Cyber Essentials Contracts in London

Cyber Essentials
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 454 558
Rank change year-on-year +92 +104 -112
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 27 46 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.08% 1.30% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 37 28
10th Percentile £375 £420 £400
25th Percentile £456 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £600 £738 £592
90th Percentile £643 £800 £642
England median daily rate £508 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -7.73% +10.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £41.50
% change year-on-year - - +8.45%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

Cyber Essentials is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,491 3,529 5,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.98% 12.99% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,763 2,540 3,502
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £650
90th Percentile £788 £788 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £523
% change year-on-year - +0.33% +10.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 36 82
10th Percentile £12.90 £21.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.24 £25.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.77% -15.17% +122.50%
75th Percentile £46.25 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.75 £81.25 £67.00
England median hourly rate £22.34 £40.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -44.84% +47.27% +30.95%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in London

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in London.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in London

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in London

Cyber Essentials
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the London region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Central London +41 4 £625 +6.38% 6
South London - 1 - - 2
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (11.11%) IaaS
3 3 (11.11%) PaaS
3 3 (11.11%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) DNS
2 3 (11.11%) Network Security
2 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.41%) DMZ
3 2 (7.41%) SSL
4 1 (3.70%) DHCP
4 1 (3.70%) LAN
4 1 (3.70%) VPN
4 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.70%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.70%) Power BI
General
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Advertising
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Architect
2 3 (11.11%) Consultant
2 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
2 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Head of IT
3 2 (7.41%) Head of IT Security
3 2 (7.41%) Head of Security
3 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Security Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
4 1 (3.70%) Data Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Developer
4 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) REST
2 2 (7.41%) OAuth
2 2 (7.41%) OpenID
2 2 (7.41%) SAML
2 2 (7.41%) SPML
3 1 (3.70%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Security Posture
2 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (7.41%) NHS
4 2 (7.41%) PKI
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Android
2 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
2 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
2 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
2 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (29.63%) Risk Management
3 7 (25.93%) Information Security
3 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 5 (18.52%) Change Control
6 4 (14.81%) Incident Response
7 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
7 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
7 3 (11.11%) Business Strategy
7 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
7 3 (11.11%) Data Security
7 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (11.11%) IT Strategy
7 3 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (11.11%) Project Management
7 3 (11.11%) SIEM
7 3 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) C#
2 1 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) CISSP
3 4 (14.81%) CISM
4 3 (11.11%) CISA
5 1 (3.70%) CEH
5 1 (3.70%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.70%) MCSE
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (37.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 8 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (29.63%) NIST
3 4 (14.81%) GDPR
4 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.70%) IASME
5 1 (3.70%) ISAE 3402
5 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (11.11%) Nessus
1 3 (11.11%) SCCM
2 2 (7.41%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Qualys
3 4 (14.81%) Rapid7
4 3 (11.11%) Oracle
5 2 (7.41%) Adobe
5 2 (7.41%) Apple
5 2 (7.41%) CA
5 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.70%) Aruba
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco
6 1 (3.70%) Darktrace
6 1 (3.70%) Juniper
6 1 (3.70%) Splunk
6 1 (3.70%) Zscaler