Cyber Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Cybersecurity Posture
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £475 - -

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

Cyber Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 284 234 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 35.50% 35.19% 35.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 175 102
10th Percentile £282 £268 £329
25th Percentile £400 £358 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £437 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -12.60% -8.26%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £565
90th Percentile £632 £638 £635
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 0
10th Percentile £16.50 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £16.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% - -
75th Percentile £37.16 £49.38 -
90th Percentile £82.85 £67.25 -
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £41.94 £23.50
% change year-on-year +4.82% +78.47% -42.39%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Cyber Security Posture job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Cyber Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Security Posture within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. 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
Warrington - 1 £475 -
Cyber Security Posture
North West

Cyber Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft