Cybersecurity Specialist Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > Yorkshire

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in Yorkshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £625 £667
% change year-on-year -12.00% -6.30% +2.62%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,013 853 1,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 93.63% 91.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,303 553 987
10th Percentile £304 £220 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £455 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +1.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £560
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 30 59
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.93 £11.17
25th Percentile £16.77 £17.08 £12.39
Median hourly rate £37.18 £21.69 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.42% +54.93% -48.62%
75th Percentile £57.25 £28.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £96.83 £53.75
England median hourly rate £37.20 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +6.29% +7.69% -23.53%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
South Yorkshire - 3 £475 - 1
West Yorkshire - 2 - -
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 16 March 2026, Cybersecurity Specialist 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 Yorkshire region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Akamai
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 2 (25.00%) GCP
2 2 (25.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (25.00%) Akamai
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
1 2 (25.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST