Cybersecurity Consultant Contracts in the North West

Cybersecurity Consultant
England > North West

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in the North West is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 142 -
Rank change year-on-year +34 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 11 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.47% 0.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £469 - -
25th Percentile £525 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £638 -
90th Percentile £609 - -
England median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +15.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,189 2,586 3,752
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 92.16% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,808 2,776
10th Percentile £265 £270 £253
25th Percentile £389 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £656 £674 £656
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 180 169
10th Percentile £15.42 £15.98 £10.09
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +55.56% +25.00%
75th Percentile £51.91 £46.88 £52.70
90th Percentile £70.90 £63.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the North West

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Consultant in the North West

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant in the North West over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Consultant in the North West

Cybersecurity Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Consultant within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Manchester +30 6 £550 -12.00%
Cumbria - 4 £597 -
Merseyside - 1 - -
Cybersecurity Consultant
England

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Cybersecurity Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Secure Coding
5 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
6 1 (9.09%) Business Case
6 1 (9.09%) GRC
6 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
6 1 (9.09%) Splunk
6 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
6 1 (9.09%) NIST
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (9.09%) Information Security
6 1 (9.09%) Data Management
6 1 (9.09%) Use Case
6 1 (9.09%) Network Security

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (9.09%) Network Security
General
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Secure Coding
3 1 (9.09%) Business Case
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (9.09%) Data Management
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
3 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (9.09%) GRC
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Splunk