Cyber Threat Contracts

Cyber Threats
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies. 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 349 501 672
Rank change year-on-year +152 +171 -49
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 239 183 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 0.98% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 120 130
10th Percentile £488 £479 £410
25th Percentile £525 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £597 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% -4.54% +16.28%
75th Percentile £775 £700 £764
90th Percentile £850 £801 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 £550 £700
% change year-on-year +3.64% -21.43% +20.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £26.45
25th Percentile £81.75 - £41.75
Median hourly rate £83.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £85.25 - £50.77
90th Percentile - - £51.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the UK

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the UK

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the UK

Cyber Threat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat in the UK

Cyber Threat
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +142 213 £590 -1.67% 112
UK excluding London +105 152 £570 +3.64% 61
South West +79 79 £570 -38.38% 12
London +67 58 £625 +0.40% 48
Work from Home +66 43 £550 -8.33% 44
South East +43 40 £690 +10.40% 11
North of England +18 33 £775 +32.37% 28
Yorkshire +33 23 £800 +14.29% 6
Midlands +23 14 £538 -2.18% 6
Scotland +35 10 £488 -11.36% 3
West Midlands +17 10 £538 -2.18% 1
North West 0 9 £746 +35.57% 22
East Midlands +9 4 £550 +4.76% 5
East of England +1 1 £453 -17.73% 2
North East - 1 £550 -

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.84%) Confluence
2 2 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.57%) Azure
2 18 (7.53%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (5.44%) AWS
4 12 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.93%) GCP
5 7 (2.93%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.26%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon Cognito
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon Kinesis
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.84%) GitHub
8 2 (0.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.46%) Firewall
2 24 (10.04%) Network Security
3 7 (2.93%) Wireless
4 6 (2.51%) DNS
5 5 (2.09%) SSL
5 5 (2.09%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.09%) VPN
6 4 (1.67%) DHCP
6 4 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.67%) VLAN
7 2 (0.84%) NGFW
8 1 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.42%) FTP
8 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.26%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Hive
4 2 (0.84%) Big Data
4 2 (0.84%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.84%) Bigtable
4 2 (0.84%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.84%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.84%) HBase
4 2 (0.84%) IBM BigInsights
4 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.84%) Parquet
4 2 (0.84%) PolyBase
4 2 (0.84%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 9 (3.77%) JIRA
2 3 (1.26%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.26%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.84%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 109 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.90%) Finance
3 37 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (12.13%) Public Sector
5 24 (10.04%) Banking
6 18 (7.53%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.93%) Military
8 5 (2.09%) Legal
9 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.84%) International Banking
9 2 (0.84%) Law
9 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Automotive
10 1 (0.42%) Electronics
10 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing
10 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 88 (36.82%) Analyst
2 30 (12.55%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 24 (10.04%) Consultant
3 24 (10.04%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 19 (7.95%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 19 (7.95%) Lead
5 18 (7.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 17 (7.11%) Security Analyst
7 16 (6.69%) Architect
7 16 (6.69%) Security Architect
8 15 (6.28%) SOC Analyst
9 13 (5.44%) SIEM Consultant
10 12 (5.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 12 (5.02%) Security Engineer
10 12 (5.02%) Senior
11 9 (3.77%) Security Consultant
12 7 (2.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 7 (2.93%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 7 (2.93%) Security Specialist
13 6 (2.51%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.53%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.67%) Kafka
3 2 (0.84%) Apache Avro
3 2 (0.84%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (0.84%) Middleware
3 2 (0.84%) OAuth
3 2 (0.84%) OpenID
3 2 (0.84%) SAML
4 1 (0.42%) .NET
4 1 (0.42%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 88 (36.82%) Cyber Defence
2 82 (34.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 65 (27.20%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.53%) Security Posture
5 17 (7.11%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (2.93%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.67%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.67%) PKI
8 3 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.26%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.84%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.42%) CSOC
10 1 (0.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.42%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.42%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.62%) Windows
2 17 (7.11%) Linux
3 7 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.67%) Unix
5 3 (1.26%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.84%) zOS
7 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (80.33%) Cybersecurity
2 129 (53.97%) SIEM
3 112 (46.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 112 (46.86%) Threat Intelligence
4 102 (42.68%) Incident Response
5 99 (41.42%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 88 (36.82%) Information Security
7 87 (36.40%) Protective Monitoring
8 81 (33.89%) Security Operations
9 75 (31.38%) Incident Management
9 75 (31.38%) Mentoring
10 68 (28.45%) SOAR
11 57 (23.85%) Root Cause Analysis
11 57 (23.85%) Use Case
12 56 (23.43%) Case Management
13 45 (18.83%) CRM
14 44 (18.41%) Cyber Intelligence
15 36 (15.06%) Risk Management
16 32 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
17 30 (12.55%) OSINT
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.35%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (2.51%) Search Processing Language
3 3 (1.26%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.26%) Python
4 2 (0.84%) C
4 2 (0.84%) C++
4 2 (0.84%) Java
4 2 (0.84%) Perl
4 2 (0.84%) Ruby
4 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.84%) SQL
4 2 (0.84%) U-SQL
Qualifications
1 138 (57.74%) Security Cleared
2 112 (46.86%) DV Cleared
3 33 (13.81%) CISSP
4 30 (12.55%) Degree
4 30 (12.55%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.69%) CEH
6 15 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (5.86%) CISM
8 12 (5.02%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.93%) MCSE
10 7 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.51%) GIAC
11 6 (2.51%) OSCP
12 5 (2.09%) CISA
12 5 (2.09%) CRISC
12 5 (2.09%) GCIH
12 5 (2.09%) PMP
13 4 (1.67%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (33.47%) NIST
2 61 (25.52%) NIST 800
3 20 (8.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (6.28%) PCI DSS
5 12 (5.02%) GDPR
6 5 (2.09%) ISO 31000
7 4 (1.67%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.26%) QA
9 2 (0.84%) COBIT
9 2 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.84%) SLA
10 1 (0.42%) GRC
10 1 (0.42%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.51%) Hyper-V
2 6 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.42%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 17 (7.11%) Kibana
1 17 (7.11%) logstash
2 6 (2.51%) Nessus
2 6 (2.51%) SCCM
3 4 (1.67%) Ansible
4 3 (1.26%) CSIRT
4 3 (1.26%) QRadar
4 3 (1.26%) Terraform
5 2 (0.84%) Ambari
5 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.84%) Oozie
5 2 (0.84%) PingFederate
5 2 (0.84%) SCDPM
5 2 (0.84%) SCVMM
5 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.84%) WSUS
6 1 (0.42%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.42%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.42%) Puppet
6 1 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 103 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.60%) Splunk
3 10 (4.18%) Tanium
4 6 (2.51%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (2.51%) Google
5 5 (2.09%) Oracle
6 4 (1.67%) BeyondTrust
6 4 (1.67%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.26%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.26%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.26%) Zscaler
8 2 (0.84%) ArcSight
8 2 (0.84%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.84%) Darktrace
8 2 (0.84%) Databricks
8 2 (0.84%) F5
8 2 (0.84%) IBM
8 2 (0.84%) Ping Identity
8 2 (0.84%) SAP
8 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow