CrowdStrike Contracts

CrowdStrike
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of CrowdStrike products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CrowdStrike over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 654 800
Rank change year-on-year +130 +146 -98
Contract jobs citing CrowdStrike 47 33 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.058% 0.050%
As % of the Vendors category 0.26% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 32
10th Percentile £401 £213 £463
25th Percentile £423 £325 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% -5.88%
75th Percentile £675 £597 £700
90th Percentile £766 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £450 £520
% change year-on-year +6.11% -13.46% -16.80%

All Vendors
UK

CrowdStrike is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,101 24,501 35,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.51% 43.03% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,253 16,404 23,407
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £645 £638
90th Percentile £738 £742 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,116 662 881
10th Percentile £12.07 £15.02 £12.04
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £40.55 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.97% +88.58% -
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £33.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -34.97% +76.00% +1.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CrowdStrike in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CrowdStrike in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CrowdStrike over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CrowdStrike in the UK

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Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CrowdStrike 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 +109 29 £500 +11.11% 33
UK excluding London +67 21 £478 +6.11% 17
Work from Home +114 18 £500 -6.98% 8
London +98 14 £500 +40.35% 20
Scotland - 9 £525 - 2
South East +39 8 £478 -17.85% 7
East of England +5 2 - - 2
North of England +31 1 - - 4
North West +21 1 - - 2
West Midlands +20 1 - - 1
Midlands +19 1 - - 1
South West +6 1 £425 - 1

CrowdStrike
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 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.26%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.79%) Azure
2 11 (23.40%) AWS
2 11 (23.40%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (21.28%) Entra ID
4 5 (10.64%) Mimecast
5 2 (4.26%) GCP
5 2 (4.26%) IaaS
5 2 (4.26%) PaaS
5 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.26%) Sumo Logic
6 1 (2.13%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.28%) Firewall
2 4 (8.51%) DHCP
2 4 (8.51%) DNS
2 4 (8.51%) Network Security
2 4 (8.51%) WAN
3 3 (6.38%) VPN
4 2 (4.26%) Internet
4 2 (4.26%) LAN
4 2 (4.26%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (4.26%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.13%) Kerberos
5 1 (2.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
5 2 (4.26%) Automotive
5 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Security Engineer
2 13 (27.66%) Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Architect
4 7 (14.89%) Security Analyst
5 6 (12.77%) IT Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) IT Analyst
7 4 (8.51%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) IT Security Analyst
7 4 (8.51%) Lead
7 4 (8.51%) Senior
8 3 (6.38%) IT Security Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Junior
8 3 (6.38%) Senior Security Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Consultant
9 2 (4.26%) Security Manager
9 2 (4.26%) Windows Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) OpenID
1 7 (14.89%) SAML
2 1 (2.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Cyberattack
2 7 (14.89%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (12.77%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
5 3 (6.38%) Operational Technology
5 3 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
6 2 (4.26%) Fat Client
6 2 (4.26%) PKI
6 2 (4.26%) Security Posture
6 2 (4.26%) Thin Client
7 1 (2.13%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.13%) Clustering
7 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.13%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 25 (53.19%) Windows
2 13 (27.66%) Linux
3 7 (14.89%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.26%) Unix
5 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.13%) AIX
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (27.66%) Incident Response
3 12 (25.53%) Security Operations
4 11 (23.40%) Information Security
4 11 (23.40%) SIEM
5 9 (19.15%) Cloud Security
5 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (17.02%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (17.02%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 7 (14.89%) Security Monitoring
7 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Identification
8 6 (12.77%) Data Security
8 6 (12.77%) Offensive Security
8 6 (12.77%) Task Automation
9 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (8.51%) Risk Management
9 4 (8.51%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (8.51%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (8.51%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 4 (8.51%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.26%) Python
3 1 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 3 (6.38%) CISSP
3 2 (4.26%) GCIA
3 2 (4.26%) GCIH
3 2 (4.26%) GIAC
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.13%) CCNA
4 1 (2.13%) CCNP
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.13%) MCSA
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (8.51%) PCI DSS
3 3 (6.38%) COBIT
3 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 3 (6.38%) NCSC
4 2 (4.26%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (2.13%) GRC
5 1 (2.13%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.13%) NIST
5 1 (2.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (51.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.51%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (8.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.26%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (14.89%) SCCM
2 6 (12.77%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (8.51%) Nessus
4 3 (6.38%) SCOrch
5 2 (4.26%) CASB
5 2 (4.26%) CSIRT
5 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
5 2 (4.26%) Nexpose
5 2 (4.26%) QRadar
5 2 (4.26%) RSA Archer
5 2 (4.26%) SCOM
5 2 (4.26%) Terraform
6 1 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (2.13%) FortiGate
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (2.13%) SCVMM
6 1 (2.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 17 (36.17%) Microsoft
2 10 (21.28%) Zscaler
3 8 (17.02%) Okta
3 8 (17.02%) Splunk
4 5 (10.64%) Netskope
5 4 (8.51%) Rapid7
5 4 (8.51%) VMware
6 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow
7 2 (4.26%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (4.26%) Citrix
7 2 (4.26%) CyberArk
7 2 (4.26%) HP
7 2 (4.26%) Imperva
7 2 (4.26%) Oracle
7 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.26%) SolarWinds
7 2 (4.26%) Varonis
8 1 (2.13%) Meraki
8 1 (2.13%) Sophos
8 1 (2.13%) TOWER Software