Cybersecurity Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Cybersecurity Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £669 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 977 502 370
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 90.94% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 340 216
10th Percentile £363 £290 £380
25th Percentile £425 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £520
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -11.01% -13.33%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £625 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £460 £504
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.68% -10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 4 5
10th Percentile - - £20.20
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.10 £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.40 £18.35 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.52% -12.61% +14.38%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.50 £22.00
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £32.40 £18.35 £21.00
% change year-on-year +76.52% -12.61% +14.38%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Cybersecurity Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 1 August 2026, Cybersecurity Engineer 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 Sheffield region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
3 4 (66.67%) AI
3 4 (66.67%) Analytics
3 4 (66.67%) Apache Spark
3 4 (66.67%) Big Data
3 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
3 4 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (66.67%) Data Science
3 4 (66.67%) Databricks
3 4 (66.67%) Prototyping
3 4 (66.67%) Python
3 4 (66.67%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (50.00%) Threat Detection
5 2 (33.33%) AWS
5 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
5 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
5 2 (33.33%) GCP
5 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (33.33%) Key Management
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Secrets Management
5 2 (33.33%) Security Analytics

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
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 4 (66.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Big Data
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) AI
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (66.67%) Data Science
2 4 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 4 (66.67%) Rapid Prototyping
3 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 2 (33.33%) Key Management
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Secrets Management
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Databricks