Cybersecurity Engineer Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Cybersecurity Engineer
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in Warrington is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 1.32% 1.45% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 1.89% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £480 £525
% change year-on-year -6.25% -8.57% +2.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warrington. 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 Warrington with a recognized job title 145 53 56
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.39% 76.81% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 31 41
10th Percentile £186 £123 £158
25th Percentile £316 £181 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +40.38% -13.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £563 £444 £475
90th Percentile £610 £506 £538
Cheshire median daily rate £492 £430 £463
% change year-on-year +14.42% -7.03% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 7 3
10th Percentile £13.47 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £12.82 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +543.53% +16.55% -78.00%
75th Percentile £85.00 £40.04 £14.88
90th Percentile £87.00 £67.25 £17.20
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.70% -8.57% +13.80%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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 Warrington.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Warrington

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 17 August 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 Warrington region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Attestation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Attestation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft