Cyber Threat Contracts in the North of England

Cyber Threats
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 183 218
Rank change year-on-year +28 +35 -28
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 31 30 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.67% 0.54% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.54% 1.78% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 24
10th Percentile £550 - -
25th Percentile £582 £486 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £525 £725
Median % change year-on-year +47.62% -27.59% +14.85%
75th Percentile £850 £617 £763
90th Percentile - £745 £800
England median daily rate £584 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -2.67% -4.00% +13.64%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Cyber Threat is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,219 1,690 2,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.46% 30.27% 34.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 744 1,125 1,891
10th Percentile £265 £288 £200
25th Percentile £400 £410 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.37% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £610 £575
90th Percentile £656 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 81 106
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.11 £16.85 £18.85
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% -10.61% +6.50%
75th Percentile £26.66 £40.00 £26.88
90th Percentile £48.24 £66.69 £46.30
England median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +52.15% -15.15% +1.09%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Yorkshire +37 23 £800 +14.29% 11
North West +10 7 £746 +53.42% 19
North East - 1 £550 - 2
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
1 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 19 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Telecoms
3 5 (16.13%) Finance
4 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.45%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Automotive
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Lead
2 5 (16.13%) Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Consultant
3 3 (9.68%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Security Architect
3 3 (9.68%) SIEM Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Data Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Information Security Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Middleware Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Security Specialist
5 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Kafka
1 2 (6.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) Cyber Defence
2 20 (64.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 17 (54.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (9.68%) Cyberattack
4 3 (9.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Linux
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (87.10%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (67.74%) Incident Response
2 21 (67.74%) Protective Monitoring
3 20 (64.52%) Incident Management
4 19 (61.29%) Mentoring
4 19 (61.29%) SIEM
5 16 (51.61%) Information Security
6 14 (45.16%) Case Management
6 14 (45.16%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 14 (45.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 14 (45.16%) SOAR
6 14 (45.16%) Threat Intelligence
7 13 (41.94%) CRM
7 13 (41.94%) Root Cause Analysis
7 13 (41.94%) Use Case
8 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
9 4 (12.90%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (6.45%) Data Security
10 2 (6.45%) Information Assurance
10 2 (6.45%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 23 (74.19%) Security Cleared
2 20 (64.52%) DV Cleared
3 3 (9.68%) CISM
3 3 (9.68%) CISSP
4 2 (6.45%) CISA
4 2 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (6.45%) ISSAP
4 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (61.29%) NIST
2 14 (45.16%) NIST 800
3 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (6.45%) COBIT
5 2 (6.45%) GDPR
6 1 (3.23%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.23%) NCSC
6 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 23 (74.19%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) F5
2 2 (6.45%) IBM
3 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike