Cybersecurity Contracts in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 43 40 37
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -4
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 15 18 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.34% 3.57% 4.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 4.24% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 13
10th Percentile £499 - £295
25th Percentile £525 £560 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £570 £615
Median % change year-on-year +0.44% -7.32% +13.89%
75th Percentile £671 £689 £650
90th Percentile £674 £725 £710
North West median daily rate £573 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +0.44% +3.64% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
North West median hourly rate £43.00 £35.95 £22.50
% change year-on-year +19.61% +59.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Knutsford -14 5 £626 +9.82% 4
Crewe - 2 £525 - 1
Warrington -5 1 £550 - 49
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (20.00%) GCP
2 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Ethernet
1 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
1 2 (13.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) GitLab
1 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Automotive
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Automation Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 6 (40.00%) Data Ingestion
4 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
4 4 (26.67%) Key Management
4 4 (26.67%) Machine Learning
4 4 (26.67%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Backlog Management
5 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Generative AI
5 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 3 (20.00%) Sprint Backlog
5 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (20.00%) Use Case
5 3 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) Bash
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) CCNA
1 2 (13.33%) CCNP
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) GDPR
2 3 (20.00%) AUTOSAR
2 3 (20.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (6.67%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Ansible
2 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (20.00%) Infoblox
1 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (13.33%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Ping Identity