Security Hardening Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Security Hardening
England > North of England

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 171 190
Rank change year-on-year -9 +19 +57
Contract jobs citing Security Hardening 17 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.41% 0.048% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.057% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year +177.78% - -
75th Percentile £650 £238 -
90th Percentile £668 - -
England median daily rate £540 £545 £575
% change year-on-year -0.92% -5.22% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61.63
25th Percentile - - £62.19
Median hourly rate - - £63.75
75th Percentile - - £64.69
90th Percentile - - £64.88
England median hourly rate - £23.80 £63.75
% change year-on-year - -62.67% -12.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Security Hardening falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,655 3,497 4,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.71% 84.39% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,390 1,922 2,978
10th Percentile £251 £300 £281
25th Percentile £375 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £575 £600
90th Percentile £673 £663 £683
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 179 207
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.75 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.46 £17.05 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +28.68% +29.52%
75th Percentile £41.94 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £64.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.09% -4.07% +39.72%

Security Hardening
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Security Hardening job vacancy trend in the North of England

Security Hardening
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Security Hardening
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Hardening in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Hardening in the North of England

Security Hardening
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Security Hardening
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 Security Hardening within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 October 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 -4 10 £650 +188.89% 4
Yorkshire -15 7 £500 - 2
Security Hardening
England

Security Hardening
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 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Datadog
2 2 (11.76%) GitHub
2 2 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (5.88%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) VSAN
2 2 (11.76%) X.509
3 1 (5.88%) VLAN
3 1 (5.88%) VoIP
3 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Git
1 5 (29.41%) Jenkins
1 5 (29.41%) JIRA
2 3 (17.65%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (11.76%) Artifactory
3 2 (11.76%) Postman
3 2 (11.76%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Software Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Linux Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
1 2 (11.76%) AngularJS
1 2 (11.76%) Gherkin
1 2 (11.76%) Playwright
2 1 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
2 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
2 3 (17.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.76%) PKI
4 1 (5.88%) Clustering
4 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (5.88%) IBM XIV
4 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Windows
3 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.88%) AIX
4 1 (5.88%) Solaris
4 1 (5.88%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) CI/CD
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) DevOps
3 6 (35.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (29.41%) Configuration Management
4 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
4 5 (29.41%) Unit Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Automation
5 4 (23.53%) Zero Trust
6 3 (17.65%) Containerisation
6 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (17.65%) Edge Computing
6 3 (17.65%) Kanban
6 3 (17.65%) Minimum Viable Product
6 3 (17.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (17.65%) Scrum
6 3 (17.65%) Software Architecture
6 3 (17.65%) UML
6 3 (17.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) Bash
2 3 (17.65%) C++
2 3 (17.65%) Java
3 2 (11.76%) C#
3 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) SC Cleared
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (29.41%) Docker
3 3 (17.65%) vSphere
4 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
4 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (11.76%) VMware NSX
5 1 (5.88%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) Ansible
2 6 (35.29%) Kubernetes
3 4 (23.53%) vRealize
3 4 (23.53%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 3 (17.65%) Podman
4 3 (17.65%) SELinux
4 3 (17.65%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (17.65%) Terraform
5 2 (11.76%) PowerCLI
5 2 (11.76%) Puppet
5 2 (11.76%) SCCM
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) VMware
2 3 (17.65%) Red Hat
3 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.88%) Citrix
4 1 (5.88%) IBM