Cyber Assurance Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Cyber Assurance
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - 103
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Assurance 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.38% - 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% - 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £193 - -
25th Percentile £205 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £346 - -
75th Percentile £480 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £510 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -18.40% +25.00% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Cyber Assurance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,321 906 1,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.57% 84.67% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 397 772
10th Percentile £200 £242 £225
25th Percentile £356 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -3.90% -
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £697 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 411 168 367
10th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £20.30 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +59.09% -
75th Percentile £60.96 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cyber Assurance job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cyber Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Assurance in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Assurance in the East of England

Cyber Assurance
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 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
Norfolk - 4 £201 - 8
Suffolk - 2 £480 -
Cyber Assurance
England

Cyber Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Information Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) NHS
2 2 (33.33%) Cybercrime
3 1 (16.67%) CSOC
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (33.33%) Data Security
3 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials