Security Specialist Contracts in the North West

Security Specialist
England > North West

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Specialist daily rate in the North West.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - 157
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.051% - 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.77%
75th Percentile - - £513
90th Percentile - - £548
England median daily rate £600 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +13.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,823 2,591 3,016
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 94.42% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,690 2,161
10th Percentile £263 £283 £300
25th Percentile £380 £390 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 265 131
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.52 £26.39 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -13.59% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.57 £46.18 £47.25
90th Percentile £83.59 £67.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in the North West

Security Specialist
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 Security Specialist within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Manchester - 1 - - 8
Security Specialist
England

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) MISP
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Security Specialist Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) MISP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk