Security Posture Contracts in the North of England

Security Posture
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 187 245
Rank change year-on-year +27 +58 -55
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 25 15 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.52% 0.28% 0.084%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.01% 0.92% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 5
10th Percentile £445 £450 -
25th Percentile £538 £563 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £630 £375
Median % change year-on-year -6.35% +68.00% -44.89%
75th Percentile £716 £715 £565
90th Percentile £948 £775 £654
England median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,242 1,637 2,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.63% 30.08% 34.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 1,088 1,868
10th Percentile £263 £275 £205
25th Percentile £400 £410 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +6.77% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £575
90th Percentile £674 £688 £663
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 81 94
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.85 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% -11.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £28.23 £33.75 £26.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £65.75 £44.03
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the North of England

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the North of England

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the North of England

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West +27 22 £583 -5.86% 9
Yorkshire +12 3 £600 -20.00% 4
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) AWS
2 7 (28.00%) SaaS
3 3 (12.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (8.00%) IaaS
4 2 (8.00%) PaaS
5 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Network Security
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Automotive
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Architect
1 11 (44.00%) Security Architect
2 9 (36.00%) Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Integration Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) SaaS Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Data Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Security Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IAM Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Information Security Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Technologist
6 1 (4.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (24.00%) Cyberattack
3 5 (20.00%) Public Cloud
4 3 (12.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (8.00%) Insider Threat
5 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (4.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (28.00%) Data Security
2 7 (28.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (24.00%) Analytics
3 6 (24.00%) Product Roadmap
3 6 (24.00%) Product Strategy
3 6 (24.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (24.00%) SIEM
3 6 (24.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 6 (24.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (20.00%) Change Management
4 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 5 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 5 (20.00%) Observability
5 4 (16.00%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (16.00%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (16.00%) Security Testing
5 4 (16.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Degree
2 3 (12.00%) CISSP
2 3 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (8.00%) CISM
4 1 (4.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (48.00%) NIST
2 6 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.00%) GDPR
4 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (4.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) HP Fortify
1 1 (4.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 5 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.00%) Rapid7
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.00%) Darktrace
4 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.00%) Sophos
4 1 (4.00%) VMware