Red Team Contracts in the North West

Red Teaming
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Red Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Team over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 124 141
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Red Team 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.045% 0.082% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.097% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £440 £526
25th Percentile £525 £463 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £586
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -12.47% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £586
90th Percentile - £565 -
England median daily rate £513 £600 £586
% change year-on-year -14.58% +2.48% +13.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Red Team 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,967 2,057 2,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.60% 83.96% 88.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,272 1,231 1,733
10th Percentile £295 £311 £288
25th Percentile £375 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £671 £675 £675
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 153 163
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.16 £16.06 £18.70
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% +1.03% +60.70%
75th Percentile £53.75 £54.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.90 £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +54.55%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Red Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in the North West

Red Team
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Red Team
DemandTrendContract 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 Red Team within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester 0 1 £550 +7.32% 3
Red Team
England

Red Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified