Cybersecurity Contracts in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 48 49
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 +48
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 27 52 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.65% 3.08% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 3.56% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 36 71
10th Percentile £185 £500 £463
25th Percentile £518 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £606 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +10.18% +17.33%
75th Percentile £600 £775 £663
90th Percentile £631 £850 £750
England median daily rate £550 £582 £601
% change year-on-year -5.50% -3.08% +4.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 940 1,459 2,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 92.43% 86.38% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 875 1,388
10th Percentile £246 £265 £296
25th Percentile £363 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £550 £577 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 64 61
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.30 -
25th Percentile £17.12 £12.15 £9.80
Median hourly rate £21.24 £13.50 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +57.33% +27.00% -39.74%
75th Percentile £27.10 £22.00 £20.19
90th Percentile £80.10 £53.75 £56.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +8 17 £520 -9.61% 24
West Yorkshire +5 6 £600 +6.67% 52
North Yorkshire -6 3 £550 -31.25% 23
East Yorkshire +4 1 - - 10
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 (14.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) GitHub
3 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.70%) AWS
5 1 (3.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Internet
1 1 (3.70%) Kerberos
1 1 (3.70%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Cucumber
1 4 (14.81%) Git
1 4 (14.81%) Gradle
1 4 (14.81%) HP UFT
1 4 (14.81%) IntelliJ
1 4 (14.81%) Jenkins
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
1 4 (14.81%) JUnit
1 4 (14.81%) Maven
1 4 (14.81%) Selenium
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Project Manager
2 5 (18.52%) Security Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) IT Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) IT Support
4 3 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 3 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Security Project Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Test Manager
5 2 (7.41%) IT Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) LDAP
2 1 (3.70%) OAuth
2 1 (3.70%) OpenID
2 1 (3.70%) REST
2 1 (3.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 3 (11.11%) PMI
1 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (7.41%) Private Cloud
2 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) DevOps
2 7 (25.93%) Roadmaps
3 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (18.52%) Test Automation
5 4 (14.81%) BDD
5 4 (14.81%) Case Management
5 4 (14.81%) Code Coverage
5 4 (14.81%) Code Quality
5 4 (14.81%) Data Privacy
5 4 (14.81%) Document Management
5 4 (14.81%) Due Diligence
5 4 (14.81%) Exploratory Testing
5 4 (14.81%) QA Automation
5 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
5 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (14.81%) TDD
5 4 (14.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Java
2 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.41%) Python
4 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) CISSP
3 4 (14.81%) CISM
4 3 (11.11%) PMI Certification
5 2 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (7.41%) CCSP
5 2 (7.41%) CEH
5 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.41%) OSCP
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) NIST
2 5 (18.52%) QA
3 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 2 (7.41%) COBIT
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (7.41%) GDPR
6 1 (3.70%) GRC
6 1 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
2 1 (3.70%) Control-M
2 1 (3.70%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Veritas
3 2 (7.41%) Commvault
3 2 (7.41%) Splunk
4 1 (3.70%) AppDynamics
4 1 (3.70%) Blue Coat
4 1 (3.70%) Centrify
4 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) Qualys
4 1 (3.70%) Thycotic
4 1 (3.70%) Zscaler