25 (13.51%) Threat Detection
8 24 (12.97%) Cloud Security
9 21 (11.35%) Penetration Testing
9 21 (11.35%) Stakeholder Identification
10 20 (10.81%) Security Architecture
10 20 (10.81%) Threat Intelligence
11 19 (10.27%) CI/CD
11 19 (10.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 18 (9.73%) Security Testing
13 16 (8.65%) Agile
13 16 (8.65%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.81%) Python
2 14 (7.57%) Kusto Query Language
3 8 (4.32%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.32%) Search Processing Language
4 6 (3.24%) Java
5 5 (2.70%) SQL
6 3 (1.62%) Ruby
7 2 (1.08%) C
7 2 (1.08%) C++
7 2 (1.08%) Perl
7 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.54%) Bash
8 1 (0.54%) Go
8 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (18.92%) CISSP
2 34 (18.38%) Security Cleared
3 26 (14.05%) SC Cleared
4 24 (12.97%) CISM
5 18 (9.73%) Degree
6 12 (6.49%) DV Cleared
7 11 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (4.32%) CCNP
10 7 (3.78%) CISA
11 6 (3.24%) CEH
12 4 (2.16%) CREST Certified
12 4 (2.16%) GIAC
13 3 (1.62%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.62%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.62%) CCSP
13 3 (1.62%) OSCP
14 2 (1.08%) CRISC
14 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (19.46%) NIST
2 22 (11.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (7.03%) GDPR
4 11 (5.95%) NCSC
5 7 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (3.24%) GRC
6 6 (3.24%) NIST 800
6 6 (3.24%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (2.16%) SLA
8 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.08%) COBIT
8 2 (1.08%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.08%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.54%) COSO
9 1 (0.54%) ISA99
9 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.70%) Docker
2 5 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.16%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.54%) Firmware
4 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.86%) Nessus
1 9 (4.86%) Terraform
2 5 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.16%) Ansible
3 4 (2.16%) OPNET
3 4 (2.16%) QRadar
3 4 (2.16%) SCCM
3 4 (2.16%) Trend Micro Deep Security
4 2 (1.08%) CASB
4 2 (1.08%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.54%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.54%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.54%) Nmap
Vendors
1 63 (34.05%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.03%) Splunk
3 12 (6.49%) Qualys
4 11 (5.95%) Google
5 10 (5.41%) Cisco
6 9 (4.86%) Palo Alto
6 9 (4.86%) Rapid7
7 8 (4.32%) VMware
8 7 (3.78%) Juniper
9 6 (3.24%) Atlassian
9 6 (3.24%) ScienceLogic
10 5 (2.70%) CA
11 4 (2.16%) Ping Identity
12 2 (1.08%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (1.08%) Checkmarx
12 2 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
12 2 (1.08%) Veracode
13 1 (0.54%) BigPanda
13 1 (0.54%) Darktrace
13 1 (0.54%) ForeScout