Proofpoint Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Proofpoint
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 Proofpoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Proofpoint over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 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 Proofpoint, Inc.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 - 168
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Contract jobs citing Proofpoint 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.027% - 0.048%
As % of the Vendors category 0.070% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £485 - £408
25th Percentile £489 - £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 - £508
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.00%
75th Percentile £509 - £577
90th Percentile £510 - £613
England median daily rate £525 £438 £565
% change year-on-year +20.00% -22.57% +13.00%

All Vendors
North of England

Proofpoint 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 2,837 1,896 1,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 38.80% 47.92% 40.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,720 1,192 1,001
10th Percentile £306 £268 £275
25th Percentile £405 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £570 £588
90th Percentile £670 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 108 142
10th Percentile £17.20 £14.07 £10.95
25th Percentile £23.88 £18.87 £13.90
Median hourly rate £32.23 £26.26 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +22.72% +63.51% -45.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.76 £35.84
90th Percentile £77.00 £81.25 £50.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% -13.28% -27.50%

Proofpoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Proofpoint job vacancy trend in the North of England

Proofpoint
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Proofpoint
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 Proofpoint within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 - 2 £503 - 1
Proofpoint
England

Proofpoint
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Messaging Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Messaging Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Messaging Support
2 1 (50.00%) Messaging Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Support Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Clearswift
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft