Cyber Threat Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threats
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 146 161
Rank change year-on-year +23 +15 -13
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 9 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.34% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.17% 0.43% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £511 - £655
25th Percentile £529 £513 £719
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £850
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -36.76% +70.66%
75th Percentile £572 £572 £875
90th Percentile £590 £611 -
South East median daily rate £690 £625 £850
% change year-on-year +10.40% -26.47% +70.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £83.50 - £49.14

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Cyber Threat 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 766 928 1,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.00% 32.40% 30.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 613 682
10th Percentile £205 £301 £225
25th Percentile £306 £410 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +7.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 24 32
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.42
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £60.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.36% +204.38% -42.03%
75th Percentile £59.64 £73.69 £35.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.93 £67.49
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.76% +144.19% -42.67%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -5 5 £540 +0.47% 3
Buckinghamshire - 4 £570 - 1
Cyber Threat
South East

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) SOC Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Security Operations
3 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
3 4 (44.44%) OSINT
3 4 (44.44%) SIEM
3 4 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (33.33%) Behavioural Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
4 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 3 (33.33%) Runbook
4 3 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (11.11%) Open Source
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) LogRhythm
1 1 (11.11%) TippingPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Trend Micro