Cybersecurity Contracts in Leeds

Cybersecurity
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 53 93
Rank change year-on-year +4 +40 -46
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 16 41 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 2.01% 3.15% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 3.46% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 39 9
10th Percentile £463 £378 £343
25th Percentile £500 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -10.20% +4.70%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £760 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -5.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 690 1,186 1,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 86.68% 91.23% 91.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 852 1,042
10th Percentile £300 £363 £313
25th Percentile £425 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £575
90th Percentile £671 £700 £667
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 19
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £19.60
25th Percentile £12.15 £16.13 £20.63
Median hourly rate £12.30 £22.50 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -45.33% -0.20% +5.50%
75th Percentile £12.53 £66.88 £28.00
90th Percentile £14.82 £70.00 £28.85
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £12.53 £20.00 £18.60
% change year-on-year -37.35% +7.53% -19.13%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Leeds over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Akamai
2 5 (31.25%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (31.25%) Cloudflare
3 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Network Security
2 3 (18.75%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Retail
3 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Security Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Penetration Tester
4 3 (18.75%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 3 (18.75%) Security Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Tester
5 1 (6.25%) Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Information Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Information Assurance Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) PMO Manager
5 1 (6.25%) PMO Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Site Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Mobile App
1 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
2 2 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) DevOps
2 5 (31.25%) RAD
3 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Application Security
4 3 (18.75%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 3 (18.75%) Offensive Security
4 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Red Team
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (6.25%) Backlog Management
6 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.25%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (6.25%) Information Security
6 1 (6.25%) Regulatory Change
6 1 (6.25%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C++
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
1 3 (18.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) CEH
2 3 (18.75%) CREST Certified
2 3 (18.75%) GIAC
2 3 (18.75%) GPEN
2 3 (18.75%) OSCP
3 1 (6.25%) CISA
3 1 (6.25%) CISM
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) ISSAP
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) NIST
1 4 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) COBIT
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (6.25%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) F5
3 4 (25.00%) CyberArk