Chief Information Security Officer Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) daily rate in Knutsford is £484, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Information Security Officer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £484 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 245 98 120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.07% 90.74% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 88 101
10th Percentile £315 £313 £356
25th Percentile £358 £356 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £367 £495
Median % change year-on-year +21.80% -25.86% -10.00%
75th Percentile £579 £505 £580
90th Percentile £634 £600 £606
Cheshire median daily rate £462 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.83% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £35.20 £22.00
% change year-on-year -35.09% +60.00% +10.00%

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 11 March 2026, Chief Information Security Officer 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 Knutsford region featuring Chief Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree