Red Team Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Red Teaming
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Red Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Red Team 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £700 £650 -
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
North West median hourly rate £41.94 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Red Team falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 212 143 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 80.92% 89.38% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 74 75
10th Percentile £160 £354 £283
25th Percentile £339 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +0.09% +2.38%
75th Percentile £682 £597 £650
90th Percentile £801 £630 £732
North West median daily rate £456 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 20 63
10th Percentile £35.15 £14.76 -
25th Percentile £41.94 £24.32 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% -28.57% -5.29%
75th Percentile £71.50 £44.92 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £48.43
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year +40.63% +36.00% -36.92%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Red Team relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Red Team job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Red Team
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 Red Team within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 16 March 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 - 3 £700 - 1
Red Team
North West

Red Team
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:

Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 7 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (71.43%) Cyber Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Data Flow Diagram
2 5 (71.43%) GAP Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 5 (71.43%) OWASP
2 5 (71.43%) Purple Team
2 5 (71.43%) Remediation Plan
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 5 (71.43%) Situational Awareness
2 5 (71.43%) Threat Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Blue Team
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (28.57%) CISM
4 2 (28.57%) CISSP
4 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
4 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) NCSC
1 5 (71.43%) NIST