Security Posture Contracts

Security Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 536 679
Rank change year-on-year +152 +143 -37
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 209 171 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.30% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.62% 0.89% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 121 109
10th Percentile £413 £400 £466
25th Percentile £425 £454 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -10.28% -5.69%
75th Percentile £670 £658 £675
90th Percentile £770 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £491 £588
% change year-on-year -5.85% -16.38% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.00
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - £94.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,935 19,188 29,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.31% 33.29% 33.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,332 13,186 20,393
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £670 £675 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 898 632 728
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +3.97%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -12.50%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Posture.

Hourly rate trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +164 183 £540 -10.00% 96
London +106 98 £588 -2.08% 40
UK excluding London +94 86 £463 -5.85% 55
Work from Home +95 62 £550 - 55
South West +49 44 £425 -35.85% 6
North of England +27 14 £620 -4.62% 16
North West +31 12 £620 -0.20% 7
South East +26 12 £815 +44.89% 14
Midlands +27 9 £450 -29.41% 9
Scotland +26 7 £575 +26.10% 5
West Midlands +22 6 £500 -33.33% 6
East Midlands +20 3 £400 -23.81% 3
Yorkshire +20 2 - - 5

Security Posture
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 6 (2.87%) Confluence
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.91%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 52 (24.88%) Azure
2 31 (14.83%) AWS
3 17 (8.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (6.70%) GCP
5 12 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.31%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.39%) PaaS
8 4 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.91%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (1.91%) GitHub
8 4 (1.91%) IaaS
8 4 (1.91%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.91%) SaaS
9 3 (1.44%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.96%) Google App Engine
10 2 (0.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.96%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 35 (16.75%) Firewall
2 22 (10.53%) Network Security
3 9 (4.31%) DNS
4 7 (3.35%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (3.35%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (2.87%) VPN
6 3 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.96%) SSL
7 2 (0.96%) WAN
8 1 (0.48%) DHCP
8 1 (0.48%) DKIM
8 1 (0.48%) DMARC
8 1 (0.48%) Internet
8 1 (0.48%) LAN
8 1 (0.48%) Modbus
8 1 (0.48%) MPLS
8 1 (0.48%) NGFW
8 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.91%) Big Data
1 4 (1.91%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (3.35%) JIRA
2 4 (1.91%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.44%) GitLab
3 3 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.96%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.48%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.48%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.48%) MSI
General
1 40 (19.14%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.31%) Finance
3 25 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (11.96%) Banking
4 16 (7.66%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.35%) Legal
7 6 (2.87%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.44%) Law
10 3 (1.44%) Marketing
11 2 (0.96%) Automotive
12 1 (0.48%) French Language
12 1 (0.48%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (16.27%) Security Engineer
2 32 (15.31%) Architect
3 26 (12.44%) Analyst
4 24 (11.48%) Lead
5 22 (10.53%) Consultant
6 20 (9.57%) Security Architect
7 17 (8.13%) Security Consultant
8 14 (6.70%) Security Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) SOC Engineer
10 10 (4.78%) Security Manager
11 9 (4.31%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 8 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (3.83%) SOC Analyst
13 7 (3.35%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 7 (3.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 5 (2.39%) DevOps Engineer
14 5 (2.39%) Information Analyst
14 5 (2.39%) Network Analyst
14 5 (2.39%) Network Security Analyst
14 5 (2.39%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.91%) ModSecurity
2 2 (0.96%) .NET
2 2 (0.96%) .NET Framework
2 2 (0.96%) OAuth
2 2 (0.96%) OpenID
2 2 (0.96%) SAML
2 2 (0.96%) SPML
3 1 (0.48%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.48%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Web Services
3 1 (0.48%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.57%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.13%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (7.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (5.74%) PKI
5 11 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
5 11 (5.26%) Public Cloud
6 9 (4.31%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.31%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.91%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.91%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.91%) IoT
8 4 (1.91%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.44%) Industry 4.0
9 3 (1.44%) SCADA
10 2 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.96%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.18%) Windows
2 14 (6.70%) Linux
3 4 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.44%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) AIX
6 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (55.98%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (21.53%) Incident Response
3 41 (19.62%) Security Operations
4 40 (19.14%) Risk Management
5 37 (17.70%) Cloud Security
6 35 (16.75%) SIEM
7 34 (16.27%) Information Security
8 33 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (14.83%) Roadmaps
9 31 (14.83%) Vulnerability Management
10 29 (13.88%) Threat Detection
11 27 (12.92%) Threat Intelligence
12 23 (11.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 23 (11.00%) Penetration Testing
12 23 (11.00%) Security Architecture
12 23 (11.00%) Stakeholder Identification
12 23 (11.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 21 (10.05%) CI/CD
14 20 (9.57%) Computer Science
14 20 (9.57%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.05%) Python
2 18 (8.61%) Kusto Query Language
3 9 (4.31%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.35%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (2.87%) Java
6 5 (2.39%) SQL
7 3 (1.44%) Ruby
8 2 (0.96%) C
8 2 (0.96%) C++
8 2 (0.96%) Go
8 2 (0.96%) Perl
8 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.48%) Bash
9 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (21.53%) CISSP
2 40 (19.14%) Security Cleared
3 30 (14.35%) SC Cleared
4 27 (12.92%) CISM
4 27 (12.92%) Degree
5 17 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (7.66%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (6.70%) DV Cleared
8 13 (6.22%) Azure Certification
8 13 (6.22%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (3.83%) CCNP
10 8 (3.83%) CISA
11 7 (3.35%) CEH
12 5 (2.39%) CREST Certified
13 4 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.91%) CCSP
13 4 (1.91%) GIAC
14 3 (1.44%) CRISC
14 3 (1.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.70%) NIST
2 30 (14.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.70%) NCSC
4 13 (6.22%) GDPR
5 9 (4.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (3.35%) GRC
7 6 (2.87%) NIST 800
7 6 (2.87%) PCI DSS
8 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.91%) SLA
10 3 (1.44%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.96%) COBIT
11 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.96%) PMO
12 1 (0.48%) COSO
12 1 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 7 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.39%) Docker
2 5 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.91%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.48%) Samba
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.26%) Terraform
2 10 (4.78%) Nessus
3 6 (2.87%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.91%) Ansible
4 4 (1.91%) OPNET
4 4 (1.91%) QRadar
4 4 (1.91%) SCCM
4 4 (1.91%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 3 (1.44%) CASB
6 2 (0.96%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.96%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.48%) Nmap
7 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (34.93%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.74%) Google
2 12 (5.74%) Qualys
2 12 (5.74%) Splunk
3 10 (4.78%) Cisco
3 10 (4.78%) Palo Alto
3 10 (4.78%) Rapid7
4 8 (3.83%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.83%) VMware
5 7 (3.35%) Juniper
6 6 (2.87%) ScienceLogic
7 5 (2.39%) CA
8 4 (1.91%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.96%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.96%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.96%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.96%) ForeScout
9 2 (0.96%) Sophos
9 2 (0.96%) Veracode