STIX Contract Job Trends in the North West

Structured Threat Information Expression (STIX)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term STIX in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited STIX over the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing STIX 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.027% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.084% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £660 -
% change year-on-year -12.88% - -

All Generic Skills
North West

STIX falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,189 660 643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.07% 30.57% 26.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 437 399
10th Percentile £341 £268 £304
25th Percentile £413 £360 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £495
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -6.98% -1.10%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £598
90th Percentile £674 £650 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 38 43
10th Percentile £20.54 £21.41 £12.39
25th Percentile £25.38 £26.88 £15.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £38.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.55% +69.09% -35.71%
75th Percentile £76.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £79.43 £67.60
England median hourly rate £43.96 £32.05 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.16% -28.78% +12.04%

STIX
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

STIX job vacancy trend in the North West

STIX
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 STIX within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 July 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
Merseyside - 1 £775 - 1
STIX
England

STIX
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 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) MISP
1 1 (100.00%) TAXII
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence