Red Team Contracts

Red Teaming
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Red Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Team over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 660 814
Rank change year-on-year +110 +154 -126
Contract jobs citing Red Team 34 37 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.067% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 0.074% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 21 25
10th Percentile £488 £450 £463
25th Percentile £556 £538 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £586 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% +11.62% +4.48%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £564
90th Percentile £698 £650 £815
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £586 £543
% change year-on-year +2.39% +8.02% +12.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Red Team falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in the UK

Red Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Red Team in the UK

Red Team
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Team over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Red Team in the UK

Red Team
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 Red Team within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +83 31 £595 +1.54% 27
UK excluding London +33 17 £600 +2.39% 9
Work from Home +119 13 £600 - 21
London +74 12 £590 -5.60% 13
North of England +15 8 £625 +6.66% 3
South West +5 6 £600 -7.69% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £650 - 1
North West +7 2 £513 -12.54% 2
North East - 2 £625 -
East of England - 2 £750 -
South East +14 1 £575 -3.77% 3

Red Team
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.94%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Wireless
2 4 (11.76%) Firewall
3 2 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.94%) 4G
4 1 (2.94%) 5G
4 1 (2.94%) LTE
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Burp Suite
2 3 (8.82%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (29.41%) Banking
2 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Finance
4 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Legal
5 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Automotive
6 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Penetration Tester
1 12 (35.29%) Tester
2 6 (17.65%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
4 3 (8.82%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Applications Tester
5 2 (5.88%) Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Junior
5 2 (5.88%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Lead
6 1 (2.94%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Cyber Threat
1 11 (32.35%) Mobile App
2 10 (29.41%) Security Posture
3 7 (20.59%) Operational Technology
4 5 (14.71%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (5.88%) Cyberattack
5 2 (5.88%) IoT
5 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.94%) CSOC
6 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.94%) Insider Threat
6 1 (2.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (41.18%) Linux
1 14 (41.18%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (79.41%) Penetration Testing
2 22 (64.71%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (44.12%) Security Operations
4 10 (29.41%) Application Security
4 10 (29.41%) Blue Team
4 10 (29.41%) Offensive Security
5 9 (26.47%) Cyber Intelligence
5 9 (26.47%) Incident Response
6 8 (23.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 8 (23.53%) Threat Detection
6 8 (23.53%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (20.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 7 (20.59%) Ethical Hacking
7 7 (20.59%) SIEM
7 7 (20.59%) Threat Modelling
8 6 (17.65%) OWASP
9 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (14.71%) Use Case
9 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) Python
2 9 (26.47%) C++
3 7 (20.59%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.82%) C#
4 3 (8.82%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (8.82%) Perl
5 2 (5.88%) C
5 2 (5.88%) Go
5 2 (5.88%) Java
5 2 (5.88%) Ruby
5 2 (5.88%) Search Processing Language
5 2 (5.88%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.94%) Bash
6 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (41.18%) CREST Certified
1 14 (41.18%) OSCP
2 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 11 (32.35%) SC Cleared
4 10 (29.41%) GIAC
5 9 (26.47%) CEH
6 7 (20.59%) GPEN
7 4 (11.76%) CISSP
8 2 (5.88%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (5.88%) CISM
8 2 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.94%) Degree
9 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.94%) ECSA
9 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (44.12%) NIST
2 3 (8.82%) NIST 800
3 2 (5.88%) GDPR
3 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.88%) SLA
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Nessus
2 1 (2.94%) HP Fortify
2 1 (2.94%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Splunk
3 2 (5.88%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco
4 1 (2.94%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.94%) Qualys
4 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) SAP