Cybersecurity Contracts in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 22 34
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 45 33 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.27% 6.50% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.93% 7.16% 4.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 15 15
10th Percentile £497 £440 £264
25th Percentile £525 £498 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £615 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +11.82% +0.55%
75th Percentile £689 £675 £588
90th Percentile £744 £713 £632
North West median daily rate £570 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +12.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
North West median hourly rate £35.95 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year +43.80% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 453 461 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 83.27% 90.75% 87.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 297 268
10th Percentile £311 £295 £204
25th Percentile £392 £400 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +15.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £543
90th Percentile £638 £675 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 30 34
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.98 £9.99
25th Percentile £17.72 £22.44 £13.38
Median hourly rate £36.50 £29.26 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year +24.74% +34.34% +2.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £31.00
90th Percentile - £40.00 £53.88
North West median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £23.70
% change year-on-year -8.32% +28.86% +30.83%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cheshire over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Cheshire

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Knutsford +21 36 £570 +10.89% 9
Crewe +4 2 £538 +2.38% 1
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 10 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) Azure
2 5 (11.11%) AWS
2 5 (11.11%) SaaS
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (35.56%) JIRA
2 10 (22.22%) Bitbucket
General
1 23 (51.11%) Finance
2 13 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.89%) Automotive
4 4 (8.89%) Banking
4 4 (8.89%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (8.89%) German Language
5 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Consultant
2 8 (17.78%) Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Test Analyst
3 6 (13.33%) Architect
3 6 (13.33%) Security Architect
3 6 (13.33%) Security Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Integration Consultant
5 4 (8.89%) Project Manager
5 4 (8.89%) SaaS Consultant
5 4 (8.89%) Security Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Cloud Security Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Data Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Security Consultant
6 3 (6.67%) Security Specialist
7 2 (4.44%) Azure Specialist
7 2 (4.44%) Cloud Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 7 (15.56%) Cyberattack
4 5 (11.11%) Public Cloud
5 3 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.89%) Windows
2 10 (22.22%) Unix
3 3 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) Roadmaps
2 15 (33.33%) Change Management
3 14 (31.11%) Strategic Roadmap
4 13 (28.89%) Computer Science
5 11 (24.44%) Security Monitoring
5 11 (24.44%) Test Automation
6 10 (22.22%) Decision-Making
7 9 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 8 (17.78%) Business Continuity
8 8 (17.78%) Business Strategy
8 8 (17.78%) Cyber Resilience
8 8 (17.78%) Data Protection
8 8 (17.78%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (17.78%) IT Strategy
8 8 (17.78%) Observability
8 8 (17.78%) Risk Management
8 8 (17.78%) Use Case
8 8 (17.78%) Validation
9 6 (13.33%) Data Security
9 6 (13.33%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.89%) C
1 4 (8.89%) C++
Qualifications
1 23 (51.11%) Degree
2 6 (13.33%) CISA
2 6 (13.33%) CISM
2 6 (13.33%) CISSP
2 6 (13.33%) Master's Degree
2 6 (13.33%) MBA
3 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (35.56%) NIST
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (22.22%) Docker
2 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 10 (22.22%) Atlassian
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.11%) Tanium
3 4 (8.89%) Salesforce
3 4 (8.89%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.67%) Citrix
5 1 (2.22%) Intel
5 1 (2.22%) Zscaler