Cyberattack Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Cyberattack
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 156 193
Rank change year-on-year -32 +37 +60
Contract jobs citing Cyberattack 4 15 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.10% 0.36% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.29% 1.29% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 4
10th Percentile £689 £425 £343
25th Percentile £696 £491 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £717 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year +32.82% -10.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £766 £738 £785
90th Percentile £789 £788 £848
England median daily rate £678 £588 £606
% change year-on-year +15.32% -3.09% +5.43%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Cyberattack 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,381 1,164 1,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.00% 28.14% 28.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 675 941
10th Percentile £278 £284 £255
25th Percentile £375 £424 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% - -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £713 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 76 59
10th Percentile £16.18 £12.15 £15.86
25th Percentile £19.15 £13.87 £17.23
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.19 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.41% -39.37% +50.00%
75th Percentile £62.81 £41.88 £46.53
90th Percentile £77.63 £57.75 £63.60
England median hourly rate £32.71 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.70% +16.67% +73.08%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Cyberattack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyberattack in the North of England

Cyberattack
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Cyberattack
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 Cyberattack within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 September 2025. 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
North West -15 4 £717 +38.60% 2
Cyberattack
England

Cyberattack
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Security Architect
3 2 (50.00%) Applications Architect
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
1 4 (100.00%) Attestation
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Security
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft