The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
129
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London
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 the City of London.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
358
342
480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
19.14%
16.50%
14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted
259
227
358
10th Percentile
£355
£363
£400
25th Percentile
£422
£463
£500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£528
£575
£600
Median % change year-on-year
-8.26%
-4.17%
+2.56%
75th Percentile
£700
£675
£713
90th Percentile
£815
£756
£825
Central London median daily rate
£538
£551
£600
% change year-on-year
-2.41%
-8.21%
+4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted
3
2
0
10th Percentile
£28.05
£16.60
-
25th Percentile
£37.13
£17.50
-
Median hourly rate
£54.50
£20.00
-
Median % change year-on-year
+172.50%
-
-
75th Percentile
£72.75
£22.50
-
90th Percentile
£82.35
£23.40
-
Central London median hourly rate
£34.48
£23.80
-
% change year-on-year
+44.87%
-
-
Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Cyber Essentials PLUS Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the City of London.
Cyber Essentials PLUS Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 11 August 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 City of London region with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS.
Cyber Essentials PLUS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:
