CESG Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CESG in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CESG over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CESG 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £575 £700
% change year-on-year - -17.86% +5.66%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

CESG falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 311 146 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 33.73% 25.98% 20.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 71 113
10th Percentile £185 £180 £188
25th Percentile £333 £275 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £445 £445
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% - -1.11%
75th Percentile £504 £541 £550
90th Percentile £621 £575 £673
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 7
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.57 £15.90
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.56 £16.67
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.43 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year -19.46% +30.57% +2.19%
75th Percentile £25.15 £37.57 £22.12
90th Percentile £25.83 £48.03 £36.64
England median hourly rate £28.06 £37.25 £37.75
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.32% +58.68%

CESG
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CESG relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

CESG job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CESG
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CESG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CESG

CESG
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CESG within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 January 2026. 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
Leicestershire - 1 - - 1
CESG
England

CESG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree