Cybersecurity Specialist Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > North of England

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in the North of England is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 165 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.073% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.080% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £342 £605 -
25th Percentile £390 £688 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £850 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.65% - -
75th Percentile £461 £913 -
90th Percentile - £935 -
England median daily rate £600 £575 £665
% change year-on-year +4.35% -13.53% -1.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,651 3,768 4,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 91.99% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,386 2,172 3,235
10th Percentile £250 £276 £263
25th Percentile £366 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% - -
75th Percentile £550 £585 £600
90th Percentile £644 £672 £675
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 242 204
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.18 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.58 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.58 £32.50 £24.66
Median % change year-on-year -30.54% +31.82% +16.46%
75th Percentile £48.56 £49.69 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £63.22
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.75
% change year-on-year -46.77% +5.58% +69.89%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the North of England

Cybersecurity Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in the North of England

Cybersecurity Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Specialist in the North of England

Cybersecurity Specialist
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 Cybersecurity Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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 -8 5 £445 -49.14%
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Cybersecurity Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Splunk
1 5 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) QRadar
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) GSEC
3 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) CISA
3 3 (60.00%) CISM
3 3 (60.00%) Network Security
3 3 (60.00%) PCI DSS
3 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) NIST
3 3 (60.00%) HIPAA
3 3 (60.00%) GDPR
4 2 (40.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Bash
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (40.00%) Python
5 1 (20.00%) IBM
5 1 (20.00%) Nessus
5 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
5 1 (20.00%) Mathematics

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) MISP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (40.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bash
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) CISA
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) GSEC
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
1 3 (60.00%) HIPAA
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
1 3 (60.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) QRadar
2 1 (20.00%) Nessus
2 1 (20.00%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Carbon Black
3 1 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
3 1 (20.00%) Qualys
3 1 (20.00%) Rapid7