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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 170 -
Rank change year-on-year -73 - -
Contract jobs citing QRadar 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.043% 0.054% -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.25% 0.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £456 - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% - -
75th Percentile £473 - -
90th Percentile £474 - -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -13.58%

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 1,222 634 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 17.41% 17.15% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 420 356
10th Percentile £313 £249 £235
25th Percentile £401 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -11.63%
75th Percentile £575 £552 £563
90th Percentile £650 £635 £648
England median daily rate £518 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.98% -2.38% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 7 16
10th Percentile £53.48 £62.54 £17.26
25th Percentile £62.38 - £17.72
Median hourly rate £67.50 £63.40 £38.59
Median % change year-on-year +6.47% +64.29% +2.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £84.88 £48.75
90th Percentile - £89.15 £65.63
England median hourly rate £62.25 £48.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year +28.35% +53.97% -42.73%

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
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 4 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 -39 3 £465 +16.25%
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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) ArcSight