Cybersecurity Contracts in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 51 81
Rank change year-on-year +3 +30 +4
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,375 2,036 2,208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.72% 4.26% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 4.74% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 1,402 1,538
10th Percentile £400 £425 £381
25th Percentile £500 £505 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £605 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +5.22% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £688
90th Percentile £816 £800 £783
UK median daily rate £590 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -1.67% +4.35% +7.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 40 25
10th Percentile £26.75 £26.80 £15.80
25th Percentile £33.48 £38.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £83.41 £73.99 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +108.42% -29.00%
75th Percentile £87.46 £83.31 £67.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £83.69 £69.70
UK median hourly rate £83.63 £72.98 £40.00
% change year-on-year +14.60% +82.45% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 -12 561 £600 -5.77% 390
South West +20 272 £568 -12.69% 136
South East -3 210 £600 +2.13% 166
North of England -20 140 £600 +9.09% 226
Midlands -2 117 £550 -4.35% 139
West Midlands -3 104 £550 -6.38% 86
North West -26 80 £570 +3.64% 150
Yorkshire 0 52 £650 +15.56% 69
East of England -10 46 £575 +4.55% 61
East Midlands +6 13 £500 -4.76% 52
North East +18 8 £563 +23.29% 7
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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 29 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.60%) CMS
3 16 (1.16%) Confluence
4 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.22%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.073%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.073%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.073%) IIS
7 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.073%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.073%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 36 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (0.51%) CANalyzer
5 6 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 242 (17.60%) Azure
2 141 (10.25%) AWS
3 68 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (3.78%) GCP
5 50 (3.64%) Entra ID
6 42 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 36 (2.62%) SaaS
8 25 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.67%) IaaS
10 18 (1.31%) PaaS
11 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
12 12 (0.87%) Power Platform
13 11 (0.80%) GitHub
14 9 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (0.58%) Mimecast
16 7 (0.51%) Akamai
16 7 (0.51%) AWS CloudTrail
17 6 (0.44%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 154 (11.20%) Firewall
2 115 (8.36%) Network Security
3 65 (4.73%) Intrusion Detection
4 54 (3.93%) DNS
5 47 (3.42%) WAN
6 31 (2.25%) TCP/IP
7 27 (1.96%) DHCP
8 22 (1.60%) SD-WAN
8 22 (1.60%) Wireless
9 21 (1.53%) LAN
10 19 (1.38%) VPN
11 13 (0.95%) HTTP
12 12 (0.87%) Internet
13 10 (0.73%) HTTPS
14 9 (0.65%) SSL
15 8 (0.58%) SAN
15 8 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (0.51%) Ethernet
16 7 (0.51%) Intranet
17 6 (0.44%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (2.33%) Big Data
2 20 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 14 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (0.80%) Power BI
5 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.36%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.29%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.29%) MySQL
9 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.15%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.15%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.15%) Tableau
11 1 (0.073%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.073%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.073%) DB2
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (2.11%) Jenkins
2 24 (1.75%) JIRA
3 16 (1.16%) GitLab
4 14 (1.02%) Git
5 12 (0.87%) Artifactory
6 8 (0.58%) Subversion
7 7 (0.51%) CANoe
8 6 (0.44%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.36%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.29%) Maven
10 4 (0.29%) Selenium
11 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.15%) Appium
12 2 (0.15%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.15%) JUnit
12 2 (0.15%) Postman
12 2 (0.15%) RStudio
12 2 (0.15%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 323 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 221 (16.07%) Finance
3 150 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 80 (5.82%) Banking
6 45 (3.27%) Legal
7 38 (2.76%) Telecoms
8 36 (2.62%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (2.04%) Financial Institution
11 25 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.67%) Automotive
13 20 (1.45%) Military
14 19 (1.38%) Retail
15 13 (0.95%) Electronics
16 12 (0.87%) Law
16 12 (0.87%) Marketing
17 10 (0.73%) Aerospace
18 8 (0.58%) Advertising
18 8 (0.58%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 321 (23.35%) Analyst
2 207 (15.05%) Architect
3 149 (10.84%) Consultant
4 133 (9.67%) Security Architect
5 103 (7.49%) Security Consultant
5 103 (7.49%) Security Engineer
6 98 (7.13%) Security Analyst
7 91 (6.62%) Project Manager
7 91 (6.62%) Security Manager
8 88 (6.40%) SOC Analyst
9 85 (6.18%) Senior
10 77 (5.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 75 (5.45%) Lead
12 70 (5.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 64 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 59 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 54 (3.93%) Security Project Manager
16 53 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 47 (3.42%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
18 37 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.89%) SailPoint
2 20 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
3 19 (1.38%) Apache NiFi
4 17 (1.24%) OpenID
5 12 (0.87%) .NET
5 12 (0.87%) Middleware
6 10 (0.73%) JWT
7 8 (0.58%) LDAP
7 8 (0.58%) OAuth
7 8 (0.58%) REST
7 8 (0.58%) SAML
7 8 (0.58%) Web Services
8 7 (0.51%) Kafka
9 6 (0.44%) CSS
10 5 (0.36%) HTML
10 5 (0.36%) YAML
11 4 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.22%) AngularJS
12 3 (0.22%) Regular Expression
12 3 (0.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 169 (12.29%) Cyber Threat
2 157 (11.42%) Management Information System
3 131 (9.53%) Cyber Defence
4 105 (7.64%) Security Operations Centre
5 88 (6.40%) Security Posture
6 86 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 55 (4.00%) Operational Technology
8 52 (3.78%) CSOC
9 51 (3.71%) Data Centre
10 41 (2.98%) PKI
11 31 (2.25%) Cyberattack
12 30 (2.18%) Product Ownership
13 26 (1.89%) Onboarding
13 26 (1.89%) Private Cloud
14 23 (1.67%) Distributed Applications
15 18 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 18 (1.31%) Public Cloud
16 17 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
17 16 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
17 16 (1.16%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 163 (11.85%) Windows
2 159 (11.56%) Linux
3 36 (2.62%) Unix
4 35 (2.55%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (1.31%) Android
6 18 (1.31%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.80%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
8 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (23.64%) Information Security
2 318 (23.13%) SIEM
3 247 (17.96%) Incident Response
4 235 (17.09%) Security Operations
5 168 (12.22%) Risk Management
6 148 (10.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 147 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (10.69%) Threat Intelligence
8 143 (10.40%) Security Architecture
9 141 (10.25%) Agile
10 132 (9.60%) DevOps
11 129 (9.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 125 (9.09%) Cloud Security
13 124 (9.02%) Use Case
14 118 (8.58%) Incident Management
15 111 (8.07%) Identity Access Management
16 108 (7.85%) Mentoring
16 108 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
17 104 (7.56%) Vulnerability Management
18 90 (6.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 79 (5.75%) PowerShell
2 78 (5.67%) Python
3 48 (3.49%) Java
4 38 (2.76%) C#
5 28 (2.04%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.96%) C++
7 23 (1.67%) SQL
8 21 (1.53%) Bash
8 21 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (0.58%) C
9 8 (0.58%) Go
10 6 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
10 6 (0.44%) VBA
11 5 (0.36%) Perl
11 5 (0.36%) Rust
12 4 (0.29%) Ruby
12 4 (0.29%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.22%) PHP
14 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 542 (39.42%) Security Cleared
2 308 (22.40%) DV Cleared
3 240 (17.45%) SC Cleared
4 184 (13.38%) CISSP
5 139 (10.11%) Degree
6 131 (9.53%) CISM
7 57 (4.15%) CISA
8 46 (3.35%) CEH
9 35 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (2.55%) SANS
10 28 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (1.82%) CRISC
13 22 (1.60%) GIAC
14 20 (1.45%) OSCP
15 19 (1.38%) Master's Degree
16 16 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (1.16%) ISACA
17 15 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 14 (1.02%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (20.65%) NIST
2 163 (11.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 90 (6.55%) GDPR
4 77 (5.60%) NIST 800
5 51 (3.71%) PCI DSS
6 50 (3.64%) NCSC
7 29 (2.11%) GRC
8 28 (2.04%) QA
9 27 (1.96%) COBIT
10 24 (1.75%) HIPAA
11 21 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 20 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 20 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 10 (0.73%) ISO 22301
14 10 (0.73%) ISO 9000
15 9 (0.65%) ISO 31000
16 8 (0.58%) SLA
17 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 88 (6.40%) Active Directory
2 44 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.75%) vSphere
4 18 (1.31%) Docker
5 13 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (0.80%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.29%) VMware Server
7 4 (0.29%) XenApp
8 2 (0.15%) NFS
8 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.073%) Ceph
9 1 (0.073%) Firmware
9 1 (0.073%) Snort
9 1 (0.073%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (4.36%) Terraform
2 45 (3.27%) Ansible
3 39 (2.84%) Kubernetes
4 24 (1.75%) vCenter Server
5 16 (1.16%) Kibana
6 15 (1.09%) logstash
6 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.87%) SCCM
9 11 (0.80%) Nessus
9 11 (0.80%) Puppet
10 10 (0.73%) Functional Safety
11 7 (0.51%) ArcSight ESM
11 7 (0.51%) BladeLogic
11 7 (0.51%) CSIRT
11 7 (0.51%) ITRS Geneos
11 7 (0.51%) QRadar
12 6 (0.44%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (0.29%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 300 (21.82%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.07%) Splunk
3 54 (3.93%) VMware
4 45 (3.27%) Cisco
5 30 (2.18%) Darktrace
6 29 (2.11%) CyberArk
7 25 (1.82%) LogRhythm
8 23 (1.67%) Citrix
9 20 (1.45%) ArcSight
9 20 (1.45%) FireEye
9 20 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 20 (1.45%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.31%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.16%) Google
12 15 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
12 15 (1.09%) Oracle
13 14 (1.02%) Rapid7
13 14 (1.02%) SAP
14 12 (0.87%) Tanium
15 11 (0.80%) Qualys