Cyber Defence Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Cyber Defence
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.11% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £575 - -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

Cyber Defence 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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 395 124 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 42.52% 42.47% 36.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 84 70
10th Percentile £365 £220 £399
25th Percentile £438 £375 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% -19.16%
75th Percentile £550 £598 £584
90th Percentile £676 £650 £605
South Yorkshire median daily rate £498 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +4.74% +5.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £15.74 - -
25th Percentile £16.34 - £10.90
Median hourly rate £18.01 - £17.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.88%
75th Percentile £19.01 - £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.01 - £12.75
% change year-on-year - - +22.18%

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Psychology
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft