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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 44 79
Rank change year-on-year -2 +35 +19
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 216 256 243
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.79% 4.53% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.59% 5.08% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 166 185
10th Percentile £413 £397 £310
25th Percentile £500 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £591 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% +7.38% +22.22%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £638
90th Percentile £756 £750 £738
England median daily rate £589 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -1.83% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 5 3
10th Percentile £44.15 £33.70 -
25th Percentile £81.88 £43.75 -
Median hourly rate £87.46 £72.84 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.08% +231.07% -56.00%
75th Percentile £87.53 £75.00 £43.38
90th Percentile £90.80 £75.40 £56.20
England median hourly rate £81.27 £72.98 £35.50
% change year-on-year +11.35% +105.58% -29.00%

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 4,709 5,035 6,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.69% 89.04% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,713 3,459 4,700
10th Percentile £255 £250 £244
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% +0.20% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 465 221 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.27
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.96% -12.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.94 £75.00 £63.55
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 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
Thames Valley +5 116 £570 +3.64% 57
Berkshire +2 91 £584 +1.61% 27
Hampshire +12 80 £625 +5.80% 39
Buckinghamshire +13 17 £495 -2.94% 21
Surrey -12 14 £500 -28.57% 24
Oxfordshire +10 8 £615 - 9
West Sussex -6 5 £575 +15.00% 5
Kent +4 1 £533 +46.90% 10
Sussex - 1 £600 -
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 1 (0.46%) Confluence
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.35%) Azure
2 16 (7.41%) AWS
3 8 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (2.78%) IaaS
4 6 (2.78%) PaaS
4 6 (2.78%) SaaS
5 5 (2.31%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.85%) Azure API Management
7 3 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.39%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (1.39%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.93%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.46%) GCP
9 1 (0.46%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 36 (16.67%) Firewall
2 26 (12.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 24 (11.11%) Network Security
4 13 (6.02%) DNS
5 8 (3.70%) WAN
6 6 (2.78%) DHCP
7 5 (2.31%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.31%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.85%) VPN
9 3 (1.39%) LAN
9 3 (1.39%) Wireless
10 2 (0.93%) SSL
11 1 (0.46%) 4G
11 1 (0.46%) 5G
11 1 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (0.46%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.46%) MPLS
11 1 (0.46%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.46%) SAN
11 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.39%) Power BI
2 1 (0.46%) Big Data
2 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.39%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.93%) Git
2 2 (0.93%) JIRA
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
General
1 45 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.02%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.70%) Finance
6 6 (2.78%) Legal
6 6 (2.78%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.85%) Automotive
8 3 (1.39%) Banking
8 3 (1.39%) French Language
9 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.93%) Electronics
10 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.46%) German Language
10 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Military
10 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 51 (23.61%) Architect
2 39 (18.06%) Consultant
3 37 (17.13%) Security Architect
4 36 (16.67%) Analyst
5 33 (15.28%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 31 (14.35%) Security Consultant
7 24 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 17 (7.87%) Lead
9 16 (7.41%) Security Analyst
10 13 (6.02%) Senior
11 11 (5.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 11 (5.09%) Project Manager
12 10 (4.63%) Security Engineer
13 9 (4.17%) ArcSight Consultant
13 9 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (3.70%) Business Analyst
15 6 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 6 (2.78%) Head of Security
15 6 (2.78%) Product Analyst
15 6 (2.78%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
1 6 (2.78%) Web Services
2 3 (1.39%) .NET
3 2 (0.93%) CSS
4 1 (0.46%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.46%) HTML
4 1 (0.46%) JSP
4 1 (0.46%) Kafka
4 1 (0.46%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.46%) LDAP
4 1 (0.46%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.46%) REST
4 1 (0.46%) SOAP
4 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.52%) Cyber Threat
2 29 (13.43%) Management Information System
3 25 (11.57%) Cyber Defence
4 24 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (7.41%) Data Centre
6 13 (6.02%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.78%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.78%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.31%) IoT
8 5 (2.31%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.31%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.85%) CSOC
9 4 (1.85%) PKI
9 4 (1.85%) SCADA
10 3 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.81%) Windows
2 21 (9.72%) Linux
3 7 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.31%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.78%) Information Security
2 47 (21.76%) SIEM
3 41 (18.98%) Incident Response
4 38 (17.59%) DevOps
5 30 (13.89%) Vulnerability Management
6 29 (13.43%) Mentoring
6 29 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (12.96%) Incident Management
7 28 (12.96%) Protective Monitoring
8 27 (12.50%) Security Architecture
9 25 (11.57%) Identity Access Management
10 24 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 24 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
11 22 (10.19%) Use Case
12 21 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (9.72%) Risk Management
12 21 (9.72%) Security Operations
13 19 (8.80%) CRM
13 19 (8.80%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 18 (8.33%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.78%) Python
3 5 (2.31%) Java
4 3 (1.39%) C#
4 3 (1.39%) PHP
4 3 (1.39%) Ruby
5 2 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.93%) SQL
6 1 (0.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 112 (51.85%) Security Cleared
2 84 (38.89%) DV Cleared
3 31 (14.35%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.94%) Degree
5 8 (3.70%) CISSP
6 7 (3.24%) ISACA
7 5 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.85%) CISM
8 4 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.39%) CCSP
9 3 (1.39%) CISA
9 3 (1.39%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.39%) PMP
9 3 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.93%) CEH
10 2 (0.93%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.93%) HND
10 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.13%) NIST
2 22 (10.19%) NIST 800
3 14 (6.48%) GDPR
4 11 (5.09%) COBIT
5 5 (2.31%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.85%) GRC
6 4 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.85%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.93%) QA
8 1 (0.46%) NCSC
8 1 (0.46%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.39%) Docker
3 3 (1.39%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.93%) XenApp
5 1 (0.46%) Firmware
5 1 (0.46%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (2.31%) Kibana
1 5 (2.31%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.31%) logstash
2 4 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (1.39%) Nessus
4 2 (0.93%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (0.93%) RSA Archer
4 2 (0.93%) Terraform
5 1 (0.46%) Ansible
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 56 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.63%) ArcSight
3 9 (4.17%) Cisco
4 8 (3.70%) Splunk
4 8 (3.70%) VMware
5 5 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (2.31%) CyberArk
5 5 (2.31%) Tanium
6 4 (1.85%) Citrix
6 4 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.93%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.93%) Sage
7 2 (0.93%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.46%) BMC
8 1 (0.46%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.46%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.46%) Remedy
8 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.46%) TippingPoint
8 1 (0.46%) Trend Micro