Security Posture Contracts in England

Security Posture
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 363 504 679
Rank change year-on-year +141 +175 -80
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 188 132 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.28% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.66% 0.84% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 91 76
10th Percentile £413 £400 £375
25th Percentile £475 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £697 £700 £675
90th Percentile £789 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £564 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.91% -4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -52.94%

All Generic Skills
England

Security Posture 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%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
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 Security Posture 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
London +113 103 £550 -8.33% 43
South West +26 30 £600 - 10
North of England +27 25 £590 -6.35% 13
North West +27 22 £583 -5.86% 9
South East +27 18 £750 +25.00% 13
Midlands +15 9 £450 -40.00% 8
West Midlands +15 6 £500 -33.33% 3
Yorkshire +12 3 £600 -20.00% 4
East Midlands +8 3 £400 -23.81% 5
East of England +3 1 £500 +130.95% 6
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 9 (4.79%) Confluence
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.66%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 48 (25.53%) Azure
2 33 (17.55%) AWS
3 15 (7.98%) GCP
4 14 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.79%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.79%) SaaS
6 8 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (3.72%) PaaS
8 6 (3.19%) OpenShift
9 4 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.13%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.13%) IaaS
10 3 (1.60%) GitHub
11 2 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.06%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.06%) Google App Engine
11 2 (1.06%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (17.55%) Firewall
2 24 (12.77%) Network Security
3 8 (4.26%) DNS
3 8 (4.26%) VPN
4 6 (3.19%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (3.19%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (2.66%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.60%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.06%) SSL
7 2 (1.06%) WAN
7 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.53%) DHCP
8 1 (0.53%) Internet
8 1 (0.53%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.13%) Big Data
1 4 (2.13%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.60%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (7.98%) JIRA
2 6 (3.19%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.60%) Git
4 2 (1.06%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.53%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.53%) GitLab
5 1 (0.53%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.53%) MSI
General
1 45 (23.94%) Finance
1 45 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.55%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (13.30%) Banking
4 10 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (5.32%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.26%) Legal
6 6 (3.19%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.13%) Marketing
8 4 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.06%) Automotive
10 2 (1.06%) Law
11 1 (0.53%) Electronics
11 1 (0.53%) French Language
11 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (25.00%) Architect
2 30 (15.96%) Security Architect
2 30 (15.96%) Security Engineer
3 27 (14.36%) Consultant
4 25 (13.30%) Analyst
5 17 (9.04%) Security Consultant
6 12 (6.38%) Security Analyst
7 10 (5.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 8 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 8 (4.26%) SOC Analyst
9 7 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 7 (3.72%) Security Manager
9 7 (3.72%) SOC Engineer
10 6 (3.19%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.19%) Information Analyst
10 6 (3.19%) Information Security Analyst
10 6 (3.19%) Senior
11 5 (2.66%) Information Manager
11 5 (2.66%) Information Security Manager
11 5 (2.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.19%) ModSecurity
2 4 (2.13%) .NET
2 4 (2.13%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.60%) Google JAX
3 3 (1.60%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.60%) scikit-learn
3 3 (1.60%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.06%) OAuth
4 2 (1.06%) OpenID
4 2 (1.06%) SAML
4 2 (1.06%) SPML
5 1 (0.53%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.53%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.77%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (9.57%) Public Cloud
3 15 (7.98%) Management Information System
4 13 (6.91%) PKI
5 9 (4.79%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (4.26%) Operational Technology
7 7 (3.72%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (3.72%) Cyberattack
8 6 (3.19%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.66%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.13%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (1.60%) Industry 4.0
11 3 (1.60%) IoT
12 2 (1.06%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.51%) Windows
2 14 (7.45%) Linux
3 4 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.60%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (47.34%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (21.28%) Incident Response
3 37 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (19.68%) SIEM
4 31 (16.49%) Information Security
4 31 (16.49%) Security Operations
4 31 (16.49%) Vulnerability Management
5 30 (15.96%) Security Architecture
6 27 (14.36%) Penetration Testing
7 26 (13.83%) Cloud Security
8 25 (13.30%) Threat Detection
9 22 (11.70%) Threat Intelligence
10 21 (11.17%) CI/CD
10 21 (11.17%) Computer Science
10 21 (11.17%) Risk Management
11 20 (10.64%) Identity Access Management
12 19 (10.11%) Agile
12 19 (10.11%) Threat Modelling
13 18 (9.57%) DevSecOps
13 18 (9.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.30%) Python
2 14 (7.45%) Kusto Query Language
3 11 (5.85%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.79%) Java
5 8 (4.26%) Search Processing Language
6 6 (3.19%) SQL
7 5 (2.66%) C
7 5 (2.66%) C++
8 3 (1.60%) R
8 3 (1.60%) Ruby
9 2 (1.06%) Perl
9 2 (1.06%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.53%) Bash
10 1 (0.53%) Go
10 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (19.68%) Security Cleared
2 36 (19.15%) CISSP
3 32 (17.02%) SC Cleared
4 26 (13.83%) Degree
5 24 (12.77%) CISM
6 12 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (5.85%) DV Cleared
8 10 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (5.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (4.26%) CEH
10 7 (3.72%) CCNP
10 7 (3.72%) CISA
11 5 (2.66%) GIAC
12 4 (2.13%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.13%) CREST Certified
12 4 (2.13%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.60%) CCSP
13 3 (1.60%) OSCP
14 2 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (1.06%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (23.94%) NIST
2 26 (13.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (9.57%) GDPR
4 9 (4.79%) NCSC
5 8 (4.26%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (3.19%) GRC
7 6 (3.19%) NIST 800
8 4 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (2.13%) SLA
9 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.06%) COBIT
9 2 (1.06%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.53%) COSO
10 1 (0.53%) ISA99
10 1 (0.53%) QA
10 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.19%) Docker
3 6 (3.19%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.06%) Firmware
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (5.85%) Terraform
2 10 (5.32%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.79%) Nessus
4 6 (3.19%) Ansible
4 6 (3.19%) OPNET
5 4 (2.13%) PowerCLI
5 4 (2.13%) QRadar
5 4 (2.13%) SCCM
5 4 (2.13%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 2 (1.06%) CASB
7 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.53%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.53%) Nmap
7 1 (0.53%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 73 (38.83%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.51%) Cisco
3 14 (7.45%) Google
4 13 (6.91%) Splunk
5 12 (6.38%) Qualys
5 12 (6.38%) VMware
6 11 (5.85%) Atlassian
6 11 (5.85%) Palo Alto
7 9 (4.79%) Rapid7
8 6 (3.19%) Juniper
9 5 (2.66%) CA
9 5 (2.66%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.66%) ScienceLogic
9 5 (2.66%) ServiceNow
10 4 (2.13%) F5
10 4 (2.13%) Ping Identity
11 3 (1.60%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.06%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (1.06%) Checkmarx
12 2 (1.06%) CrowdStrike