Cybersecurity Contracts

Cybersecurity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 51 79
Rank change year-on-year +1 +28 +12
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,605 2,396 2,753
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.77% 4.24% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 4.72% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,127 1,651 1,920
10th Percentile £400 £425 £388
25th Percentile £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £570 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -0.87% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 42 32
10th Percentile £26.75 £25.00 £16.83
25th Percentile £35.10 £35.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £83.77 £67.75 £40.98
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% +65.34% -13.74%
75th Percentile £87.48 £83.31 £62.31
90th Percentile £87.86 £83.40 £69.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.77 £69.24 £56.72
% change year-on-year +20.98% +22.08% +19.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cybersecurity 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 36,537 50,741 79,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.91% 89.71% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,555 35,132 55,704
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £439 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £483
% change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 1,680 1,899
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.56
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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 +1 1,357 £575 -6.12% 1,055
UK excluding London +7 840 £570 -0.87% 759
London -10 562 £600 -5.66% 324
Work from Home -7 491 £575 -4.17% 497
South West +21 267 £550 -15.38% 138
South East -2 205 £590 +1.51% 150
North of England -22 132 £582 +5.82% 215
Midlands -3 115 £550 -7.37% 126
West Midlands -2 104 £550 -8.33% 73
Scotland +36 87 £550 +12.82% 50
North West -26 74 £570 +3.64% 129
Yorkshire -3 49 £650 +15.56% 77
East of England -12 42 £600 +9.09% 63
Wales +3 19 £600 +26.32% 23
East Midlands +9 11 £400 -23.81% 53
North East +18 9 £550 -12.00% 9

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 47 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.43%) Confluence
3 22 (1.37%) CMS
4 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.37%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.31%) IIS
7 4 (0.25%) Apache
7 4 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
7 4 (0.25%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (0.25%) WebSphere Portal
8 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.12%) nginx
8 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.062%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.062%) JBoss
9 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.062%) WildFly
Applications
1 44 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.87%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.69%) Acrobat
4 11 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.37%) CANalyzer
7 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.19%) Trello
8 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.25%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.062%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 304 (18.94%) Azure
2 167 (10.40%) AWS
3 77 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (3.80%) Entra ID
5 60 (3.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 49 (3.05%) GCP
7 47 (2.93%) SaaS
8 36 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (2.24%) IaaS
9 28 (1.74%) PaaS
10 26 (1.62%) Power Platform
11 22 (1.37%) GitHub
12 15 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
13 12 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (0.56%) Akamai
14 9 (0.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 9 (0.56%) Mimecast
15 8 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 184 (11.46%) Firewall
2 141 (8.79%) Network Security
3 64 (3.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 61 (3.80%) DNS
5 50 (3.12%) WAN
6 42 (2.62%) TCP/IP
7 33 (2.06%) DHCP
8 26 (1.62%) LAN
9 23 (1.43%) Intranet
9 23 (1.43%) SD-WAN
9 23 (1.43%) VPN
9 23 (1.43%) Wireless
10 15 (0.93%) HTTP
11 14 (0.87%) SSL
12 13 (0.81%) Internet
13 11 (0.69%) HTTPS
14 9 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (0.50%) SAN
16 7 (0.44%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (1.81%) Big Data
2 19 (1.18%) Data Lake
3 17 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.81%) Power BI
5 8 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.37%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.31%) Hadoop
7 5 (0.31%) Tableau
8 4 (0.25%) Apache Hive
8 4 (0.25%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.25%) MySQL
8 4 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.19%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.12%) DB2
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 46 (2.87%) JIRA
2 29 (1.81%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.06%) Git
4 16 (1.00%) GitLab
4 16 (1.00%) SonarQube
5 12 (0.75%) Artifactory
6 9 (0.56%) Subversion
7 6 (0.37%) CANoe
8 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (0.25%) IDA Disassembler
9 4 (0.25%) Maven
10 3 (0.19%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.19%) Selenium
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.19%) Xcode
11 2 (0.12%) Postman
11 2 (0.12%) RStudio
11 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 388 (24.17%) Social Skills
2 249 (15.51%) Finance
3 200 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (10.16%) Public Sector
5 101 (6.29%) Banking
6 51 (3.18%) Legal
7 35 (2.18%) Manufacturing
7 35 (2.18%) Telecoms
8 32 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (1.87%) Financial Institution
10 27 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (1.37%) Marketing
12 21 (1.31%) Automotive
12 21 (1.31%) Military
13 20 (1.25%) Local Government
14 19 (1.18%) Retail
15 15 (0.93%) Law
16 13 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (0.75%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 362 (22.55%) Analyst
2 231 (14.39%) Architect
3 159 (9.91%) Consultant
4 145 (9.03%) Security Architect
5 128 (7.98%) Security Analyst
6 119 (7.41%) Senior
7 114 (7.10%) Security Engineer
8 108 (6.73%) Project Manager
9 107 (6.67%) Security Consultant
10 102 (6.36%) Security Manager
11 101 (6.29%) Lead
12 98 (6.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 95 (5.92%) SOC Analyst
14 78 (4.86%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 75 (4.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 61 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 61 (3.80%) Security Project Manager
17 53 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 52 (3.24%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
19 42 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.31%) SailPoint
2 24 (1.50%) CSS
3 23 (1.43%) HTML
4 16 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
5 15 (0.93%) .NET
5 15 (0.93%) Apache NiFi
5 15 (0.93%) Middleware
6 14 (0.87%) LDAP
7 12 (0.75%) OAuth
7 12 (0.75%) OpenID
7 12 (0.75%) SAML
7 12 (0.75%) Web Services
8 11 (0.69%) ARM Templates
9 10 (0.62%) Azure Blueprints
10 8 (0.50%) REST
11 7 (0.44%) RESTful
12 6 (0.37%) J2EE
12 6 (0.37%) Kafka
13 5 (0.31%) JSON
13 5 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 197 (12.27%) Management Information System
2 181 (11.28%) Cyber Threat
3 116 (7.23%) Cyber Defence
3 116 (7.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 109 (6.79%) Security Posture
5 80 (4.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 72 (4.49%) Operational Technology
7 58 (3.61%) Data Centre
8 52 (3.24%) CSOC
9 48 (2.99%) PKI
10 38 (2.37%) Onboarding
11 31 (1.93%) Cyberattack
12 28 (1.74%) Product Ownership
13 27 (1.68%) Private Cloud
14 25 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.37%) Distributed Applications
15 22 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 21 (1.31%) Cloud Native
16 21 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
17 19 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 183 (11.40%) Windows
2 174 (10.84%) Linux
3 45 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 40 (2.49%) Unix
5 24 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (1.06%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.87%) Android
8 11 (0.69%) Mac OS X
9 8 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.25%) CentOS
11 4 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.12%) AIX
13 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.062%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (22.80%) Information Security
2 328 (20.44%) SIEM
3 271 (16.88%) Security Operations
4 260 (16.20%) Incident Response
5 226 (14.08%) Risk Management
6 199 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
7 177 (11.03%) Agile
8 159 (9.91%) DevOps
9 156 (9.72%) Security Architecture
10 154 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 153 (9.53%) Threat Intelligence
12 141 (8.79%) Cloud Security
12 141 (8.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 135 (8.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 134 (8.35%) Identity Access Management
14 134 (8.35%) Vulnerability Management
15 132 (8.22%) Use Case
16 123 (7.66%) Incident Management
16 123 (7.66%) Project Management
17 116 (7.23%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 91 (5.67%) PowerShell
2 87 (5.42%) Python
3 46 (2.87%) Java
3 46 (2.87%) JavaScript
4 39 (2.43%) C#
5 25 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 24 (1.50%) C++
6 24 (1.50%) SQL
7 22 (1.37%) Bash
8 13 (0.81%) Go
9 7 (0.44%) Rust
10 6 (0.37%) Perl
10 6 (0.37%) Search Processing Language
11 5 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.31%) VBA
12 4 (0.25%) C
12 4 (0.25%) Ruby
12 4 (0.25%) Swift
13 3 (0.19%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 600 (37.38%) Security Cleared
2 312 (19.44%) DV Cleared
3 302 (18.82%) SC Cleared
4 231 (14.39%) CISSP
5 182 (11.34%) Degree
6 163 (10.16%) CISM
7 77 (4.80%) CISA
8 55 (3.43%) CEH
9 47 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
11 36 (2.24%) SANS
12 35 (2.18%) CompTIA Security+
12 35 (2.18%) CRISC
13 28 (1.74%) PMP
14 26 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 26 (1.62%) PMI Certification
15 23 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
16 21 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 21 (1.31%) Azure Certification
16 21 (1.31%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 307 (19.13%) NIST
2 206 (12.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (5.79%) GDPR
4 72 (4.49%) NCSC
5 65 (4.05%) NIST 800
6 53 (3.30%) PCI DSS
7 45 (2.80%) GRC
8 33 (2.06%) QA
9 32 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
10 30 (1.87%) COBIT
11 25 (1.56%) HIPAA
12 21 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 17 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
14 12 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
14 12 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 11 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 10 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.62%) ISO 22301
16 10 (0.62%) ISO 9000
17 9 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 110 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 47 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (1.99%) Docker
4 25 (1.56%) vSphere
5 12 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.69%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.25%) Snort
7 4 (0.25%) VMware Server
7 4 (0.25%) XenApp
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
9 1 (0.062%) Ceph
9 1 (0.062%) Firmware
9 1 (0.062%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 73 (4.55%) Terraform
2 58 (3.61%) Ansible
3 50 (3.12%) Kubernetes
4 28 (1.74%) SCCM
5 25 (1.56%) vCenter Server
6 21 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.81%) Kibana
8 13 (0.81%) Nessus
9 11 (0.69%) Puppet
10 10 (0.62%) Functional Safety
11 9 (0.56%) logstash
12 8 (0.50%) QRadar
13 7 (0.44%) ArcSight ESM
13 7 (0.44%) BladeLogic
13 7 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
14 6 (0.37%) CSIRT
14 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.25%) Prometheus
15 4 (0.25%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 346 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.36%) Splunk
3 60 (3.74%) VMware
4 49 (3.05%) Cisco
5 45 (2.80%) CyberArk
6 31 (1.93%) Darktrace
7 27 (1.68%) Oracle
8 25 (1.56%) LogRhythm
9 21 (1.31%) Citrix
9 21 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
9 21 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 20 (1.25%) ArcSight
10 20 (1.25%) FireEye
10 20 (1.25%) Google
10 20 (1.25%) Palo Alto
11 18 (1.12%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.00%) Qualys
13 14 (0.87%) Rapid7
14 13 (0.81%) SAP
15 12 (0.75%) Adobe