QRadar Contract Job Trends in the North West

IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring QRadar skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 123 -
Rank change year-on-year -48 - -
Contract jobs citing QRadar 3 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.079% 0.32% -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.55% 2.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £456 £355 -
25th Percentile £456 £404 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £445 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% - -
75th Percentile £473 £461 -
90th Percentile £474 £537 -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -25.47%

All Systems Management Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 547 301 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.44% 13.63% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 209 169
10th Percentile £296 £265 £213
25th Percentile £402 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £480
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -3.13% -8.57%
75th Percentile £604 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £664 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 6
10th Percentile £21.25 £48.54 £27.88
25th Percentile £47.87 £62.86 £33.67
Median hourly rate £66.66 £63.40 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% +37.29% +8.66%
75th Percentile £76.50 £84.69 £48.11
90th Percentile £95.00 £88.18 £76.38
England median hourly rate £66.83 £53.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +24.92% +42.67% -24.59%

QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

QRadar job vacancy trend in the North West

QRadar
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

QRadar
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 QRadar within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
Cheshire -5 3 £465 +23.59% 1
QRadar
England

QRadar
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%) 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