Cyber Threat Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threats
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 362 425
Rank change year-on-year +115 +63 -8
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 152 85 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.37% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.54% 1.15% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 58 70
10th Percentile £513 £468 £188
25th Percentile £540 £486 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £700
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -21.43% +20.17%
75th Percentile £850 £635 £763
90th Percentile - £750 £801
UK median daily rate £583 £593 £625
% change year-on-year -1.73% -5.08% +19.05%
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 median hourly rate £83.50 - £47.50

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,976 7,381 9,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.66% 32.21% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,568 4,949 6,853
10th Percentile £208 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £384 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 743 412 428
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.64
25th Percentile £14.12 £10.63 £15.93
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.88 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +2.70% -7.39%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £44.16
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South West +83 79 £570 -38.38% 12
South East +42 40 £690 +10.40% 10
North of England +24 33 £775 +32.37% 29
Yorkshire +36 23 £800 +14.29% 5
Midlands +25 14 £538 -2.18% 7
Scotland +39 10 £488 -11.36% 4
West Midlands +18 10 £538 -2.18% 2
North West -5 9 £746 +35.57% 24
East Midlands +7 4 £550 +4.76% 5
East of England +4 1 £453 -17.73% 3
North East - 1 £550 -
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.82%) Azure
2 10 (6.58%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.61%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.97%) AWS
5 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.32%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.66%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.92%) Network Security
2 7 (4.61%) Firewall
2 7 (4.61%) Wireless
3 5 (3.29%) SSL
4 1 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.66%) FTP
4 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) JIRA
General
1 86 (56.58%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.16%) Public Sector
3 17 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.92%) Finance
6 7 (4.61%) Military
7 5 (3.29%) Banking
8 3 (1.97%) Legal
9 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.66%) Automotive
10 1 (0.66%) Electronics
10 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.66%) Marketing
10 1 (0.66%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 62 (40.79%) Analyst
2 30 (19.74%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 22 (14.47%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 18 (11.84%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 18 (11.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 16 (10.53%) Consultant
5 16 (10.53%) Lead
6 13 (8.55%) SIEM Consultant
7 9 (5.92%) Senior
8 8 (5.26%) Architect
8 8 (5.26%) Security Architect
9 7 (4.61%) Security Analyst
10 6 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 6 (3.95%) Security Specialist
11 5 (3.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 4 (2.63%) Cloud Architect
12 4 (2.63%) Security Engineer
12 4 (2.63%) SIEM Analyst
12 4 (2.63%) SOC Analyst
12 4 (2.63%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.24%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.32%) Kafka
2 2 (1.32%) Middleware
3 1 (0.66%) .NET
3 1 (0.66%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 73 (48.03%) Cyber Defence
2 67 (44.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 51 (33.55%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.58%) Security Posture
5 9 (5.92%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (4.61%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.63%) Cyberattack
7 4 (2.63%) PKI
8 2 (1.32%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.66%) CSOC
9 1 (0.66%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.55%) Windows
2 10 (6.58%) Linux
3 7 (4.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.32%) zOS
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (90.13%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (61.84%) SIEM
3 87 (57.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 87 (57.24%) Threat Intelligence
4 79 (51.97%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 74 (48.68%) Protective Monitoring
6 71 (46.71%) Incident Response
7 65 (42.76%) Mentoring
8 63 (41.45%) SOAR
9 62 (40.79%) Incident Management
10 57 (37.50%) Information Security
11 49 (32.24%) Use Case
12 47 (30.92%) Security Operations
13 46 (30.26%) Case Management
14 44 (28.95%) Root Cause Analysis
15 42 (27.63%) CRM
16 37 (24.34%) Cyber Intelligence
17 29 (19.08%) OSINT
18 26 (17.11%) Open Source
19 19 (12.50%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.95%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (3.29%) Search Processing Language
3 2 (1.32%) Python
4 1 (0.66%) C
4 1 (0.66%) C++
4 1 (0.66%) Java
4 1 (0.66%) Perl
4 1 (0.66%) Ruby
4 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (74.34%) Security Cleared
2 100 (65.79%) DV Cleared
3 16 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.58%) Degree
5 8 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (4.61%) CISSP
6 7 (4.61%) MCSE
6 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.97%) CEH
7 3 (1.97%) CISM
8 2 (1.32%) CISA
8 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.32%) ISSAP
9 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.66%) CCIE
9 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.66%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.66%) OSCP
9 1 (0.66%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (38.82%) NIST
2 49 (32.24%) NIST 800
3 10 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.97%) GDPR
4 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.32%) COBIT
5 2 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.66%) NCSC
6 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.95%) Active Directory
1 6 (3.95%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.66%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 10 (6.58%) Kibana
1 10 (6.58%) logstash
2 6 (3.95%) SCCM
3 2 (1.32%) SCDPM
3 2 (1.32%) SCVMM
3 2 (1.32%) WSUS
4 1 (0.66%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.66%) HP SIM
4 1 (0.66%) Puppet
4 1 (0.66%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 78 (51.32%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.58%) Tanium
3 5 (3.29%) Splunk
4 3 (1.97%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.32%) F5
5 2 (1.32%) IBM
6 1 (0.66%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.66%) Cisco
6 1 (0.66%) Citrix
6 1 (0.66%) Commvault
6 1 (0.66%) HP
6 1 (0.66%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.66%) Netskope
6 1 (0.66%) Okta
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle
6 1 (0.66%) SAP
6 1 (0.66%) Symantec
6 1 (0.66%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.66%) Zscaler