Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in York

Cybersecurity
North Yorkshire > York

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in York requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in York 1.49% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £550 £800
% change year-on-year -18.18% -31.25% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
York

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 York.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61 19 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 91.04% 82.61% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 11 24
10th Percentile £143 £331 £106
25th Percentile £194 £378 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £173
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +160.87% -46.09%
75th Percentile £716 £588 £375
90th Percentile £838 £638 £475
North Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile - - £11.18
25th Percentile £15.00 - £11.30
Median hourly rate £18.55 - £17.50
75th Percentile £23.74 - £18.75
90th Percentile £24.72 - £22.05
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £18.51 £15.50
% change year-on-year +23.23% +19.42% -25.99%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in York

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in York

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in York citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PMO