Cyber Assurance Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cyber Assurance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Assurance 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.081% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £700 £575
% change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.75 - -
Median hourly rate £61.50 - -
75th Percentile £66.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £71.70 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Cyber Assurance 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,080 1,883 2,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.54% 87.87% 84.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,813 1,226 1,332
10th Percentile £297 £275 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £453 £493
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% -8.06% -1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £585
90th Percentile £675 £671 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 122 222
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.50 £10.96
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.92 £15.94
Median hourly rate £55.72 £28.88 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.97% -0.43% -0.51%
75th Percentile £76.00 £59.75 £48.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.13 £69.66
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Cyber Assurance job vacancy trend in the North West

Cyber Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cyber Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cyber Assurance

Cyber Assurance
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Manchester - 1 £500 - 4
Cheshire - 1 - - 1
Lancashire - 1 - - 1
Cyber Assurance
England

Cyber Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR