Cybersecurity Contracts in Derbyshire

Cybersecurity
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 19 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +21
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 3 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 2.86% 4.73% 7.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 6.78% 8.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile £323 - £213
25th Percentile £394 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £619
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -35.35% +20.73%
75th Percentile £644 £425 £647
90th Percentile £708 £470 £718
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

Cybersecurity 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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87 118 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 82.86% 69.82% 85.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 65 85
10th Percentile £161 £238 £194
25th Percentile £303 £322 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.16% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £725 £588 £610
90th Percentile £808 £626 £642
East Midlands median daily rate £405 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.26% +2.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 10
10th Percentile £15.25 - £17.47
25th Percentile £24.02 £17.00 £23.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.77 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -37.54% +109.76%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £53.94
90th Percentile - - £65.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £20.00 £33.40
% change year-on-year -5.65% -40.11% +55.33%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Derbyshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Derbyshire.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Derbyshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Derbyshire

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Derby +1 2 £525 +31.25% 17
Matlock - 1 - - 1
Cybersecurity
East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Aviation
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technology Director
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) VMware