Cyber Defence Contracts in London

Cyber Defence
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 452 597
Rank change year-on-year +74 +145 -126
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 13 37 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.075% 0.14% 0.031%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.40% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 22 5
10th Percentile £545 £601 £488
25th Percentile £556 £700 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £775 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +24.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £784 £798 £738
90th Percentile £830 £846 £835
England median daily rate £735 £713 £725
% change year-on-year +3.16% -1.66% +34.88%

All Generic Skills
London

Cyber Defence 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 London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,837 9,249 14,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.47% 35.90% 36.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,127 6,679 10,344
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 111 201
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.93 £17.99
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -19.54% +33.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £69.50 £85.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +52.15% -15.15% +1.09%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in London.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London +38 1 £575 -32.35%
Cyber Defence
England

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (15.38%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Burp Suite
General
1 5 (38.46%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) French Language
4 1 (7.69%) Law
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Security Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Ethical Hacker
4 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Kali Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (30.77%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) Data Security
5 3 (23.08%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
6 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (15.38%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (15.38%) Purple Team
6 2 (15.38%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISSP
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) OSCP
3 3 (23.08%) CISM
3 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) GIAC
5 1 (7.69%) GREM
5 1 (7.69%) GSEC
5 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
1 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (7.69%) Cybereason
2 1 (7.69%) Symantec