Cybersecurity Contracts in the South East

Cybersecurity
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 51 86
Rank change year-on-year +5 +35 -1
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 214 232 235
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.91% 4.12% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.64% 4.62% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 157 180
10th Percentile £405 £425 £310
25th Percentile £500 £500 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £625
90th Percentile £765 £760 £738
England median daily rate £575 £610 £570
% change year-on-year -5.74% +7.02% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 2 2
10th Percentile £52.07 £28.68 £26.03
25th Percentile £81.88 £31.19 £32.06
Median hourly rate £87.46 £36.38 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +140.44% -14.91% -12.31%
75th Percentile £87.53 £40.56 £54.06
90th Percentile £91.00 £42.48 £60.48
England median hourly rate £83.77 £70.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +19.66% +64.71% -10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,612 5,017 6,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.31% 89.18% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,686 3,488 4,679
10th Percentile £250 £248 £226
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 220 281
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +127.90% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.72 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +6.61%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley +11 116 £560 +1.82% 64
Berkshire +8 92 £575 +2.22% 39
Hampshire +20 79 £625 +6.10% 42
Buckinghamshire +17 18 £500 - 17
Surrey -19 12 £500 -28.57% 16
Oxfordshire +11 6 £615 - 8
West Sussex -3 5 £575 +15.00% 11
Kent +5 1 £533 -28.52% 13
Sussex - 1 £600 - 1
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.08%) Azure
2 14 (6.54%) AWS
3 7 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (2.80%) IaaS
4 6 (2.80%) PaaS
4 6 (2.80%) SaaS
5 5 (2.34%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.87%) Azure API Management
7 3 (1.40%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.93%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.47%) GCP
9 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 37 (17.29%) Firewall
2 26 (12.15%) Intrusion Detection
3 22 (10.28%) Network Security
4 15 (7.01%) DNS
5 8 (3.74%) DHCP
5 8 (3.74%) WAN
6 5 (2.34%) SD-WAN
6 5 (2.34%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.87%) VPN
8 3 (1.40%) LAN
8 3 (1.40%) Wireless
9 2 (0.93%) Broadband
9 2 (0.93%) SSL
10 1 (0.47%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.47%) Internet
10 1 (0.47%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.47%) MPLS
10 1 (0.47%) OpenLDAP
10 1 (0.47%) SAN
10 1 (0.47%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.47%) Big Data
1 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.47%) Power BI
1 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 43 (20.09%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.41%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.54%) Telecoms
5 6 (2.80%) Legal
5 6 (2.80%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.34%) Finance
7 4 (1.87%) Automotive
7 4 (1.87%) French Language
7 4 (1.87%) German Language
8 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.93%) Electronics
9 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (23.83%) Architect
2 44 (20.56%) Consultant
3 36 (16.82%) Security Architect
3 36 (16.82%) Security Consultant
4 33 (15.42%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 32 (14.95%) Analyst
6 24 (11.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 17 (7.94%) Lead
8 14 (6.54%) Security Analyst
9 11 (5.14%) Senior
9 11 (5.14%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (4.67%) ArcSight Consultant
11 8 (3.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 8 (3.74%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.74%) Security Engineer
12 7 (3.27%) Business Analyst
12 7 (3.27%) Infrastructure Architect
12 7 (3.27%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.80%) Head of Security
13 6 (2.80%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.80%) Web Services
2 3 (1.40%) .NET
3 2 (0.93%) CSS
4 1 (0.47%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.47%) HTML
4 1 (0.47%) JSP
4 1 (0.47%) Kafka
4 1 (0.47%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.47%) LDAP
4 1 (0.47%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.47%) REST
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.95%) Cyber Threat
2 26 (12.15%) Cyber Defence
3 23 (10.75%) Management Information System
4 19 (8.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 18 (8.41%) Data Centre
6 12 (5.61%) Operational Technology
7 7 (3.27%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.80%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.34%) IoT
9 5 (2.34%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.34%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.87%) SCADA
11 3 (1.40%) CSOC
11 3 (1.40%) PKI
12 2 (0.93%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
13 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
13 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.02%) Windows
2 21 (9.81%) Linux
3 8 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (24.77%) Information Security
2 41 (19.16%) SIEM
3 37 (17.29%) DevOps
4 32 (14.95%) Security Architecture
5 29 (13.55%) Incident Response
6 26 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (11.68%) Risk Management
8 24 (11.21%) Identity Access Management
8 24 (11.21%) Protective Monitoring
9 23 (10.75%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (10.28%) Incident Management
11 21 (9.81%) Mentoring
12 19 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (7.94%) Security Operations
14 16 (7.48%) Use Case
15 15 (7.01%) Cloud Security
15 15 (7.01%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 15 (7.01%) Privileged Access Management
15 15 (7.01%) Security Monitoring
15 15 (7.01%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.07%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.80%) Python
3 5 (2.34%) Java
4 3 (1.40%) C#
4 3 (1.40%) PHP
4 3 (1.40%) Ruby
5 2 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.47%) Bash
6 1 (0.47%) Bicep
6 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (52.80%) Security Cleared
2 87 (40.65%) DV Cleared
3 28 (13.08%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.94%) Degree
5 14 (6.54%) CISSP
6 11 (5.14%) CISM
7 9 (4.21%) CISA
8 8 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (3.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (3.27%) ISACA
10 6 (2.80%) CISMP
10 6 (2.80%) CRISC
11 4 (1.87%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.40%) CCSP
12 3 (1.40%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.40%) PMP
12 3 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.93%) HND
13 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (18.69%) NIST
2 17 (7.94%) NIST 800
3 15 (7.01%) COBIT
4 12 (5.61%) GDPR
5 10 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (4.21%) GRC
7 8 (3.74%) NCSC
8 6 (2.80%) RMADS
9 5 (2.34%) ISO 9000
10 4 (1.87%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.93%) QA
12 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.47%) IASME
12 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 14 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.40%) Docker
3 3 (1.40%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.93%) XenApp
5 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (4.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 5 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.40%) Nessus
5 2 (0.93%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.93%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.93%) Terraform
6 1 (0.47%) Ansible
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 51 (23.83%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.14%) ArcSight
3 10 (4.67%) Cisco
4 8 (3.74%) Splunk
4 8 (3.74%) VMware
5 5 (2.34%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.87%) Citrix
6 4 (1.87%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.93%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.93%) Sage
7 2 (0.93%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.47%) BMC
8 1 (0.47%) Databricks
8 1 (0.47%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.47%) Netskope
8 1 (0.47%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.47%) QinetiQ
8 1 (0.47%) Remedy
8 1 (0.47%) Salesforce