Cyber Essentials PLUS Contracts in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 130 162
Rank change year-on-year +19 +32 -39
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.052% 0.17% 0.028%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.33% 1.03% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £450
England median daily rate £500 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -26.41%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 West Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 299 389 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.61% 16.80% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 248 346
10th Percentile £259 £263 £245
25th Percentile £363 £354 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year - +8.52% +8.41%
75th Percentile £625 £596 £575
90th Percentile £798 £675 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 6
10th Percentile £11.81 £11.30 £11.50
25th Percentile £13.18 £12.50 £13.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £22.41 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -37.53% +30.75% -2.06%
75th Percentile £18.12 £28.75 £19.38
90th Percentile £58.75 £29.75 £20.00
England median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.21% +36.36% +30.95%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Worcestershire - 1 £500 -
Cyber Essentials PLUS
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft