Cybersecurity Contracts in Manchester

Cybersecurity
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 62 32
Rank change year-on-year +21 -30 +55
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 31 34 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.46% 2.36% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 2.73% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 27 66
10th Percentile £428 £320 £434
25th Percentile £516 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £697
90th Percentile £756 £755 £792
North West median daily rate £568 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -0.31% +3.64% -10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £21.50
25th Percentile - - £23.75
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - £35.95 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +43.80% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 797 1,246 1,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.95% 86.59% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 846 1,190
10th Percentile £312 £313 £318
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £589
90th Percentile £668 £694 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 77 52
10th Percentile £14.17 £12.46 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.70 £13.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.00 £27.60
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% -5.80% +50.76%
75th Percentile £74.38 £61.25 £42.81
90th Percentile £86.20 £73.30 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £30.40 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.92% -25.71% +51.99%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Manchester

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Bolton - 4 - - 113
Salford - 2 £750 - 1
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.23%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) Azure
2 10 (32.26%) Entra ID
2 10 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (29.03%) IaaS
4 5 (16.13%) AWS
5 4 (12.90%) GCP
6 3 (9.68%) SaaS
7 2 (6.45%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (6.45%) Amazon S3
8 1 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (3.23%) GitHub
8 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (41.94%) Network Security
2 11 (35.48%) Firewall
3 9 (29.03%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (12.90%) DHCP
4 4 (12.90%) DNS
4 4 (12.90%) TCP/IP
4 4 (12.90%) VPN
5 1 (3.23%) tcpdump
5 1 (3.23%) Wireless
5 1 (3.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
1 9 (29.03%) Telecoms
2 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Finance
4 4 (12.90%) French Language
5 3 (9.68%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) Support Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Architect
3 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 4 (12.90%) IT Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support
4 4 (12.90%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Project Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Security Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Security Support Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 1 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Specialist
7 1 (3.23%) Risk Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) AWS CDK
1 1 (3.23%) NestJS
1 1 (3.23%) Node.js
1 1 (3.23%) RESTful
1 1 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (6.45%) CSOC
4 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.23%) CMDB
5 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) IoT
5 1 (3.23%) MISP
5 1 (3.23%) NHS
5 1 (3.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (41.94%) Windows
2 9 (29.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (35.48%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (32.26%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 9 (29.03%) Business Continuity
4 9 (29.03%) Information Security
4 9 (29.03%) Risk Assessment
5 8 (25.81%) BCP
5 8 (25.81%) Business Continuity Planning
5 8 (25.81%) Change Management
5 8 (25.81%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (22.58%) Analytics
6 7 (22.58%) Line Management
6 7 (22.58%) Project Delivery
6 7 (22.58%) SIEM
6 7 (22.58%) Web Operations
7 6 (19.35%) Project Management
8 5 (16.13%) High Availability
8 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (16.13%) Security Operations
9 4 (12.90%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
3 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (29.03%) Azure Certification
3 4 (12.90%) A+ Certification
3 4 (12.90%) Degree
3 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) CISM
5 1 (3.23%) CISSP
5 1 (3.23%) CREST Certified
5 1 (3.23%) CRISC
5 1 (3.23%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (3.23%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Active Directory
1 9 (29.03%) vSphere
2 7 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) Nessus
2 1 (3.23%) OpenVAS
2 1 (3.23%) QRadar
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
2 9 (29.03%) VMware
3 4 (12.90%) Google
4 3 (9.68%) Splunk
4 3 (9.68%) Thycotic
5 2 (6.45%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.23%) ArcSight
6 1 (3.23%) Carbon Black
6 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
6 1 (3.23%) IBM
6 1 (3.23%) Imperva
6 1 (3.23%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.23%) Ping Identity
6 1 (3.23%) Qualys
6 1 (3.23%) Rapid7