Cyber Essentials Contracts in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 127 160
Rank change year-on-year +16 +33 -43
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 3 15 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.62% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.01% 3.73% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile £545 £313 £213
25th Percentile £613 £334 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +57.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £775 £600 £425
90th Percentile - £603 £440
England median daily rate £508 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -7.73% +10.00% +5.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 297 402 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.38% 16.74% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 260 339
10th Percentile £260 £263 £248
25th Percentile £363 £359 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £625 £596 £580
90th Percentile £783 £675 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £523
% change year-on-year - +0.38% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 10 7
10th Percentile £11.91 £10.99 £10.65
25th Percentile £13.18 £12.50 £11.63
Median hourly rate £14.00 £16.10 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -5.29% -5.56%
75th Percentile £45.78 £23.02 £18.75
90th Percentile £58.75 £27.92 £20.00
England median hourly rate £21.00 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -50.59% +54.55% +31.26%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham +5 2 £750 +130.77% 4
Worcestershire - 1 £500 -
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
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 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
1 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Infrastructure
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft