Carbon Black Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Carbon Black
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of Carbon Black products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Carbon Black over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Carbon Black.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 193 -
Rank change year-on-year -63 - -
Contract jobs citing Carbon Black 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.053% 0.025% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.13% 0.052% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £563 £550 £700
% change year-on-year +2.32% -21.43% -12.50%

All Vendors
North of England

Carbon Black falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,980 1,938 1,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 39.27% 48.52% 41.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,776 1,245 958
10th Percentile £295 £280 £299
25th Percentile £402 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £593
90th Percentile £669 £675 £675
England median daily rate £514 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.68% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 116 82
10th Percentile £14.04 £13.98 £14.06
25th Percentile £17.12 £18.05 £16.21
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.63 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +23.73% -32.95% +4.65%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.76 £44.69
90th Percentile £77.00 £81.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £33.00
% change year-on-year +15.59% -23.79% -24.79%

Carbon Black
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Carbon Black relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Carbon Black job vacancy trend in the North of England

Carbon Black
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Carbon Black.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Carbon Black

Carbon Black
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Carbon Black in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Carbon Black in the North of England

Carbon Black
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Carbon Black within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Yorkshire - 2 £700 -
North East - 2 £426 - 1
Carbon Black
England

Carbon Black
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Security Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (100.00%) PKI
1 4 (100.00%) SCADA
2 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Programme Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Security Hardening
2 3 (75.00%) Server Building
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
1 4 (100.00%) Nessus
1 4 (100.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Dell
1 4 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee
1 4 (100.00%) Tenable
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft