Security Posture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 307 392 464
Rank change year-on-year +85 +72 -53
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 87 57 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 0.76% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 48 34
10th Percentile - £400 £366
25th Percentile £413 £444 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -11.06% +2.17%
75th Percentile £643 £650 £688
90th Percentile £827 £750 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,883 7,452 9,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.99% 32.39% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,537 5,017 6,733
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £378 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £672
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 716 420 456
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.43
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.63
Median hourly rate £29.25 £22.00 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year +32.95% +4.14% -11.98%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £46.54
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £61.83
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West +49 44 £425 -35.85% 6
North of England +28 15 £650 +3.17% 13
North West +22 13 £650 +4.00% 6
South East +18 12 £815 +44.89% 15
Midlands +29 9 £450 -29.41% 8
Scotland +24 7 £575 +25.82% 4
West Midlands +26 6 £500 -33.33% 6
East Midlands +15 3 £400 -23.81% 2
Yorkshire +13 2 - - 5
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (29.89%) Azure
2 16 (18.39%) AWS
3 9 (10.34%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.75%) GCP
5 4 (4.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (4.60%) AWS CloudTrail
5 4 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (4.60%) OpenShift
5 4 (4.60%) PaaS
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (3.45%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.30%) GitHub
7 2 (2.30%) IaaS
7 2 (2.30%) SaaS
8 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.24%) Firewall
2 13 (14.94%) Network Security
3 6 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (6.90%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (5.75%) VPN
5 2 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.15%) DHCP
6 1 (1.15%) DNS
6 1 (1.15%) Internet
6 1 (1.15%) LAN
6 1 (1.15%) MPLS
6 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.15%) WAN
6 1 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (6.90%) JIRA
2 4 (4.60%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.15%) Burp Suite
General
1 16 (18.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (9.20%) Banking
3 6 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (5.75%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.60%) Finance
6 2 (2.30%) Automotive
7 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.15%) Legal
7 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (25.29%) Lead
2 16 (18.39%) Analyst
3 11 (12.64%) Security Analyst
4 10 (11.49%) Architect
5 8 (9.20%) Security Architect
6 7 (8.05%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.05%) Security Manager
7 6 (6.90%) Consultant
8 5 (5.75%) Network Analyst
8 5 (5.75%) Network Security Analyst
8 5 (5.75%) SOC Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Security Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) SOC Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Information Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Information Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Information Security Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Information Security Manager
11 2 (2.30%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) ModSecurity
2 2 (2.30%) .NET
2 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.15%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.49%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (10.34%) Public Cloud
3 6 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (5.75%) Cyberattack
5 4 (4.60%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.60%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.60%) PKI
5 4 (4.60%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.45%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.45%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.30%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.30%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (2.30%) Insider Threat
7 2 (2.30%) IoT
8 1 (1.15%) BYOD
8 1 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.15%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.05%) Linux
2 4 (4.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (71.26%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (37.93%) Risk Management
3 25 (28.74%) Roadmaps
4 22 (25.29%) Stakeholder Identification
5 20 (22.99%) Incident Response
6 16 (18.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 15 (17.24%) Cloud Security
7 15 (17.24%) Threat Intelligence
8 14 (16.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 13 (14.94%) Threat Detection
10 12 (13.79%) Penetration Testing
11 11 (12.64%) Agile
11 11 (12.64%) Security Architecture
11 11 (12.64%) Security Operations
12 10 (11.49%) Analytics
12 10 (11.49%) Information Security
13 9 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (10.34%) SIEM
14 8 (9.20%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 8 (9.20%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.34%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (6.90%) Search Processing Language
3 5 (5.75%) Python
4 4 (4.60%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.15%) C
5 1 (1.15%) C++
5 1 (1.15%) Java
5 1 (1.15%) Perl
5 1 (1.15%) Ruby
5 1 (1.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (25.29%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.34%) CISM
3 9 (10.34%) DV Cleared
4 8 (9.20%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (8.05%) CCNP
5 7 (8.05%) CISSP
5 7 (8.05%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (8.05%) Degree
6 5 (5.75%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.45%) CREST Certified
8 2 (2.30%) CCSP
8 2 (2.30%) CEH
8 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.30%) OSCP
9 1 (1.15%) CISA
9 1 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.15%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (19.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (19.54%) NIST
2 8 (9.20%) NCSC
3 7 (8.05%) GDPR
4 5 (5.75%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.30%) COBIT
6 2 (2.30%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.30%) PMO
6 2 (2.30%) SLA
7 1 (1.15%) COSO
7 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.15%) GRC
7 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.15%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.60%) Docker
2 4 (4.60%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Nessus
2 4 (4.60%) Ansible
2 4 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.60%) OPNET
2 4 (4.60%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 2 (2.30%) PowerCLI
3 2 (2.30%) Terraform
4 1 (1.15%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.15%) Nmap
Vendors
1 25 (28.74%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.64%) Splunk
3 9 (10.34%) Cisco
4 6 (6.90%) Atlassian
4 6 (6.90%) Juniper
4 6 (6.90%) Palo Alto
4 6 (6.90%) ScienceLogic
5 5 (5.75%) Google
5 5 (5.75%) VMware
6 3 (3.45%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.15%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.15%) ForeScout
7 1 (1.15%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.15%) Qualys
7 1 (1.15%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.15%) Sophos