Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Security Posture
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 26 29
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 5 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.97% 2.73% 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.62% 11.36% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - £963
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £975
75th Percentile £625 - £988
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £600 £593 £590
% change year-on-year +1.27% +0.42% -5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 £28.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +158.30% - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £28.75 -
% change year-on-year +158.30% - -

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

Security Posture 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 58 44 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 22.83% 24.04% 20.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 22 26
10th Percentile £316 £354 £313
25th Percentile £325 £425 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -11.67% +21.83%
75th Percentile £625 £597 £656
90th Percentile £744 £630 £881
North West median daily rate £460 £463 £498
% change year-on-year -0.54% -7.04% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 9
10th Percentile £34.09 £22.75 £11.25
25th Percentile £41.94 £23.87 -
Median hourly rate £52.78 £28.75 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.57% +91.67% -52.45%
75th Percentile £66.54 £30.63 -
90th Percentile £74.26 £43.39 £21.24
North West median hourly rate £52.78 £29.80 £25.25
% change year-on-year +77.10% +18.02% -19.82%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 13 May 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 0 3 £600 - 1
Security Posture
North West

Security Posture
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) BGP
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Security Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Security Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (40.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (40.00%) OSINT
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Perl
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCDP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) VMware