Cybersecurity
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 29 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | -2 | +12 |
| Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | 1.75% | 1.55% | 2.38% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.98% | 1.69% | 2.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £543 | £470 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £569 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £675 | £590 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.70% | +14.41% | +13.46% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £769 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £788 | £660 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £723 | £675 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.04% | +17.39% | -13.21% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge
Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridge.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 101 | 177 | 258 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 88.60% | 91.24% | 87.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 99 | 177 |
| 10th Percentile | £296 | £235 | £185 |
| 25th Percentile | £411 | £350 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -2.70% | -2.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £550 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £600 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £475 | £470 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.06% | +4.44% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 28 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.28 | £20.40 | £17.12 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.46 | £25.00 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.00 | £52.50 | £20.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -56.19% | +156.10% | -64.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £66.25 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.00 | £75.00 | - |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £16.23 | £15.00 | £14.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.20% | +3.45% | +6.15% |
Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cambridge.
Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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: