Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Cybersecurity Analyst
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in Knutsford is £344, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.36% - 7.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 - £570
75th Percentile - - £580
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £335 - £570

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 248 161 110
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.26% 87.50% 97.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 149 102
10th Percentile £350 £321 £356
25th Percentile £402 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £402 £465
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% -13.55% -15.45%
75th Percentile £592 £492 £580
90th Percentile £653 £537 £630
Cheshire median daily rate £460 £441 £475
% change year-on-year +4.25% -7.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.93 - -
Median hourly rate £16.87 - -
75th Percentile £17.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £37.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -12.91% +42.31% -7.08%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in Knutsford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in Knutsford

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 23 May 2026, Cybersecurity Analyst 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 Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Cybersecurity Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google