Qualys Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Qualys
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 Qualys products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Qualys over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 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 Qualys, Inc.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 156 181
Rank change year-on-year -52 +25 +55
Contract jobs citing Qualys 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.11% 0.060% 0.021%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.13% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £455 £361 -
25th Percentile £501 £369 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £393 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.26% - -
75th Percentile £538 £419 -
90th Percentile £568 £430 -
England median daily rate £525 £475 £535
% change year-on-year +10.53% -11.21% -10.83%

All Vendors
North of England

Qualys 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 2,194 1,587 2,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 46.13% 47.76% 46.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,435 902 1,393
10th Percentile £250 £250 £231
25th Percentile £363 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £586
90th Percentile £677 £675 £672
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 60 105
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £12.57
25th Percentile £19.07 £19.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.30 £31.45 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% +17.97% +18.49%
75th Percentile £57.25 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £85.80 £55.61
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -20.83% -31.57% +51.16%

Qualys
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Qualys job vacancy trend in the North of England

Qualys
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Qualys
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Qualys.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Qualys

Qualys
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 Qualys within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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 - 5 £515 - 1
Qualys
England

Qualys
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Tanium
2 1 (20.00%) AlienVault
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware