The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
48
-
71
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+23
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS
2
0
4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
67
108
116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
12.84%
13.97%
12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted
41
78
66
10th Percentile
£300
£259
£263
25th Percentile
£425
£264
£313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£438
£419
Median % change year-on-year
+14.29%
+4.48%
-11.84%
75th Percentile
£544
£538
£588
90th Percentile
£620
£733
£650
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
+8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted
5
10
8
10th Percentile
-
£11.06
£10.96
25th Percentile
-
£12.30
£12.13
Median hourly rate
£14.70
£13.50
£13.35
Median % change year-on-year
+8.89%
+1.12%
-33.25%
75th Percentile
£29.00
£14.00
£20.85
90th Percentile
£43.10
£55.00
£29.51
West Midlands median hourly rate
£28.18
£14.00
£16.10
% change year-on-year
+101.29%
-13.04%
-5.29%
Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Cyber Essentials PLUS Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in Birmingham.
Cyber Essentials PLUS Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Cyber Essentials PLUS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS.
Cyber Essentials PLUS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
