Cybercrime Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cybercrime 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.034% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £188 - -
25th Percentile £192 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 - -
75th Percentile £208 - -
90th Percentile £210 - -
UK median daily rate £212 - £900
% change year-on-year - - +44.00%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Cybercrime 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,921 4,392 5,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.31% 31.81% 30.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,686 2,463 3,693
10th Percentile £204 £200 £210
25th Percentile £358 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £687 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £549
% change year-on-year -6.19% -2.91% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 237 418
10th Percentile £13.50 £18.36 £14.69
25th Percentile £17.09 £22.72 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.21 £32.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -22.62% +99.90%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £82.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £34.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.12% -9.33% +50.00%

Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybercrime relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cybercrime job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cybercrime
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cybercrime.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cybercrime

Cybercrime
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cybercrime.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cybercrime

Cybercrime
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybercrime within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
East of England - 2 £201 - 3
Cybercrime
UK

Cybercrime
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
2 1 (50.00%) CSOC
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials