Cyber Security Posture Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Cybersecurity Posture
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in contract job vacancies in County Antrim. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 0.43% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
County Antrim

Cyber Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 76 41 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 33.04% 25.47% 30.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 12 27
10th Percentile £332 £126 £135
25th Percentile £407 £178 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £238 £400
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -40.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £452 -
90th Percentile £609 £484 £550
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 £238 £400
% change year-on-year +110.53% -40.63% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% - -
75th Percentile £15.33 £23.94 -
90th Percentile £16.55 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 -
% change year-on-year -33.29% - -

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing Cyber Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Security Posture in County Antrim

Cyber Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Security Posture within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Belfast - 1 - -
Cyber Security Posture
Northern Ireland

Cyber Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800