Red Team Contracts in London

Red Teaming
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Red Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Red Team 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 381 470 577
Rank change year-on-year +89 +107 -106
Contract jobs citing Red Team 12 23 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.068% 0.090% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.099% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 12
10th Percentile £526 £438 £464
25th Percentile £583 £541 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +13.64% +4.17%
75th Percentile £598 £650 £806
90th Percentile £652 £709 £848
England median daily rate £590 £586 £538
% change year-on-year +0.68% +9.02% +2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Red Team 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,473 23,264 35,752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 90.93% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,093 16,856 26,215
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 265 402
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +9.86% +8.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in London

Red Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Red Team in London

Red Team
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Team in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Red Team in London

Red Team
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
South London - 1 - -
Red Team
England

Red Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (25.00%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (50.00%) Banking
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Junior
2 2 (16.67%) Junior Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Information Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (16.67%) IoT
4 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Kali Linux
2 3 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (58.33%) Security Operations
3 5 (41.67%) Blue Team
3 5 (41.67%) Threat Detection
4 4 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
4 4 (33.33%) OWASP
4 4 (33.33%) Use Case
5 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (25.00%) Social Engineering
5 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) Offensive Security
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) SIEM
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) Go
3 2 (16.67%) Perl
4 1 (8.33%) Bash
4 1 (8.33%) C
4 1 (8.33%) C++
4 1 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (8.33%) Ruby
4 1 (8.33%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CREST Certified
1 4 (33.33%) OSCP
2 2 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
2 2 (16.67%) GIAC
3 1 (8.33%) CEH
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (8.33%) ECSA
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Darktrace
2 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (8.33%) Qualys
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (8.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) Splunk