Cyber Essentials Contracts in the South West

Cyber Essentials
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 141 169 157
Rank change year-on-year +28 -12 -27
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 9 4 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.11% 0.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.59% 0.96% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile £495 - £189
25th Percentile £563 £456 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% -5.13% +30.00%
75th Percentile £588 £469 £550
90th Percentile - - £862
England median daily rate £508 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -7.73% +10.00% +2.56%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 565 418 440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.72% 11.44% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 303 297
10th Percentile £263 £200 £202
25th Percentile £411 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +6.77% -4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £523
% change year-on-year - +0.33% +10.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 43 22
10th Percentile £12.41 £17.60 £47.56
25th Percentile £14.00 £49.50 £55.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £64.15 £68.82
Median % change year-on-year -29.85% -6.79% +37.63%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.88 £70.81
90th Percentile £74.44 £83.40 £81.01
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 the South West

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the South West

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the South West

Cyber Essentials
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Bristol - 5 £575 - 5
Somerset +4 3 £575 +24.32% 1
Wiltshire - 1 £450 - 1
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Compliance Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Governance Manager
1 3 (33.33%) IT Governance Manager
1 3 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Service Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Information Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) IT Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) Senior IT Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
1 4 (44.44%) Service Management
2 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Information Management
2 3 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Software Asset Management
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Data Security
3 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Business Development
4 1 (11.11%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) NIST
3 3 (33.33%) GDPR
3 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow