CLAS Contracts in the UK excluding London

CESG Listed Adviser Scheme (CLAS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CLAS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 430 496
Rank change year-on-year +55 +66 -51
Contract jobs citing CLAS 10 16 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.070% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.21% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £606 £575 £553
25th Percentile £608 £613 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year - +7.76% +26.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile - - £720
UK median daily rate £625 £625 £580
% change year-on-year - +7.76% +0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 4
10th Percentile - £59.73 £54.95
25th Percentile - £69.31 £57.55
Median hourly rate - £73.99 £65.79
Median % change year-on-year - +12.46% +3.61%
75th Percentile - £78.06 £70.14
90th Percentile - £82.08 £70.71
UK median hourly rate - £73.99 £65.79
% change year-on-year - +12.46% +3.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CLAS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,432 7,526 8,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.57% 32.76% 26.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,312 5,033 5,208
10th Percentile £270 £286 £260
25th Percentile £425 £421 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £705 £675
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 605 527
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.78 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.33 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +42.86% +1.33%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.06
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.31% +23.50% +17.20%

CLAS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CLAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CLAS in the UK excluding London

CLAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CLAS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CLAS in the UK excluding London

CLAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CLAS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CLAS in the UK excluding London

CLAS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CLAS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
South West -6 6 £625 -
Scotland - 4 £608 -
CLAS
UK

CLAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) SCCP
2 1 (10.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (40.00%) Electronics
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (40.00%) Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Product Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Product Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Advisor
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (40.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Internal Audit
2 4 (40.00%) ISMS
2 4 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
5 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (10.00%) Security Management
5 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (60.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (20.00%) CISM
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (60.00%) JSP 440
2 6 (60.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) RMADS
3 2 (20.00%) NCSC
4 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP