Security Posture Contracts in West Yorkshire

Security Posture
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 86 121
Rank change year-on-year +23 +35 +5
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 4 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.51% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% 0.85% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £555 £714 -
25th Percentile £563 £716 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £738 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +40.48% -3.67%
75th Percentile £588 £766 £625
90th Percentile £595 £771 £678
Yorkshire median daily rate £575 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -3.67%

All Generic Skills
West Yorkshire

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 201 354 612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 25.87% 27.11% 29.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 223 460
10th Percentile £169 £307 £213
25th Percentile £359 £390 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £588
90th Percentile £650 £638 £676
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 14
10th Percentile £17.19 £15.32 £15.93
25th Percentile £21.75 £17.07 £17.18
Median hourly rate £27.50 £19.00 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -10.06% +14.65%
75th Percentile £40.63 £21.64 £22.16
90th Percentile £48.00 £22.25 £27.25
Yorkshire median hourly rate £38.75 £21.31 £19.00
% change year-on-year +81.84% +12.16% +7.50%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in West Yorkshire

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in West Yorkshire

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Leeds +16 2 £575 -22.03% 6
Security Posture
Yorkshire

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Observability
3 2 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Offensive Security
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow