Red Team Contracts in Manchester

Red Teaming
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Red Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Team over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 86 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Red Team 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.097% 0.17% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £440 -
25th Percentile £525 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% - -
75th Percentile £575 £550 -
90th Percentile - £565 -
North West median daily rate £550 £513 £586
% change year-on-year +7.32% -12.47% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Red Team 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 912 1,051 1,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.80% 86.72% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 661 1,120
10th Percentile £306 £331 £285
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £582 £600 £595
90th Percentile £674 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £455 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 46 53
10th Percentile £16.79 £15.96 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £23.96 £16.29
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% +79.49% +9.86%
75th Percentile £56.62 £62.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £75.25 £88.00 £69.20
North West median hourly rate £26.08 £35.00 £31.88
% change year-on-year -25.50% +9.80% +46.36%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in Manchester

Red Team
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Red Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Red Team

Red Team
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified