Security Posture Contracts in the South West

Security Posture
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 158 168
Rank change year-on-year +49 +10 -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 44 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.40% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.29% 0.52% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 4 5
10th Percentile - £390 £355
25th Percentile £413 £525 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £663 £775
Median % change year-on-year -35.85% -14.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £753 £900
90th Percentile £627 £759 £1,020
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -11.11%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,026 962 942
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.55% 27.72% 25.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 673 664
10th Percentile £300 £275 £205
25th Percentile £462 £425 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £588
90th Percentile £694 £738 £661
England median daily rate £550 £571 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 131 56
10th Percentile £13.69 - £15.19
25th Percentile £16.29 - £22.81
Median hourly rate £50.00 £9.80 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +410.20% -80.30% +5.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £64.96
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.31 £75.00
England median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +52.15% -16.72% +2.99%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Devon - 22 £425 -
Wiltshire +18 18 £600 -20.00% 1
Gloucestershire +2 4 £665 +121.67%
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.55%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.27%) Azure
2 10 (22.73%) AWS
3 5 (11.36%) GCP
4 4 (9.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 4 (9.09%) AWS CloudTrail
4 4 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (9.09%) OpenShift
5 2 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.55%) GitHub
5 2 (4.55%) PaaS
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.36%) VPN
2 4 (9.09%) Firewall
3 2 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.27%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Bitbucket
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Banking
3 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.27%) Legal
4 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (50.00%) Lead
2 5 (11.36%) SOC Engineer
3 4 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Analyst
4 3 (6.82%) Architect
4 3 (6.82%) Information Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Information Security Manager
4 3 (6.82%) Security Manager
4 3 (6.82%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Automation Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Information Assurance Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Office Automation Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (4.55%) Security Assurance Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Tester
6 1 (2.27%) Applications Tester
6 1 (2.27%) Information Security Architect
6 1 (2.27%) Security Technical Consultant
6 1 (2.27%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) ModSecurity
2 2 (4.55%) .NET
2 2 (4.55%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Public Cloud
2 5 (11.36%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.55%) PKI
4 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Linux
2 2 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (59.09%) Risk Management
3 22 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 22 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
4 10 (22.73%) Incident Response
4 10 (22.73%) Threat Detection
5 7 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (15.91%) Threat Intelligence
5 7 (15.91%) Use Case
6 6 (13.64%) Agile
6 6 (13.64%) Cloud Security
6 6 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (13.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (11.36%) Change Management
7 5 (11.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (11.36%) Security Architecture
7 5 (11.36%) SIEM
7 5 (11.36%) SOAR
8 4 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Search Processing Language
2 5 (11.36%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (11.36%) Python
3 4 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.27%) C
4 1 (2.27%) C++
4 1 (2.27%) Java
4 1 (2.27%) Perl
4 1 (2.27%) Ruby
4 1 (2.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 10 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) CREST Certified
4 2 (4.55%) CISSP
4 2 (4.55%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.55%) OSCP
5 1 (2.27%) CCNP
5 1 (2.27%) CCSP
5 1 (2.27%) CEH
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.27%) CISM
5 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) NIST
2 6 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (9.09%) GDPR
3 4 (9.09%) NCSC
4 3 (6.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.55%) SLA
6 1 (2.27%) COBIT
6 1 (2.27%) COSO
6 1 (2.27%) GRC
6 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Docker
1 4 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Ansible
1 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 4 (9.09%) OPNET
1 4 (9.09%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 2 (4.55%) PowerCLI
2 2 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 11 (25.00%) Splunk
2 5 (11.36%) Google
3 4 (9.09%) Atlassian
3 4 (9.09%) VMware
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco
5 1 (2.27%) CyberArk