Cybersecurity Consultant Contract Job Trends in Preston

Cybersecurity Consultant
Lancashire > Preston

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in Preston is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £700 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Preston with a recognized job title 81 62 42
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.43% 95.38% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 38 19
10th Percentile £78 £169 £241
25th Percentile £450 £412 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +11.58% +7.95%
75th Percentile £778 £569 £593
90th Percentile £925 £639 £724
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 11 21
10th Percentile £38.57 £24.76 £11.77
25th Percentile £41.34 £26.88 £22.00
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% -37.74% +13.77%
75th Percentile £71.50 £31.07 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.72 £43.39 £51.50
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +58.12% -37.74% +13.77%

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, Cybersecurity Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Preston region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
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