Cybersecurity Engineer Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Cybersecurity Engineer
Suffolk > Ipswich

As of 17 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in Ipswich.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.99% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Suffolk median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Ipswich with a recognized job title 62 45 55
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 88.24% 98.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 28 33
10th Percentile £428 £175 £182
25th Percentile £513 £188 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -15.79% -20.83%
75th Percentile £694 £519 £488
90th Percentile £745 £629 £573
Suffolk median daily rate £490 £275 £450
% change year-on-year +78.18% -38.89% -21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £18.24 - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - £11.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +508.70% -29.23%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £17.00
90th Percentile - - £32.15
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year -70.00% +508.70% -30.30%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Cybersecurity Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Ipswich.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Ipswich

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, Cybersecurity Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Ipswich region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ADSL
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) ISA99
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VPN

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ADSL
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISA99
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware