Cybersecurity Contracts in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 46 100
Rank change year-on-year -13 +54 -45
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 43 84 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.58% 3.64% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 4.00% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 73 39
10th Percentile £485 £414 £345
25th Percentile £513 £513 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £750 £638 £550
90th Percentile £890 £700 £675
England median daily rate £584 £600 £560
% change year-on-year -2.67% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,435 2,098 2,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.24% 90.90% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 857 1,393 1,822
10th Percentile £255 £264 £263
25th Percentile £388 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £478
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.95% +9.77%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 66 85
10th Percentile £11.30 - £10.72
25th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -39.74% -9.54%
75th Percentile £21.35 £21.74 £22.75
90th Percentile £48.40 £54.07 £27.15
England median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% +56.25% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
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 within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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
North Yorkshire +17 16 £800 +93.94% 15
West Yorkshire +7 15 £600 +11.63% 54
South Yorkshire -22 12 £575 +4.55% 24
East Yorkshire - 1 £650 - 4
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.26%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) Akamai
2 5 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (11.63%) Cloudflare
3 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) Network Security
2 4 (9.30%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
4 5 (11.63%) Retail
5 4 (9.30%) Banking
5 4 (9.30%) Police
6 3 (6.98%) Legal
7 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Lead
2 8 (18.60%) Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Consultant
4 6 (13.95%) Project Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Security Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Data Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Data Protection Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Penetration Tester
7 3 (6.98%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 3 (6.98%) Security Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Security Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Security Project Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Tester
8 2 (4.65%) Cyber Defence Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Security Advisor
9 1 (2.33%) PMO Project Manager
9 1 (2.33%) SIEM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.88%) Cyber Defence
1 15 (34.88%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (32.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 13 (30.23%) Management Information System
4 5 (11.63%) Operational Technology
5 4 (9.30%) Mobile App
6 2 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (2.33%) PMI
7 1 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Linux
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Information Security
2 15 (34.88%) Protective Monitoring
3 14 (32.56%) Incident Management
3 14 (32.56%) Incident Response
3 14 (32.56%) Mentoring
3 14 (32.56%) SIEM
4 13 (30.23%) Case Management
4 13 (30.23%) SOAR
5 12 (27.91%) CRM
5 12 (27.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 12 (27.91%) Root Cause Analysis
5 12 (27.91%) Threat Intelligence
5 12 (27.91%) Use Case
6 8 (18.60%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (11.63%) Data Protection
7 5 (11.63%) DevOps
7 5 (11.63%) RAD
8 4 (9.30%) Agile
8 4 (9.30%) Ethical Hacking
8 4 (9.30%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) C++
1 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
1 4 (9.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (60.47%) Security Cleared
2 14 (32.56%) DV Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 5 (11.63%) CISM
4 5 (11.63%) CISSP
5 4 (9.30%) CEH
5 4 (9.30%) CREST Certified
5 4 (9.30%) GIAC
5 4 (9.30%) GPEN
5 4 (9.30%) OSCP
6 2 (4.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.65%) ISACA
6 2 (4.65%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.33%) CISA
7 1 (2.33%) ISSAP
7 1 (2.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (44.19%) NIST
2 13 (30.23%) NIST 800
3 4 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (9.30%) QA
4 3 (6.98%) GDPR
5 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.65%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (4.65%) IASME
5 2 (4.65%) NCSC
5 2 (4.65%) PMO
6 1 (2.33%) COBIT
6 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.33%) P3O
System Software
1 8 (18.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) F5
3 4 (9.30%) CyberArk