Threat Modelling Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Threat Modelling
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Threat Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 54 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Modelling 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.10% 0.22% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £390 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £640 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% - -
75th Percentile £643 - -
90th Percentile £767 - -
North West median daily rate £610 £645 £713
% change year-on-year -5.43% -9.47% +8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Threat Modelling 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 88.07% 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 £31.50 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +0.80% -11.97% +33.81%

Threat Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Threat Modelling job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Threat Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Threat Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Threat Modelling

Threat Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat Modelling in Cheshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat Modelling in Cheshire

Threat Modelling
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 Threat Modelling within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Knutsford -19 4 £620 -3.13%
Warrington - 1 £300 - 4
Threat Modelling
North West

Threat Modelling
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 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) GCP
2 4 (57.14%) OpenShift
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) GitLab
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Monitoring Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Security Architecture
1 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Cloud Security
2 4 (57.14%) Containerisation
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (57.14%) Observability
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) AI
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (28.57%) Generative AI
4 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (14.29%) AI Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) LLM
5 1 (14.29%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISM
1 5 (71.43%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Fluentd
1 4 (57.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cribl.io
1 4 (57.14%) Splunk
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike