Cyber Threat Contracts in the South West

Cyber Threats
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat 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 80 156 156
Rank change year-on-year +76 0 -15
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 79 3 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.39% 0.089% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.53% 0.32% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 2 9
10th Percentile £515 £903 £595
25th Percentile £550 £906 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £925 £775
Median % change year-on-year -38.38% +19.35% +42.07%
75th Percentile £690 £956 £813
90th Percentile £850 £968 £980
England median daily rate £590 £600 £663
% change year-on-year -1.67% -9.43% +20.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42.47
25th Percentile - - £43.55
Median hourly rate - - £47.35
75th Percentile - - £50.40
90th Percentile - - £51.03
England median hourly rate £70.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
South West

Cyber Threat 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,049 924 952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 31.80% 27.27% 26.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 650 692
10th Percentile £300 £275 £205
25th Percentile £463 £413 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £675
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 122 43
10th Percentile £13.69 - £14.50
25th Percentile £21.00 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £9.80 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year +461.22% -77.70% -10.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.00 £61.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £82.98 £75.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Wiltshire - 72 £570 - 4
Bristol - 7 £525 - 4
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.80%) Azure
2 2 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.27%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.33%) Wireless
2 4 (5.06%) Network Security
3 1 (1.27%) Firewall
3 1 (1.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
General
1 61 (77.22%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.92%) Telecoms
3 8 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.33%) Banking
4 5 (6.33%) Military
4 5 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.27%) Electronics
5 1 (1.27%) Finance
5 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (44.30%) Analyst
2 23 (29.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 17 (21.52%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 17 (21.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 12 (15.19%) Lead
5 9 (11.39%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 7 (8.86%) Consultant
6 7 (8.86%) SIEM Consultant
7 3 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Security Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) SIEM Analyst
8 2 (2.53%) Architect
8 2 (2.53%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (2.53%) Cloud Security Architect
8 2 (2.53%) Incident Analyst
8 2 (2.53%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.53%) Security Engineer
9 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Architect
9 1 (1.27%) Penetration Tester
9 1 (1.27%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.66%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 46 (58.23%) Cyber Defence
2 42 (53.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 36 (45.57%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.86%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (6.33%) Operational Technology
5 5 (6.33%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.27%) CSOC
7 1 (1.27%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
2 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.53%) Linux
3 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (91.14%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (81.01%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 64 (81.01%) SIEM
2 64 (81.01%) Threat Intelligence
3 55 (69.62%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 53 (67.09%) SOAR
5 45 (56.96%) Incident Response
5 45 (56.96%) Protective Monitoring
6 44 (55.70%) Mentoring
7 43 (54.43%) Incident Management
8 40 (50.63%) Use Case
9 39 (49.37%) Information Security
10 35 (44.30%) Case Management
10 35 (44.30%) CRM
10 35 (44.30%) Root Cause Analysis
11 26 (32.91%) Cyber Intelligence
11 26 (32.91%) Security Operations
12 22 (27.85%) Open Source
12 22 (27.85%) OSINT
13 17 (21.52%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 5 (6.33%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (1.27%) C
2 1 (1.27%) C++
2 1 (1.27%) Java
2 1 (1.27%) Perl
2 1 (1.27%) Python
2 1 (1.27%) Ruby
2 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 66 (83.54%) Security Cleared
2 64 (81.01%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.27%) CEH
3 1 (1.27%) CISSP
3 1 (1.27%) CREST Certified
3 1 (1.27%) Degree
3 1 (1.27%) GIAC
3 1 (1.27%) OSCP
3 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (48.10%) NIST
2 36 (45.57%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.27%) GDPR
3 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.53%) Hyper-V
1 2 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.27%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 9 (11.39%) Kibana
1 9 (11.39%) logstash
2 2 (2.53%) SCCM
2 2 (2.53%) SCDPM
2 2 (2.53%) SCVMM
2 2 (2.53%) WSUS
3 1 (1.27%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.27%) HP SIM
3 1 (1.27%) Puppet
3 1 (1.27%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (63.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.92%) Tanium
3 5 (6.33%) Splunk
4 2 (2.53%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.27%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.27%) Citrix
5 1 (1.27%) Commvault
5 1 (1.27%) HP
5 1 (1.27%) Okta
5 1 (1.27%) Oracle
5 1 (1.27%) SAP
5 1 (1.27%) Symantec
5 1 (1.27%) Veritas