MISP Contract Job Trends in the North of England

MISP (Open Source Threat Intelligence Sharing Platform), formerly Malware Info Sharing Platform
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term MISP in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MISP over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 176 -
Rank change year-on-year -70 - -
Contract jobs citing MISP 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.014% 0.026% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.041% 0.078% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 - -

All Generic Skills
North of England

MISP 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 2,466 1,285 1,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.83% 32.91% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,488 819 700
10th Percentile £325 £268 £297
25th Percentile £413 £368 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £596
90th Percentile £675 £638 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 51 101
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £12.15
25th Percentile £25.49 £22.63 £13.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £35.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.60% +133.33% -48.28%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.88 £32.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.75 £57.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.05 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.16% -28.78% +12.04%

MISP
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 MISP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West -51 1 £775 - 1
MISP
England

MISP
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:

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%) STIX
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