Cybersecurity Engineer Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Cybersecurity Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in Lancashire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
North West median daily rate £540 £563 £532
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.83% +4.73%

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 271 187 185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.14% 93.97% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 97 66
10th Percentile £316 £153 £200
25th Percentile £425 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £497
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -4.33% -0.78%
75th Percentile £712 £575 £636
90th Percentile £950 £640 £745
North West median daily rate £495 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.83% -2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 24 64
10th Percentile £21.14 £16.09 £16.58
25th Percentile £26.90 £25.84 £18.00
Median hourly rate £56.44 £37.29 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +51.36% -7.53% -2.53%
75th Percentile £71.50 £70.16 £48.00
90th Percentile £73.32 £75.79 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £27.38 £31.50
% change year-on-year +82.65% -13.10% +18.87%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Cybersecurity Engineer
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 Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 25 July 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 - 1 £475 -
Cybersecurity Engineer
North West

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 25 July 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 Lancashire region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis

Cybersecurity Engineer 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis