Cybersecurity Engineer
North West > Manchester
The median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £458, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 90 | 108 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +18 | +35 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.59% | 0.083% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.64% | 0.087% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £484 |
| 25th Percentile | £454 | - | £535 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £458 | £575 | £620 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.43% | -7.26% | +7.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £481 | - | £705 |
| 90th Percentile | £492 | - | £756 |
| North West median daily rate | £469 | £532 | £514 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.81% | +3.40% | -10.61% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title | 931 | 1,146 | 1,685 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.18% | 95.58% | 94.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 594 | 736 | 1,246 |
| 10th Percentile | £286 | £313 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £412 | £401 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.95% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £662 | £706 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.72% | -1.40% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 71 | 51 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.00 | £15.63 | £14.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.70 | £23.68 | £16.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.26 | £45.00 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -54.99% | +136.84% | +8.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.63 | £62.50 | £36.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £83.00 | £66.80 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.00 | £29.65 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.14% | +18.04% | +27.75% |
Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in Manchester.
Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.
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Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: