Cyber Defence Contracts in England

Cyber Defence
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence 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 414 574 743
Rank change year-on-year +160 +169 -130
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 136 62 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.13% 0.063%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.20% 0.39% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 40 32
10th Percentile £522 £558 £568
25th Percentile £580 £619 £678
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £748 £725
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +3.10% +34.88%
75th Percentile £850 £788 £763
90th Percentile - £813 £765
UK median daily rate £675 £745 £725
% change year-on-year -9.36% +2.76% +31.82%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Defence 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the England 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
South West +55 57 £653 -15.79% 12
West Midlands +45 37 £645 -0.77% 11
Midlands +44 37 £645 -0.77% 11
South East +42 29 £800 +6.67% 6
North of England +37 22 £800 +2.17% 6
Yorkshire - 22 £800 - 3
London +57 11 £600 -22.58% 25
Cyber Defence
UK

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.47%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.09%) Azure
2 8 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (0.74%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.06%) Network Security
2 18 (13.24%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (2.94%) Wireless
4 2 (1.47%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.24%) Big Data
2 6 (4.41%) Elasticsearch
General
1 69 (50.74%) Social Skills
2 42 (30.88%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.29%) Public Sector
4 12 (8.82%) Military
5 11 (8.09%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.68%) Banking
7 4 (2.94%) Finance
8 3 (2.21%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.47%) French Language
10 1 (0.74%) Electronics
10 1 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (30.88%) Analyst
2 26 (19.12%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 14 (10.29%) Consultant
4 13 (9.56%) Lead
4 13 (9.56%) SIEM Consultant
5 9 (6.62%) Project Manager
6 8 (5.88%) SOC Manager
7 7 (5.15%) Security Engineer
8 6 (4.41%) Security Analyst
8 6 (4.41%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 5 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 4 (2.94%) SIEM Analyst
10 4 (2.94%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 3 (2.21%) Incident Analyst
12 2 (1.47%) Architect
12 2 (1.47%) Data Engineer
12 2 (1.47%) Security Manager
12 2 (1.47%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.24%) Apache NiFi
2 16 (11.76%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.47%) OAuth
3 2 (1.47%) OpenID
3 2 (1.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (63.24%) Cyber Threat
2 75 (55.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 66 (48.53%) Management Information System
4 23 (16.91%) Distributed Applications
5 21 (15.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (3.68%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.47%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.74%) CSOC
9 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.76%) Android
1 16 (11.76%) Apple iOS
1 16 (11.76%) Linux
1 16 (11.76%) Unix
1 16 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (95.59%) Cybersecurity
2 115 (84.56%) SIEM
3 89 (65.44%) Information Security
4 78 (57.35%) Protective Monitoring
5 77 (56.62%) Incident Response
6 73 (53.68%) Incident Management
7 69 (50.74%) Mentoring
8 68 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 68 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 66 (48.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 57 (41.91%) Case Management
11 55 (40.44%) Root Cause Analysis
12 53 (38.97%) SOAR
13 52 (38.24%) Use Case
14 49 (36.03%) CRM
15 44 (32.35%) Security Operations
16 26 (19.12%) Security Architecture
17 22 (16.18%) Actionable Insight
18 20 (14.71%) Data Pipeline
19 19 (13.97%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 120 (88.24%) Security Cleared
2 114 (83.82%) DV Cleared
3 21 (15.44%) CISSP
4 10 (7.35%) CISM
4 10 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (7.35%) Degree
5 8 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.41%) CEH
7 3 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.47%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.47%) OSCP
9 1 (0.74%) GIAC
9 1 (0.74%) GREM
9 1 (0.74%) GSEC
9 1 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (46.32%) NIST
2 61 (44.85%) NIST 800
3 18 (13.24%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.74%) GRC
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 16 (11.76%) Kibana
1 16 (11.76%) logstash
2 1 (0.74%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 77 (56.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.76%) Red Hat
3 12 (8.82%) Tanium
4 1 (0.74%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (0.74%) Cybereason
4 1 (0.74%) SAP
4 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.74%) Symantec