Cybersecurity Contracts in the North East

Cybersecurity
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 46 51
Rank change year-on-year +17 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 9 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.77% 0.82% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 0.90% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £250 £318 £262
25th Percentile £375 £428 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £413
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +51.52% -31.25%
75th Percentile £594 £646 £638
90th Percentile £620 £652 £795
England median daily rate £575 £613 £570
% change year-on-year -6.12% +7.46% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.64 - -
Median hourly rate £38.27 - -
75th Percentile £40.91 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £83.63 £70.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +19.48% +64.71% -10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 259 332 420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 79.69% 90.22% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 260 319
10th Percentile £259 £248 £177
25th Percentile £363 £400 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £584
90th Percentile £683 £700 £651
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 2 13
10th Percentile £11.44 £32.98 £10.97
25th Percentile £11.81 £35.56 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.06% +146.97% +19.87%
75th Percentile £48.75 £45.56 £17.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £38.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North East

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in the North East

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in the North East

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the North East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Tyne and Wear +19 8 £550 -12.00% 11
Northumberland - 1 - - 1
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) LTE
1 2 (22.22%) Wireless
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 2 (22.22%) Legal
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Information Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Operational Technology
2 2 (22.22%) CCTV
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 2 (22.22%) SCADA
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Application Security
1 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
1 2 (22.22%) Information Security
1 2 (22.22%) Offensive Security
1 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (22.22%) Red Team
1 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Change
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) MODAF
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
2 1 (11.11%) SysML
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C++
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) CEH
2 2 (22.22%) CISA
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) CREST Certified
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) GIAC
2 2 (22.22%) GPEN
2 2 (22.22%) ISSAP
2 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) COBIT
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory