STIX Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Structured Threat Information Expression (STIX)
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term STIX in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited STIX over the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing STIX 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.31% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £775 - -

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

STIX 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 94 35 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 29.19% 22.01% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 22 13
10th Percentile £271 £151 £240
25th Percentile £413 £213 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -7.02%
75th Percentile £578 £526 £513
90th Percentile £638 £550 £525
North West median daily rate £500 £460 £495
% change year-on-year +8.70% -6.98% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 4
10th Percentile £14.68 - £18.06
25th Percentile £25.38 - £18.09
Median hourly rate £43.96 £17.30 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year +154.10% -12.65% -31.71%
75th Percentile - - £25.24
90th Percentile - - £30.62
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £38.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year +15.55% +69.09% -35.71%

STIX
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 STIX within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 29 July 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 - 1 £775 - 1
STIX
North West

STIX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) MISP
1 1 (100.00%) TAXII
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence