Situational Awareness Contract Job Trends in the North West

Situational Awareness
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Situational Awareness skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Situational Awareness 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £425 £575 £900
% change year-on-year -26.09% -36.11% +56.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
England median hourly rate £41.94 £90.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -53.40% +73.44% -13.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Situational Awareness 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 2,167 1,813 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.77% 87.75% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,409 1,030 1,587
10th Percentile £213 £275 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £681
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 90 159
10th Percentile £16.33 £16.00 £14.18
25th Percentile £21.65 £21.05 £18.25
Median hourly rate £41.68 £30.95 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.67% -22.63% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.80 £46.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.68 £64.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%

Situational Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Situational Awareness job vacancy trend in the North West

Situational Awareness
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Situational Awareness
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Situational Awareness.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness
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 Situational Awareness within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Lancashire - 5 - - 1
Situational Awareness
England

Situational Awareness
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:

Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 5 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 5 (100.00%) OWASP
1 5 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 5 (100.00%) Red Team
1 5 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) SFIA
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) NCSC
1 5 (100.00%) NIST