Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Security Testing
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £601 - -
25th Percentile £601 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - -
75th Percentile £611 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
North West median daily rate £550 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +12.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Security Testing 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 686 562 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.54% 91.98% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 429 280
10th Percentile £313 £311 £311
25th Percentile £413 £358 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.44% -6.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £585 £523 £575
90th Percentile £651 £640 £638
North West median daily rate £496 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +8.75% -8.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 21 16
10th Percentile £14.80 - £13.50
25th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £30.31
Median hourly rate £32.23 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -8.57% +14.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £50.00 £43.75
90th Percentile - £70.00 £47.50
North West median hourly rate £47.15 £28.43 £32.75
% change year-on-year +65.85% -13.19% +2.74%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Security Testing

Security Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS