Cyber Resilience Contracts

Cyber Resilience
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Resilience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 574 773
Rank change year-on-year +49 +199 -84
Contract jobs citing Cyber Resilience 62 115 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.23% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 72 60
10th Percentile £463 £463 £538
25th Percentile £560 £513 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £600 £648
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% -7.44% +5.44%
75th Percentile £753 £725 £771
90th Percentile £924 £812 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £638 £500 £670
% change year-on-year +27.50% -25.37% +30.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £65.03 £59.47
25th Percentile - - £62.42
Median hourly rate - £72.98 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year - +6.42% -
75th Percentile - £86.25 £70.46
90th Percentile - £88.50 £70.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £72.98 £69.83
% change year-on-year - +4.51% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Resilience 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,603 50,558 80,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.40% 89.70% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,483 35,017 56,266
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,521 1,671 1,882
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Cyber Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyber Resilience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Resilience.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Resilience.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Resilience within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +66 47 £650 -3.70% 18
UK excluding London +38 35 £638 +27.50% 12
London +69 23 £630 -8.36% 12
Work from Home +83 14 £646 +7.71% 6
Scotland +33 12 £550 +10.00% 7
South West +11 12 £700 +17.65% 2
North of England +28 8 £570 -0.87%
North West +15 8 £570 -
South East +15 2 £738 +5.36% 2
Midlands - 1 £475 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £475 - 1

Cyber Resilience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
2 5 (8.06%) AWS
3 2 (3.23%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (1.61%) Internet
2 1 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Git
1 1 (1.61%) GitLab
1 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 11 (17.74%) Finance
1 11 (17.74%) Public Sector
2 7 (11.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.84%) Banking
5 2 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (40.32%) Analyst
2 18 (29.03%) Architect
3 10 (16.13%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (16.13%) Technical Architect
4 9 (14.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) Test Analyst
6 5 (8.06%) Change Manager
6 5 (8.06%) Head of Security
6 5 (8.06%) IT Change Manager
6 5 (8.06%) IT Manager
6 5 (8.06%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (8.06%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Security Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Consultant
8 3 (4.84%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.23%) Administrator
9 2 (3.23%) Head of Cybersecurity
9 2 (3.23%) IT Administrator
9 2 (3.23%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.97%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (19.35%) Management Information System
3 9 (14.52%) CSOC
4 6 (9.68%) Operational Technology
5 5 (8.06%) Product Ownership
6 3 (4.84%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (4.84%) SCADA
7 2 (3.23%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.61%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (74.19%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (50.00%) Use Case
3 24 (38.71%) Roadmaps
4 22 (35.48%) Business Continuity
4 22 (35.48%) Data Protection
4 22 (35.48%) Disaster Recovery
5 21 (33.87%) IT Strategy
6 20 (32.26%) Business Strategy
6 20 (32.26%) Strategic Roadmap
6 20 (32.26%) Validation
7 19 (30.65%) Information Security
8 16 (25.81%) Security Operations
9 15 (24.19%) Incident Response
10 12 (19.35%) Agile
11 10 (16.13%) ITIL
12 9 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (14.52%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 9 (14.52%) Threat Intelligence
12 9 (14.52%) Waterfall
13 8 (12.90%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.84%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.61%) C
2 1 (1.61%) C++
2 1 (1.61%) Go
2 1 (1.61%) Java
2 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (20.97%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.52%) DV Cleared
3 4 (6.45%) CISM
3 4 (6.45%) CISSP
3 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.23%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (3.23%) CLAS
4 2 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (45.16%) NIST
2 13 (20.97%) NCSC
3 9 (14.52%) GDPR
4 8 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (8.06%) GRC
6 2 (3.23%) JSP 440
6 2 (3.23%) RMADS
7 1 (1.61%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.23%) AlienVault
2 2 (3.23%) ArcSight
2 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
2 2 (3.23%) Splunk
3 1 (1.61%) Cadence
3 1 (1.61%) Cisco
3 1 (1.61%) Meraki
3 1 (1.61%) Planview