Ethical Hacking Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Ethical Hacking
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Ethical Hacking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £364 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £377 - -
75th Percentile £391 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £377 £650 -
% change year-on-year -42.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Ethical Hacking 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 632 409 442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.14% 95.34% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 266 298
10th Percentile £313 £298 £310
25th Percentile £368 £358 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £471 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% -5.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £560
90th Percentile £653 £639 £622
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 33 34
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.41 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.72 £24.18 £16.61
Median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £21.84
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +48.81% -5.66%
75th Percentile £43.00 £77.50 £38.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.64 £22.98
% change year-on-year +42.23% +37.71% -38.57%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Ethical Hacking job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Ethical Hacking
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 Ethical Hacking within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 21 March 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
Knutsford - 1 £377 - 1
Ethical Hacking
North West

Ethical Hacking
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST