Cybersecurity Engineer Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Cybersecurity Engineer
East of England > Suffolk

As of 17 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in Suffolk.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.68% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 105 86 84
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 91.49% 98.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 46 57
10th Percentile £193 £178 £125
25th Percentile £265 £206 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £275 £450
Median % change year-on-year +78.18% -38.89% -21.74%
75th Percentile £688 £475 £500
90th Percentile £713 £600 £585
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 9
10th Percentile £16.70 - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - £11.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +508.70% -30.30%
75th Percentile £24.38 - £42.25
90th Percentile £24.53 - £61.83
East of England median hourly rate £23.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.83% +50.00% +21.21%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Cybersecurity Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Cybersecurity Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 17 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
Ipswich - 2 - - 1
Cybersecurity Engineer
East of England

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 17 March 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 Suffolk region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ADSL
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) ISA99
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VPN

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 2 (100.00%) ADSL
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISA99
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware