Cybersecurity Consultant Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Cybersecurity Consultant
North West > Lancashire

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in Lancashire is £666, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.81% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £584 - -
25th Percentile £599 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £666 - -
75th Percentile £772 - -
90th Percentile £800 - -
North West median daily rate £578 £480 £550
% change year-on-year +20.31% -12.73% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 336 183 190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.05% 93.37% 93.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 90 69
10th Percentile £350 £243 £205
25th Percentile £469 £412 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.62% +2.11% -5.08%
75th Percentile £668 £588 £600
90th Percentile £950 £671 £650
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 21 59
10th Percentile £19.30 £18.87 £16.58
25th Percentile £26.90 £23.32 £18.00
Median hourly rate £45.56 £41.06 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% +1.82% -12.68%
75th Percentile £71.45 £70.16 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.91 £75.79 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £34.00
% change year-on-year +81.13% -26.03% +10.94%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Lancashire

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in Lancashire over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in Lancashire

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 26 August 2026. 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
Preston - 7 £666 - 1
Cybersecurity Consultant
North West

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 26 August 2026, Cybersecurity Consultant 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 Lancashire region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (71.43%) NCSC
3 5 (71.43%) NIST
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
4 4 (57.14%) GRC
4 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
4 4 (57.14%) SIAM
5 3 (42.86%) ITSM
5 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
5 3 (42.86%) Security Management
5 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
5 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (28.57%) Blue Team
6 2 (28.57%) CISM
6 2 (28.57%) CISSP
6 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
6 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
6 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) Information Security
6 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Red Team
6 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
6 2 (28.57%) SDLC
6 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
6 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
6 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (28.57%) TOGAF

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (14.29%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
4 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
4 4 (57.14%) SIAM
5 3 (42.86%) ITSM
5 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (42.86%) Security Management
5 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
5 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
6 2 (28.57%) Information Security
6 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Red Team
6 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
6 2 (28.57%) SDLC
6 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
6 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
6 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) NCSC
1 5 (71.43%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) GRC
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001