Cybersecurity
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | - | 1.52% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 2.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £135 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £137 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £269 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £348 |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -4.17% | +4.35% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland
Cybersecurity 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 Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 157 | 108 | 150 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 91.81% | 75.52% | 76.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 96 | 53 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £155 | £224 | £162 |
| 25th Percentile | £306 | £375 | £264 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £550 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.73% | +29.41% | -1.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £551 | £625 | £526 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £675 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £515 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -4.55% | +3.77% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 20 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | - | £13.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.63 | £12.25 | £13.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.18 | £14.19 | £15.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +70.46% | -8.48% | -1.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £44.65 | £23.54 | £16.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.47 | £31.88 | £18.22 |
| UK median hourly rate | £28.00 | £36.27 | £35.65 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.81% | +1.75% | +38.82% |
Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Northern Ireland.