Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Cybersecurity
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +21
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 10 4 28
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 11.24% 8.89% 26.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% 10.26% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile £311 - £508
25th Percentile £328 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £403 £519 £628
90th Percentile £424 £530 £657
Cheshire median daily rate £486 £555 £573
% change year-on-year -12.43% -3.06% +27.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warrington

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 70 39 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 78.65% 86.67% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 21 45
10th Percentile £163 £203 £234
25th Percentile £260 £325 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -7.69% +14.71%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £550
90th Percentile £519 £538 £628
Cheshire median daily rate £439 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.78
25th Percentile £12.82 £16.25 £28.15
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £43.77
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -60.01% +329.07%
75th Percentile £20.68 £18.75 £59.38
90th Percentile £50.41 - £68.75
Cheshire median hourly rate £18.87 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -46.09% +34.62% +61.79%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Warrington

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
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 7 (70.00%) Azure
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (50.00%) SaaS
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) DNS
2 5 (50.00%) Internet
2 5 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 5 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (30.00%) Firewall
4 1 (10.00%) LAN
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) WLAN
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (30.00%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 5 (50.00%) IT Technician
1 5 (50.00%) Service Desk Support
1 5 (50.00%) Service Desk Technician
1 5 (50.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Information Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (50.00%) Low-Code
1 5 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) Proactive Management
1 5 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 5 (50.00%) Ticket Management
1 5 (50.00%) User Experience
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Log Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (20.00%) SIEM
3 2 (20.00%) SOAR
3 2 (20.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (20.00%) Use Case
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CISM
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
4 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (20.00%) LogRhythm
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) F5
4 1 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto