Cybersecurity Consultant Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cybersecurity Consultant
England > North West

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in the North West is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 6 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.18% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - £533
25th Percentile £413 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +53.33%
75th Percentile £800 - £675
90th Percentile - - £728
England median daily rate £563 £688 £625
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -1.19%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 3,000 1,820 2,528
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.86% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,717 1,208 1,641
10th Percentile £299 £250 £276
25th Percentile £393 £375 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -3.65% -1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £588
90th Percentile £672 £657 £675
England median daily rate £513 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -2.03% -0.36% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 112 273
10th Percentile £18.57 £13.00 £11.07
25th Percentile £25.49 £17.14 £13.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.99 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.47% +5.42% -9.95%
75th Percentile £71.91 £60.00 £46.91
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.39 £70.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year +50.00% -18.73% -17.54%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancy trend in the North West

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in the North West

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the North West

Cybersecurity Consultant
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 Cybersecurity Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 May 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 - 4 £425 - 7
Lancashire - 2 £700 - 2
Cybersecurity Consultant
England

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 19 May 2026, Cybersecurity Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Blue Team
3 2 (33.33%) CREST Certified
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Red Team
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design
4 1 (16.67%) CCSP
4 1 (16.67%) CEH
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) COBIT
4 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 1 (16.67%) Cryptography

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Blue Team
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Red Team
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
4 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) COBIT
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS