Security Posture Contracts in the South East

Security Posture
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the South East. 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 182 209 242
Rank change year-on-year +27 +33 -20
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 18 6 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.31% 0.11% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.11% 0.31% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 12
10th Percentile £420 £522 £470
25th Percentile £475 £540 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £600 £644
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.80% +28.75%
75th Percentile £830 £659 £678
90th Percentile £938 £676 £688
England median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,624 1,926 2,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.23% 34.01% 33.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 1,308 1,650
10th Percentile £210 £205 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £719 £675
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 93 117
10th Percentile £11.79 £17.82 £13.95
25th Percentile £18.35 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £54.37 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +152.88% -40.45%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £49.18
90th Percentile £75.16 £75.00 £63.25
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the South East 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
Thames Valley +20 11 £863 +27.78% 3
Berkshire -4 6 £450 -33.33% 1
Buckinghamshire - 5 £925 - 1
West Sussex +9 2 £425 -34.62% 3
Surrey - 2 £790 - 1
Kent +9 1 £475 -8.65%
Hampshire -9 1 £630 +2.86% 4
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Network Security
2 6 (33.33%) Firewall
3 5 (27.78%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (27.78%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.56%) Internet
5 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git
General
1 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (27.78%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Network Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Network Security Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Security Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Designer
5 2 (11.11%) Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Network Designer
5 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Security Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Cloud Security Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Network Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Network Security Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Solutions Designer
6 1 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Google JAX
1 3 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 3 (16.67%) scikit-learn
1 3 (16.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (5.56%) IoT
3 1 (5.56%) PKI
3 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
2 4 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 4 (22.22%) Incident Response
2 4 (22.22%) Security Architecture
2 4 (22.22%) Time Management
2 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 3 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (16.67%) Data Science
3 3 (16.67%) DataOps
3 3 (16.67%) Deep Learning
3 3 (16.67%) DevOps
3 3 (16.67%) LLM
3 3 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (16.67%) MLOps
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C
1 3 (16.67%) C++
1 3 (16.67%) Java
1 3 (16.67%) Python
1 3 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (27.78%) CCNP
2 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 4 (22.22%) CISM
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.56%) CCSK
5 1 (5.56%) CCSP
5 1 (5.56%) CEH
5 1 (5.56%) CISA
5 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) NIST
2 4 (22.22%) GDPR
3 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.56%) COBIT
4 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Nessus
2 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco
1 7 (38.89%) Palo Alto
2 5 (27.78%) Juniper
2 5 (27.78%) ScienceLogic
3 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft