Cyber Essentials Contract Job Trends in Abingdon

Cyber Essentials
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Abingdon requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 23.81% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 38.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £625 -
% change year-on-year -32.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Abingdon

Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Abingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon 61.90% 20.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £409 - -
25th Percentile £411 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £363 £450
% change year-on-year +17.24% -19.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £29.60 - -
25th Percentile £43.52 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £47.54 £46.30 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% -28.77% +160.00%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in Abingdon

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) IaaS
2 4 (80.00%) PaaS
3 2 (40.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 5 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (40.00%) SCADA
4 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) OWASP
1 5 (100.00%) RBAC
1 5 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 5 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Change Control
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) ITSM
3 3 (60.00%) SABSA
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (60.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CRISC
2 3 (60.00%) GIAC
2 3 (60.00%) GSEC
2 3 (60.00%) SANS
2 3 (60.00%) SSCP
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO 31000
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft