Cyber Defence Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Cyber Defence
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 102 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.10% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £350 - £582

All Generic Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 437 133 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 43.83% 39.58% 36.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 90 85
10th Percentile £358 £220 £345
25th Percentile £425 £375 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £564
90th Percentile £684 £650 £598
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £15.74 - £10.90
25th Percentile £16.34 - £11.04
Median hourly rate £18.01 - £12.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.18%
75th Percentile £19.01 - £23.75
90th Percentile £19.21 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £54.00 £36.91 £14.63
% change year-on-year +46.32% +152.34% +37.58%

Cyber Defence
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield - 1 £575 -
Cyber Defence
Yorkshire

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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