QRadar Contract Job Trends in the North of England

IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring QRadar skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 - 191
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QRadar 6 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.13% - 0.14%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.70% - 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile £355 - £593
25th Percentile £404 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - £593
75th Percentile £461 - -
90th Percentile £537 - £602
England median daily rate £563 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% -

All Systems Management Skills
North of England

QRadar falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 853 582 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 18.79% 14.58% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 339 518
10th Percentile £268 £275 £274
25th Percentile £384 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £571 £585
90th Percentile £638 £638 £659
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 48
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.67 £18.28
25th Percentile £16.91 £24.18 £41.09
Median hourly rate £21.30 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -53.88% - +105.24%
75th Percentile £64.36 £48.75 £49.31
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.64 £75.46
England median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -23.47% +96.00%

QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

QRadar job vacancy trend in the North of England

QRadar
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

QRadar
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QRadar in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QRadar in the North of England

QRadar
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 QRadar within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 - 6 £445 -
QRadar
England

QRadar
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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Response Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 2 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (16.67%) Server Hardening
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) CISA
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) GSEC
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) PCI DSS
3 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (50.00%) HIPAA
3 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Splunk
3 4 (66.67%) ArcSight
4 1 (16.67%) Darktrace
4 1 (16.67%) Zscaler