Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Cyber Threats
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 1.27% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £536 - -
25th Percentile £553 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile £743 - -
North West median daily rate £575 £515 £695
% change year-on-year +11.61% -25.87% +17.90%

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Merseyside.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 93 61 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 29.62% 30.05% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 28 17
10th Percentile £175 £283 £152
25th Percentile £393 £413 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £498 £250
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% +99.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £595 £555 £488
90th Percentile £638 £719 £520
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.07% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 2
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.50 £18.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.80 £18.57
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.67 £19.13
Median % change year-on-year +135.46% -2.39% -35.16%
75th Percentile - £19.92 £19.67
90th Percentile - £20.44 £19.98
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £33.18 £32.50
% change year-on-year +32.49% +2.09% -20.73%

Cyber Threat Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Cyber Threat Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in Merseyside over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in Merseyside

Cyber Threat Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. 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
Liverpool - 4 £600 - 2
Cyber Threat
North West

Cyber Threat Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Operational Technology50.0%2
2CMDB25.0%1
2Management Information System25.0%1
2MISP25.0%1
2SCADA25.0%1
2STIX25.0%1
2TAXII25.0%1