Cybersecurity Consultant Contract Job Trends in Preston

Cybersecurity Consultant
Lancashire > Preston

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in Preston is £666, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 4.02% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £584 - -
25th Percentile £599 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £666 - -
75th Percentile £772 - -
90th Percentile £800 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £666 - -

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 151 72 41
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.78% 92.31% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 47 28
10th Percentile £412 £310 £200
25th Percentile £506 £408 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £455 £563
Median % change year-on-year +31.87% -19.11% +30.64%
75th Percentile £671 £630 £628
90th Percentile £950 £674 £835
Lancashire median daily rate £585 £485 £475
% change year-on-year +20.62% +2.11% -5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 6
10th Percentile £27.93 £26.88 £19.57
25th Percentile £47.00 £32.34 £24.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.12 £26.65
Median % change year-on-year +48.56% +76.81% -41.91%
75th Percentile £76.33 £70.16 £45.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.79 £59.69
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.56 £41.06 £40.33
% change year-on-year +10.95% +1.82% -12.68%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancy trend in Preston

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Preston.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Preston

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in Preston over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in Preston

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 26 August 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 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (71.43%) NCSC
3 5 (71.43%) NIST
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
4 4 (57.14%) GRC
4 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
4 4 (57.14%) SIAM
5 3 (42.86%) ITSM
5 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
5 3 (42.86%) Security Management
5 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
5 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (28.57%) Blue Team
6 2 (28.57%) CISM
6 2 (28.57%) CISSP
6 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
6 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
6 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) Information Security
6 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Red Team
6 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
6 2 (28.57%) SDLC
6 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
6 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
6 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (28.57%) TOGAF

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 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
3 1 (14.29%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (71.43%) Service Management
4 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
4 4 (57.14%) SIAM
5 3 (42.86%) ITSM
5 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (42.86%) Security Management
5 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
5 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
6 2 (28.57%) Information Security
6 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Red Team
6 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
6 2 (28.57%) SDLC
6 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
6 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
6 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) NCSC
1 5 (71.43%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) GRC
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
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