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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 52 80
Rank change year-on-year +4 +28 +8
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1,653 2,380 2,714
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.88% 4.18% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 4.66% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,644 1,889
10th Percentile £406 £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 £798 £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 47 43 32
10th Percentile £26.75 £25.00 £16.83
25th Percentile £37.82 £35.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £83.77 £65.50 £40.98
Median % change year-on-year +27.89% +59.85% -13.74%
75th Percentile £87.50 £83.31 £61.94
90th Percentile £87.88 £83.40 £68.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.77 £69.24 £54.43
% change year-on-year +20.98% +27.21% +14.59%

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 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +5 1,383 £581 -5.22% 1,114
UK excluding London +10 874 £570 -0.87% 821
London -11 567 £600 -6.25% 391
Work from Home -1 506 £575 -4.17% 521
South West +21 276 £550 -15.38% 124
South East +6 209 £590 +2.61% 213
North of England -12 136 £579 +5.18% 213
Midlands -1 122 £563 -6.25% 123
West Midlands +3 111 £583 -2.83% 79
Scotland +36 101 £575 +21.05% 48
North West -18 77 £570 +3.64% 116
Yorkshire -9 50 £633 +10.00% 86
East of England -20 38 £600 +9.09% 70
Wales -1 19 £600 +26.32% 29
East Midlands +7 11 £400 -28.89% 44
North East +19 9 £550 -12.00% 11

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 48 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.45%) Confluence
3 20 (1.21%) CMS
4 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.42%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.36%) IIS
7 5 (0.30%) Apache
8 4 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
8 4 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.24%) WebSphere Portal
9 3 (0.18%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 1 (0.060%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.060%) JBoss
11 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.060%) WildFly
Applications
1 47 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.03%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.67%) Acrobat
6 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.30%) CANalyzer
8 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.18%) Trello
9 1 (0.060%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.060%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 311 (18.81%) Azure
2 167 (10.10%) AWS
3 81 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 62 (3.75%) Entra ID
6 48 (2.90%) GCP
6 48 (2.90%) SaaS
7 36 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (2.18%) IaaS
8 28 (1.69%) PaaS
9 26 (1.57%) Power Platform
10 21 (1.27%) GitHub
11 15 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (0.60%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.54%) Akamai
14 9 (0.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (0.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 8 (0.48%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 186 (11.25%) Firewall
2 143 (8.65%) Network Security
3 65 (3.93%) Intrusion Detection
4 59 (3.57%) DNS
5 51 (3.09%) WAN
6 41 (2.48%) TCP/IP
7 32 (1.94%) DHCP
8 27 (1.63%) LAN
9 26 (1.57%) Wireless
10 24 (1.45%) SD-WAN
10 24 (1.45%) VPN
11 23 (1.39%) Intranet
12 14 (0.85%) HTTP
12 14 (0.85%) SSL
13 12 (0.73%) Internet
14 11 (0.67%) HTTPS
15 10 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
16 8 (0.48%) SAN
17 6 (0.36%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (1.88%) Big Data
2 20 (1.21%) Data Lake
3 17 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (0.79%) Power BI
5 8 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.42%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.36%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.30%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.30%) Tableau
9 4 (0.24%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.24%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.24%) MySQL
9 4 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.18%) DB2
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.18%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.12%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database 11g
11 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 48 (2.90%) JIRA
2 29 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.03%) Git
3 17 (1.03%) GitLab
4 15 (0.91%) SonarQube
5 12 (0.73%) Artifactory
6 9 (0.54%) Subversion
7 5 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.30%) CANoe
8 4 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
8 4 (0.24%) IDA Disassembler
8 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 3 (0.18%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.18%) Xcode
10 2 (0.12%) JUnit
10 2 (0.12%) RStudio
10 2 (0.12%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 397 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 250 (15.12%) Finance
3 208 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 99 (5.99%) Banking
6 54 (3.27%) Legal
7 34 (2.06%) Telecoms
8 33 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 31 (1.88%) Financial Institution
10 30 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.45%) Automotive
13 21 (1.27%) Marketing
13 21 (1.27%) Military
14 20 (1.21%) Local Government
15 18 (1.09%) Retail
16 15 (0.91%) Electronics
17 14 (0.85%) Law
17 14 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
18 12 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 371 (22.44%) Analyst
2 238 (14.40%) Architect
3 173 (10.47%) Consultant
4 147 (8.89%) Security Architect
5 133 (8.05%) Security Analyst
6 122 (7.38%) Senior
7 120 (7.26%) Security Engineer
8 116 (7.02%) Security Consultant
9 108 (6.53%) Lead
10 107 (6.47%) Project Manager
11 104 (6.29%) Security Manager
12 101 (6.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 95 (5.75%) SOC Analyst
14 80 (4.84%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 77 (4.66%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 66 (3.99%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 62 (3.75%) Security Project Manager
18 58 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 53 (3.21%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
20 43 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.24%) SailPoint
2 24 (1.45%) CSS
3 23 (1.39%) HTML
4 16 (0.97%) .NET
4 16 (0.97%) Apache NiFi
4 16 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
5 15 (0.91%) Middleware
6 14 (0.85%) LDAP
7 13 (0.79%) Web Services
8 11 (0.67%) ARM Templates
8 11 (0.67%) OAuth
8 11 (0.67%) OpenID
9 10 (0.60%) Azure Blueprints
9 10 (0.60%) SAML
10 7 (0.42%) J2EE
10 7 (0.42%) REST
11 6 (0.36%) Kafka
11 6 (0.36%) RESTful
12 5 (0.30%) JSON
12 5 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 198 (11.98%) Management Information System
2 193 (11.68%) Cyber Threat
3 120 (7.26%) Cyber Defence
4 115 (6.96%) Security Operations Centre
4 115 (6.96%) Security Posture
5 81 (4.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 73 (4.42%) Operational Technology
7 57 (3.45%) Data Centre
8 52 (3.15%) CSOC
9 48 (2.90%) PKI
10 40 (2.42%) Onboarding
11 32 (1.94%) Cyberattack
12 30 (1.81%) Product Ownership
13 27 (1.63%) Private Cloud
14 24 (1.45%) Distributed Applications
15 23 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 22 (1.33%) Cloud Native
16 22 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
17 21 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
18 20 (1.21%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 185 (11.19%) Windows
2 179 (10.83%) Linux
3 44 (2.66%) Unix
3 44 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.85%) Android
7 10 (0.60%) Mac OS X
8 8 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.24%) CentOS
11 4 (0.24%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.12%) AIX
13 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.060%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (22.63%) Information Security
2 338 (20.45%) SIEM
3 273 (16.52%) Security Operations
4 263 (15.91%) Incident Response
5 244 (14.76%) Risk Management
6 200 (12.10%) Problem-Solving
7 187 (11.31%) Agile
8 163 (9.86%) Security Architecture
9 161 (9.74%) Threat Intelligence
10 158 (9.56%) DevOps
11 156 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 147 (8.89%) Cloud Security
13 146 (8.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 143 (8.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 135 (8.17%) Use Case
15 135 (8.17%) Vulnerability Management
16 132 (7.99%) Identity Access Management
17 127 (7.68%) Project Management
18 125 (7.56%) Incident Management
19 122 (7.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 89 (5.38%) PowerShell
2 86 (5.20%) Python
3 48 (2.90%) JavaScript
4 46 (2.78%) Java
5 41 (2.48%) C#
6 25 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
6 25 (1.51%) SQL
7 23 (1.39%) C++
8 21 (1.27%) Bash
9 14 (0.85%) Go
10 7 (0.42%) Rust
11 6 (0.36%) Perl
11 6 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
12 5 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.24%) Ruby
13 4 (0.24%) Swift
13 4 (0.24%) VBA
14 3 (0.18%) C
14 3 (0.18%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 630 (38.11%) Security Cleared
2 326 (19.72%) DV Cleared
3 321 (19.42%) SC Cleared
4 241 (14.58%) CISSP
5 180 (10.89%) Degree
6 173 (10.47%) CISM
7 81 (4.90%) CISA
8 54 (3.27%) CEH
9 46 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
9 46 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 42 (2.54%) CRISC
11 38 (2.30%) SANS
12 36 (2.18%) CompTIA Security+
13 28 (1.69%) PMP
14 26 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 26 (1.57%) PMI Certification
15 24 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
15 24 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
16 22 (1.33%) Azure Certification
16 22 (1.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 317 (19.18%) NIST
2 218 (13.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 97 (5.87%) GDPR
4 79 (4.78%) NCSC
5 66 (3.99%) NIST 800
6 53 (3.21%) PCI DSS
7 50 (3.02%) GRC
8 39 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 33 (2.00%) COBIT
9 33 (2.00%) QA
10 24 (1.45%) HIPAA
11 21 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 18 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
14 12 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 12 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 11 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.60%) ISO 22301
16 10 (0.60%) ISO 9000
17 9 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 109 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 45 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (1.88%) Docker
4 23 (1.39%) vSphere
5 11 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.24%) Snort
6 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
6 4 (0.24%) XenApp
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 1 (0.060%) Ceph
8 1 (0.060%) Firmware
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.060%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.060%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (4.48%) Terraform
2 60 (3.63%) Ansible
3 49 (2.96%) Kubernetes
4 28 (1.69%) SCCM
5 25 (1.51%) vCenter Server
6 21 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.79%) Kibana
9 12 (0.73%) Nessus
9 12 (0.73%) Puppet
10 9 (0.54%) Functional Safety
10 9 (0.54%) logstash
11 7 (0.42%) ArcSight ESM
11 7 (0.42%) BladeLogic
11 7 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
11 7 (0.42%) QRadar
12 6 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.36%) CSIRT
12 6 (0.36%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 354 (21.42%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.05%) Splunk
3 58 (3.51%) VMware
4 47 (2.84%) Cisco
5 46 (2.78%) CyberArk
6 30 (1.81%) Darktrace
6 30 (1.81%) Oracle
7 23 (1.39%) LogRhythm
8 22 (1.33%) Citrix
8 22 (1.33%) Palo Alto
8 22 (1.33%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
10 20 (1.21%) ArcSight
11 19 (1.15%) Google
11 19 (1.15%) Red Hat
12 18 (1.09%) FireEye
13 17 (1.03%) Rapid7
14 15 (0.91%) Qualys
15 12 (0.73%) Atlassian
15 12 (0.73%) SAP