Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Cybersecurity
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Peterborough requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Peterborough 1.52% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £525 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -19.23% -3.70% +28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51 79 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 77.27% 84.95% 82.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 16
10th Percentile £344 £188 £174
25th Percentile £534 £195 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £288 £220
Median % change year-on-year +102.17% +30.68% -48.24%
75th Percentile £594 £450 £386
90th Percentile £653 £469 £536
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £476 £475 £441
% change year-on-year +0.26% +7.71% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 50 129
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £13.64 £14.99 £14.84
Median hourly rate £14.22 £16.27 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +0.22% +11.93%
75th Percentile - £20.84 £16.85
90th Percentile £15.88 £33.38 £21.46
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.28 £17.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -10.15% +4.74% +11.93%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler