ECSA Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for ECSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ECSA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.090% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £529 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 - -
75th Percentile £536 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £533 £500 £400
% change year-on-year +6.50% +25.00% -5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

ECSA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 243 161 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 21.85% 26.57% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 94 152
10th Percentile £256 £200 £169
25th Percentile £393 £261 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £361
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +24.57% -31.19%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £568
90th Percentile £613 £696 £673
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 19 38
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.12 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £15.29
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.77 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.90% -6.18% -7.71%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.71 £38.31
90th Percentile £30.60 £25.15 £51.91
England median hourly rate £48.28 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +48.54% -18.75% -27.27%

ECSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

ECSA job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

ECSA
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 ECSA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 June 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 £533 -
ECSA
England

ECSA
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft