Cybersecurity Contracts in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 53 84
Rank change year-on-year +5 +31 +1
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,381 2,036 2,166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.79% 4.20% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 4.66% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 1,412 1,490
10th Percentile £400 £425 £381
25th Percentile £489 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £613 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +6.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £688
90th Percentile £813 £800 £778
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 40 27
10th Percentile £26.75 £26.80 £15.95
25th Percentile £34.02 £38.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £83.63 £71.49 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.98% +68.21% -15.00%
75th Percentile £87.46 £83.31 £65.88
90th Percentile £87.53 £83.69 £69.63
UK median hourly rate £83.77 £65.50 £41.95
% change year-on-year +27.89% +56.14% -13.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in England.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London -11 567 £600 -5.88% 446
South West +23 275 £550 -15.38% 138
South East +1 207 £590 +2.61% 235
North of England -14 136 £579 +5.18% 223
Midlands -3 121 £550 -8.33% 133
West Midlands +2 110 £575 -4.17% 85
North West -21 77 £570 +3.64% 120
Yorkshire -6 50 £633 +10.00% 92
East of England -17 40 £600 +9.09% 74
East Midlands +9 11 £400 -23.81% 48
North East +19 9 £550 -12.00% 11
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 30 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.59%) CMS
3 16 (1.16%) Confluence
4 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.14%) Apache
5 2 (0.14%) IIS
5 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.14%) nginx
5 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.072%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.072%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.072%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.072%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.072%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 44 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.36%) CANalyzer
5 5 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.22%) Trello
7 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.072%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 247 (17.89%) Azure
2 135 (9.78%) AWS
3 64 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (3.77%) Entra ID
5 45 (3.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 43 (3.11%) GCP
7 35 (2.53%) SaaS
8 25 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (1.59%) IaaS
10 17 (1.23%) PaaS
11 12 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (0.80%) Power Platform
13 10 (0.72%) GitHub
13 10 (0.72%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (0.58%) AWS CloudTrail
15 8 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (0.51%) Akamai
16 7 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 156 (11.30%) Firewall
2 114 (8.25%) Network Security
3 62 (4.49%) Intrusion Detection
4 51 (3.69%) DNS
5 50 (3.62%) WAN
6 30 (2.17%) TCP/IP
7 26 (1.88%) DHCP
8 25 (1.81%) LAN
9 24 (1.74%) SD-WAN
9 24 (1.74%) Wireless
10 19 (1.38%) VPN
11 13 (0.94%) Internet
12 11 (0.80%) HTTP
13 10 (0.72%) HTTPS
13 10 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (0.65%) SSL
15 8 (0.58%) SAN
16 6 (0.43%) Ethernet
17 5 (0.36%) VoIP
17 5 (0.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (2.17%) Big Data
2 20 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 14 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.72%) Power BI
5 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.36%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.29%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.29%) MySQL
8 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.14%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.14%) Tableau
11 1 (0.072%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.072%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.072%) DB2
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (2.03%) Jenkins
2 21 (1.52%) JIRA
3 17 (1.23%) GitLab
4 16 (1.16%) Git
5 12 (0.87%) Artifactory
6 8 (0.58%) Subversion
7 5 (0.36%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.36%) CANoe
7 5 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.22%) Maven
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.22%) Xcode
9 2 (0.14%) RStudio
9 2 (0.14%) Selenium
9 2 (0.14%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.072%) Appium
10 1 (0.072%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.072%) Cypress.io
General
1 317 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 219 (15.86%) Finance
3 147 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 70 (5.07%) Banking
6 45 (3.26%) Legal
7 34 (2.46%) Telecoms
8 31 (2.24%) Manufacturing
9 30 (2.17%) Financial Institution
10 29 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (1.45%) Military
13 18 (1.30%) Automotive
13 18 (1.30%) Retail
14 14 (1.01%) Law
15 12 (0.87%) Police
16 11 (0.80%) Electronics
16 11 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.80%) Marketing
17 9 (0.65%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 331 (23.97%) Analyst
2 210 (15.21%) Architect
3 152 (11.01%) Consultant
4 127 (9.20%) Security Architect
5 104 (7.53%) Security Consultant
6 102 (7.39%) Security Analyst
7 94 (6.81%) Security Engineer
8 93 (6.73%) Project Manager
9 92 (6.66%) SOC Analyst
10 90 (6.52%) Lead
11 86 (6.23%) Security Manager
12 82 (5.94%) Senior
13 75 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 70 (5.07%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 62 (4.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 56 (4.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 55 (3.98%) Security Project Manager
18 47 (3.40%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
19 44 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
20 38 (2.75%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.96%) SailPoint
2 16 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
3 13 (0.94%) .NET
4 12 (0.87%) Middleware
5 10 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (0.72%) LDAP
6 9 (0.65%) Web Services
7 8 (0.58%) OAuth
7 8 (0.58%) OpenID
7 8 (0.58%) REST
8 7 (0.51%) SAML
9 6 (0.43%) CSS
9 6 (0.43%) Kafka
10 5 (0.36%) HTML
10 5 (0.36%) JSON
10 5 (0.36%) YAML
11 4 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.22%) iOS SDK
12 3 (0.22%) Regular Expression
12 3 (0.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 161 (11.66%) Cyber Threat
2 157 (11.37%) Management Information System
3 115 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
4 105 (7.60%) Security Operations Centre
5 96 (6.95%) Security Posture
6 75 (5.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 59 (4.27%) Operational Technology
8 52 (3.77%) CSOC
8 52 (3.77%) Data Centre
9 40 (2.90%) PKI
10 31 (2.24%) Cyberattack
11 27 (1.96%) Onboarding
11 27 (1.96%) Private Cloud
12 23 (1.67%) Product Ownership
13 20 (1.45%) Distributed Applications
13 20 (1.45%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 17 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
16 16 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (1.16%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 165 (11.95%) Linux
2 159 (11.51%) Windows
3 34 (2.46%) Unix
3 34 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 14 (1.01%) Android
7 11 (0.80%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
8 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (23.39%) Information Security
2 305 (22.09%) SIEM
3 236 (17.09%) Incident Response
3 236 (17.09%) Security Operations
4 197 (14.27%) Risk Management
5 149 (10.79%) Agile
6 146 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
7 141 (10.21%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 141 (10.21%) Threat Intelligence
8 140 (10.14%) Security Architecture
9 132 (9.56%) DevOps
10 123 (8.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 118 (8.54%) Cloud Security
12 116 (8.40%) Use Case
13 114 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 113 (8.18%) Identity Access Management
15 106 (7.68%) Incident Management
15 106 (7.68%) Vulnerability Management
16 103 (7.46%) Roadmaps
17 101 (7.31%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 76 (5.50%) PowerShell
2 75 (5.43%) Python
3 41 (2.97%) C#
4 40 (2.90%) Java
5 29 (2.10%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.67%) SQL
7 22 (1.59%) C++
8 19 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
9 18 (1.30%) Bash
10 10 (0.72%) Go
11 6 (0.43%) Rust
11 6 (0.43%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.29%) Ruby
12 4 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.29%) Swift
12 4 (0.29%) VBA
13 3 (0.22%) C
13 3 (0.22%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.22%) Perl
13 3 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 549 (39.75%) Security Cleared
2 307 (22.23%) DV Cleared
3 250 (18.10%) SC Cleared
4 194 (14.05%) CISSP
5 146 (10.57%) CISM
6 138 (9.99%) Degree
7 68 (4.92%) CISA
8 45 (3.26%) CEH
9 36 (2.61%) SANS
10 35 (2.53%) CRISC
11 33 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
12 32 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 28 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 21 (1.52%) OSCP
15 20 (1.45%) GIAC
16 19 (1.38%) Master's Degree
17 16 (1.16%) ISACA
18 15 (1.09%) CISMP
19 14 (1.01%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (20.49%) NIST
2 181 (13.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 92 (6.66%) GDPR
4 66 (4.78%) NIST 800
5 55 (3.98%) NCSC
6 51 (3.69%) PCI DSS
7 40 (2.90%) GRC
8 33 (2.39%) COBIT
9 28 (2.03%) QA
10 24 (1.74%) HIPAA
11 22 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 21 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 17 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 10 (0.72%) ISO 22301
15 10 (0.72%) ISO 9000
16 9 (0.65%) ISO 31000
16 9 (0.65%) SLA
17 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.43%) JSP 440
System Software
1 88 (6.37%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.59%) vSphere
4 18 (1.30%) Docker
5 11 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (0.80%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.29%) VMware Server
6 4 (0.29%) XenApp
7 2 (0.14%) NFS
8 1 (0.072%) Ceph
8 1 (0.072%) Firmware
8 1 (0.072%) Snort
8 1 (0.072%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.072%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (4.34%) Terraform
2 47 (3.40%) Ansible
3 32 (2.32%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.74%) vCenter Server
5 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.87%) Puppet
7 12 (0.87%) SCCM
8 11 (0.80%) Nessus
9 8 (0.58%) Functional Safety
10 7 (0.51%) ArcSight ESM
10 7 (0.51%) BladeLogic
10 7 (0.51%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (0.51%) Kibana
11 6 (0.43%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.43%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.43%) logstash
11 6 (0.43%) QRadar
12 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.29%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 289 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 54 (3.91%) Splunk
3 53 (3.84%) VMware
4 42 (3.04%) Cisco
5 32 (2.32%) CyberArk
6 31 (2.24%) Darktrace
7 24 (1.74%) LogRhythm
8 21 (1.52%) Citrix
8 21 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.45%) ArcSight
9 20 (1.45%) FireEye
10 18 (1.30%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.23%) Rapid7
12 16 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
12 16 (1.16%) Oracle
13 14 (1.01%) Google
13 14 (1.01%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.87%) SAP
15 11 (0.80%) Qualys
16 10 (0.72%) F5