Cyber Threats
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | - | 1.01% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 3.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £135 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £137 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -72.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £138 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £582 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.79% | -3.00% | - |
All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland
Cyber Threat 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 Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 75 | 34 | 58 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 44.91% | 24.64% | 29.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 49 | 6 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £148 | £164 | £165 |
| 25th Percentile | £273 | £191 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £373 | £330 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.88% | -22.35% | +31.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £488 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £607 | £519 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.82% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 18 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.78 | - | £13.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.50 | £12.25 | £13.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.18 | £12.62 | £13.84 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +91.60% | -8.83% | -27.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.98 | £23.54 | £14.15 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.47 | £31.88 | £14.22 |
| UK median hourly rate | £32.05 | £31.25 | £22.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | +38.98% | -18.24% |
Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in Northern Ireland.