Security Specialist Contracts in Manchester

Security Specialist
North West > Manchester

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Specialist daily rate in Manchester.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.11% - 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.77%
75th Percentile - - £513
90th Percentile - - £548
North West median daily rate - - £450
% change year-on-year - - -30.77%

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 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Manchester

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in Manchester

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Specialist 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 Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) MISP
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Security Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) MISP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk