CrowdStrike Contract Job Trends in the North of England

CrowdStrike
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 CrowdStrike products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CrowdStrike over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 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 CrowdStrike, Inc.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 163 188
Rank change year-on-year -47 +25 +47
Contract jobs citing CrowdStrike 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.080% 0.060% 0.060%
As % of the Vendors category 0.17% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £529 £521
25th Percentile £475 £534 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £545
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.21% +36.25%
75th Percentile £581 £584 £571
90th Percentile £615 £586 £574
England median daily rate £550 £550 £520
% change year-on-year - +5.77% +9.47%

All Vendors
North of England

CrowdStrike 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 2,308 1,633 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 46.21% 48.85% 46.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,516 959 1,442
10th Percentile £236 £243 £231
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -1.95% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £582
90th Percentile £678 £672 £662
England median daily rate £502 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 62 155
10th Percentile £15.33 £15.25 £11.87
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.10 £13.99
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +83.41% -22.47%
75th Percentile £57.25 £46.18 £37.84
90th Percentile £69.88 £86.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% - -7.69%

CrowdStrike
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

CrowdStrike job vacancy trend in the North of England

CrowdStrike
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

CrowdStrike
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 CrowdStrike within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 February 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 - 3 £500 - 1
North West -28 1 - - 2
CrowdStrike
England

CrowdStrike
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Support
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Site Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Android
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory