Cyber Essentials
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | - | - | 0.41% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 2.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £585 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £590 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £595 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | - | - | £590 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -12.59% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cambridge
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 Cambridge.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 17 | 31 | 47 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 9.60% | 17.71% | 19.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 15 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £231 | £280 | £159 |
| 25th Percentile | £250 | £363 | £289 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £410 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.73% | -13.68% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £414 | £458 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £447 | £610 | £601 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £360 | £410 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.20% | -11.35% | +8.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.80 | £41.25 | £16.77 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -56.85% | +145.97% | -61.89% |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £18.01 | £25.00 | £13.29 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.96% | +88.11% | -1.56% |
Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Cambridge.