Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 24 45
Rank change year-on-year -22 +21 +12
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 26 32 11
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 4.09% 7.02% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.63% 7.82% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 5
10th Percentile £311 £497 £528
25th Percentile £413 £503 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £559 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.78% -2.83% +18.56%
75th Percentile £480 £684 £638
90th Percentile £602 £779 £660
North West median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £21.88 - -
90th Percentile £32.35 - -
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £44.59 £35.95
% change year-on-year +1.95% +24.03% +79.75%

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 561 409 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.21% 89.69% 91.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 239 237
10th Percentile £268 £316 £265
25th Percentile £356 £374 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.69% -4.40% +11.11%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £550
90th Percentile £683 £650 £588
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 24
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.60
25th Percentile £18.87 £19.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £22.85 £24.18 £21.84
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +10.71% +43.21%
75th Percentile £40.00 £33.75 £35.19
90th Percentile £71.65 £84.30 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +1.60% -11.97% +33.81%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 18 December 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
Warrington +5 11 £363 -29.27% 25
Knutsford -27 10 £480 -15.42% 2
Chester -5 2 - - 10
Crewe - 1 - -
Ellesmere Port - 1 £325 - 1
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
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 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (26.92%) AWS
4 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
4 5 (19.23%) SaaS
5 3 (11.54%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (11.54%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
6 2 (7.69%) GCP
6 2 (7.69%) Google Workspace
7 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) DNS
2 5 (19.23%) Firewall
2 5 (19.23%) Internet
2 5 (19.23%) Unified Communications
2 5 (19.23%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (11.54%) Network Security
4 1 (3.85%) LAN
4 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.85%) VPN
4 1 (3.85%) WAN
4 1 (3.85%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) GitLab
General
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Finance
3 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
5 4 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (11.54%) Military
7 2 (7.69%) Banking
7 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Automotive
8 1 (3.85%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) IT Support
3 5 (19.23%) IT Support Technician
3 5 (19.23%) IT Technician
3 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Service Desk Support
3 5 (19.23%) Service Desk Technician
3 5 (19.23%) Support Technician
4 3 (11.54%) Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Cloud Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Security Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (7.69%) Lead
5 2 (7.69%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (19.23%) Low-Code
1 5 (19.23%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.85%) SCADA
4 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) AI
1 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
1 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
1 5 (19.23%) DevSecOps
1 5 (19.23%) Generative AI
1 5 (19.23%) Incident Response
1 5 (19.23%) Proactive Management
1 5 (19.23%) Problem Management
1 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (19.23%) SIEM
1 5 (19.23%) Ticket Management
1 5 (19.23%) User Experience
2 4 (15.38%) Analytics
2 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (15.38%) DevOps
2 4 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
2 4 (15.38%) Use Case
3 3 (11.54%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (3.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Degree
2 10 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) CISSP
4 3 (11.54%) Azure Certification
4 3 (11.54%) CISM
4 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
5 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) CEH
6 1 (3.85%) CISA
6 1 (3.85%) GIAC
6 1 (3.85%) GSEC
6 1 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) NIST
2 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.69%) GDPR
4 1 (3.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.85%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.85%) NCSC
4 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.85%) PMBOK
System Software
1 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (19.23%) SCCM
2 3 (11.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (7.69%) QRadar
4 1 (3.85%) Fluentd
4 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.54%) LogRhythm
3 3 (11.54%) Splunk
4 2 (7.69%) ArcSight
4 2 (7.69%) Google
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco
5 1 (3.85%) Cribl.io
5 1 (3.85%) F5
5 1 (3.85%) Meraki
5 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto