Offensive Security Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Offensive Security
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Offensive Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Offensive Security 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.32% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Offensive Security 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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 861 288 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 92.68% 95.36% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 189 185
10th Percentile £355 £301 £358
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £551 £600 £588
90th Percentile £669 £650 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -0.10% +8.33% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £15.74 - £10.90
25th Percentile £16.34 £18.10 £11.33
Median hourly rate £18.01 £18.21 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -17.25% +91.30%
75th Percentile £19.01 £18.41 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 £18.47 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.67 £18.21 £17.62
% change year-on-year -8.43% +3.35% +65.71%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Offensive Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Offensive Security job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Offensive Security
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 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Claude Code
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Penetration Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Security Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Purple Team
2 1 (33.33%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Red Team
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks