Cybersecurity Specialist Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cybersecurity Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in Manchester is £458, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
14 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £454 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 - -
75th Percentile £461 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £445 £875 -
% change year-on-year -49.14% - -

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 938 1,106 1,544
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.13% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 640 1,134
10th Percentile £300 £319 £285
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £656 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 36 66
10th Percentile £13.27 £15.92 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.81 £16.68
Median hourly rate £22.32 £33.75 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.88% +75.32% -3.75%
75th Percentile £31.40 £62.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £61.13 £73.00 £68.13
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.77
% change year-on-year -28.16% +10.17% +37.50%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cybersecurity Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in Manchester

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Cybersecurity Specialist 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 Manchester region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) QRadar
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) HIPAA
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CISA
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) GSEC
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Qualys
3 1 (33.33%) Nessus
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) tcpdump
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) MISP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GSEC
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) HIPAA
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) QRadar
2 1 (33.33%) Nessus
2 1 (33.33%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Carbon Black
3 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) LogRhythm
3 1 (33.33%) Qualys
3 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
4 Cybersecurity Specialist jobs in the North West