Cybersecurity Contracts in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 34 33
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 20 28 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.85% 5.20% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 5.68% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 15
10th Percentile £546 £311 £272
25th Percentile £560 £502 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £583 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% +7.87% -20.00%
75th Percentile £689 £644 £588
90th Percentile £725 £709 £632
North West median daily rate £570 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
North West median hourly rate £35.95 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year +59.78% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 440 493 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.78% 91.64% 85.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 332 253
10th Percentile £285 £264 £214
25th Percentile £400 £385 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £482 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +7.19% +2.97%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £630 £656 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 25
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.97 £11.29
25th Percentile £16.61 £22.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +24.65% -19.50%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.90
90th Percentile £44.13 £38.80 £61.30
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 +20 15 £570 +0.97% 4
Warrington -7 3 - - 5
Northwich -12 1 £650 +293.94% 7
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 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) GitHub
3 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) DMZ
1 2 (10.00%) Firewall
1 2 (10.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) GitLab
2 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Economy
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Analyst
1 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 8 (40.00%) Test Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Head of IT
4 1 (5.00%) IT Director
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Lead Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Portfolio Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Project Portfolio Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 10 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 10 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 10 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (50.00%) IT Strategy
3 9 (45.00%) Roadmaps
3 9 (45.00%) Use Case
4 8 (40.00%) Business Strategy
4 8 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 8 (40.00%) Validation
5 6 (30.00%) Application Security
5 6 (30.00%) Business Case
5 6 (30.00%) Business Development
5 6 (30.00%) Cloud Security
5 6 (30.00%) Data Strategy
5 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (30.00%) Pricing Strategy
5 6 (30.00%) Threat Management
6 5 (25.00%) Agile
7 4 (20.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) C
1 1 (5.00%) C++
1 1 (5.00%) Go
1 1 (5.00%) Java
1 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 6 (30.00%) CISA
2 6 (30.00%) CISM
2 6 (30.00%) CISSP
2 6 (30.00%) Master's Degree
2 6 (30.00%) MBA
3 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) NIST
2 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft