Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Cybersecurity
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 12 2 12
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 7.95% 2.38% 7.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.60% 2.74% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £169
25th Percentile £463 - £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £400
75th Percentile £488 - £466
90th Percentile - - £563
East Midlands median daily rate £442 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -11.55% +11.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.75 - -
Median hourly rate £28.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £28.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Cybersecurity 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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 125 73 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 82.78% 86.90% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 47 107
10th Percentile £131 £205 £181
25th Percentile £360 £275 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
75th Percentile £575 £555 £575
90th Percentile £638 £715 £649
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £445
% change year-on-year -0.06% -4.44% -2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.13 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.44 £14.00
Median hourly rate £23.71 £26.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +16.67% -41.56%
75th Percentile £30.25 £28.44 £56.00
90th Percentile £31.07 £29.38 £61.40
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.58% +26.99% +5.27%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
Leicester +1 2 - - 16
Loughborough - 1 £475 - 1
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1 - - 1
Cybersecurity
East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) IT Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) IT Support
2 5 (41.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Support Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Lecturer
4 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Driving Licence
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 1 (8.33%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Change Management
1 5 (41.67%) Data Protection
1 5 (41.67%) Information Security
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
1 5 (41.67%) ITSM
1 5 (41.67%) Problem Management
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
1 5 (41.67%) Root Cause Analysis
1 5 (41.67%) Service Management
1 5 (41.67%) Validation
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Security Management
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (8.33%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) A+ Certification
3 2 (16.67%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (16.67%) CISSP
3 2 (16.67%) CSSLP
3 2 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) GRC
1 3 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft