Security Designer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Security Designer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Security Designer daily rate in Sheffield is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
15 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Designer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £555 - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £595 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £575 - -

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 704 210 341
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 84.34% 90.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 121 212
10th Percentile £328 £213 £375
25th Percentile £403 £375 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £507 £545
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% -6.97% -0.91%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £609
90th Percentile £625 £694 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 10
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.44 £10.90
25th Percentile £16.68 £13.49 £11.33
Median hourly rate £19.50 £16.19 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% -23.81% +11.84%
75th Percentile £22.33 £18.58 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £19.43 £24.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +20.44% +22.37% -30.37%

Security Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Security Designer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Security Designer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Security Designer 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 Security Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Secrets Management
2 1 (50.00%) SSH

Security Designer 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SSH
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Secrets Management