Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Cyber Threats
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Knutsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 9 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 3.08% 1.97% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.87% 4.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile £436 £383 -
25th Percentile £458 £424 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £492 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% - -
75th Percentile £676 £496 -
90th Percentile £691 £498 -
Cheshire median daily rate £476 £492 -
% change year-on-year -3.20% - -

All Generic Skills
Knutsford

Cyber Threat 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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 131 64 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 44.86% 42.11% 25.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 61 25
10th Percentile £313 £356 £360
25th Percentile £394 £358 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £402 £489
Median % change year-on-year +12.56% -17.79% -13.45%
75th Percentile £544 £497 £582
90th Percentile £623 £537 £606
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £472 £500
% change year-on-year -4.66% -5.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.93 - -
Median hourly rate £16.87 - -
75th Percentile £17.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +12.92% -10.96% +30.45%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in Knutsford over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in Knutsford

Cyber Threat
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 3 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 4 (44.44%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
1 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Resilience
1 4 (44.44%) SIEM
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
1 4 (44.44%) Threat Detection
2 3 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 3 (33.33%) Principle of Least Privilege
2 3 (33.33%) Runbook
2 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) Validation
2 3 (33.33%) Zero Trust
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Register
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CEH
1 1 (11.11%) CISA
1 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (11.11%) CRISC
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) GIAC
1 1 (11.11%) GSEC
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
2 4 (44.44%) NCSC
3 1 (11.11%) GRC
3 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Tanium
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft