Cyber Essentials Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cyber Essentials
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 46 62
Rank change year-on-year -34 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 1 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.098% 1.05% 0.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.64% 6.00% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £283 £460
25th Percentile £331 £294 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £325 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -45.83% -
75th Percentile £344 £344 -
90th Percentile - £348 -
England median daily rate £530 £583 £575
% change year-on-year -9.01% +1.30% +15.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 156 100 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.28% 17.54% 8.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 55 48
10th Percentile £320 £170 £200
25th Percentile £387 £258 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £367 £400
Median % change year-on-year +21.80% -8.25% +0.95%
75th Percentile £556 £484 £501
90th Percentile £647 £545 £600
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -4.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 8
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.50 £8.09
25th Percentile £17.67 £16.88 £18.49
Median hourly rate £24.16 £20.60 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +17.26% -20.05% +52.14%
75th Percentile £25.50 £25.19 £33.69
90th Percentile £27.15 £29.13 £35.00
England median hourly rate £25.77 £32.66 £25.57
% change year-on-year -21.08% +27.70% -31.81%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Cyber Essentials
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 Cyber Essentials within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Nottinghamshire -9 1 £338 -3.57%
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
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%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001