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 in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 163 220
Rank change year-on-year +18 +57 -32
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 40 39 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.83% 0.72% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.22% 2.38% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 29 30
10th Percentile £525 - £498
25th Percentile £550 £486 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £716 £586 £725
Median % change year-on-year +22.23% -19.17% +24.46%
75th Percentile £850 £628 £765
90th Percentile - £750 £802
England median daily rate £590 £600 £663
% change year-on-year -1.67% -9.43% +20.45%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,242 1,637 2,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.63% 30.08% 34.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 1,088 1,868
10th Percentile £263 £275 £205
25th Percentile £400 £410 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +6.77% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £575
90th Percentile £674 £688 £663
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 81 94
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.00 £10.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.85 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% -11.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £28.23 £33.75 £26.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £65.75 £44.03
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

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 12 June 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 12 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
Yorkshire +29 23 £800 +14.29% 5
North West 0 16 £550 -3.08% 16
North East - 1 £550 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) AWS
3 5 (12.50%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Network Security
2 1 (2.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Bitbucket
General
1 19 (47.50%) Social Skills
2 14 (35.00%) Finance
3 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.00%) Legal
4 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.50%) Automotive
5 1 (2.50%) Banking
5 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Consultant
1 8 (20.00%) Lead
2 7 (17.50%) Architect
2 7 (17.50%) Security Architect
3 4 (10.00%) Analyst
3 4 (10.00%) Integration Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) SaaS Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Cloud Security Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Data Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Security Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) SIEM Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) SIEM Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (2.50%) Information Security Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Security Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Kafka
1 2 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (55.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 21 (52.50%) Cyber Defence
3 17 (42.50%) Management Information System
4 12 (30.00%) Security Posture
5 6 (15.00%) Cyberattack
6 5 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) Linux
3 2 (5.00%) zOS
4 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (60.00%) SIEM
3 21 (52.50%) Incident Response
3 21 (52.50%) Protective Monitoring
4 20 (50.00%) Incident Management
5 19 (47.50%) Mentoring
6 16 (40.00%) Information Security
6 16 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 15 (37.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 15 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
8 14 (35.00%) Case Management
8 14 (35.00%) SOAR
9 13 (32.50%) CRM
9 13 (32.50%) Root Cause Analysis
9 13 (32.50%) Use Case
10 9 (22.50%) Risk Management
11 6 (15.00%) Change Management
11 6 (15.00%) Computer Science
11 6 (15.00%) Data Security
11 6 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 23 (57.50%) Security Cleared
2 20 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (15.00%) Degree
4 3 (7.50%) CISM
4 3 (7.50%) CISSP
5 2 (5.00%) CISA
5 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.00%) ISSAP
5 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (65.00%) NIST
2 14 (35.00%) NIST 800
3 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (5.00%) COBIT
5 2 (5.00%) GDPR
6 1 (2.50%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.50%) NCSC
6 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 27 (67.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 5 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.00%) F5
3 2 (5.00%) IBM
4 1 (2.50%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.50%) Intel