Cyber Essentials Contracts in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 - 121
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.54% - 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.08% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £244 - £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £249 - £590
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.65%
75th Percentile £254 - £595
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - -
75th Percentile £34.16 - -
90th Percentile £34.58 - -
England median hourly rate £31.49 - £31.50
% change year-on-year - - +14.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 195 167 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.46% 8.69% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 87 169
10th Percentile £225 £240 £204
25th Percentile £315 £328 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £516 £600
90th Percentile £675 £593 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 37 22
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.35 £12.10
25th Percentile £17.40 £14.99 £13.29
Median hourly rate £31.64 £15.79 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year +100.38% -7.85% -36.54%
75th Percentile £87.75 £25.00 £58.72
90th Percentile £91.50 £65.25 £79.75
England median hourly rate £32.00 £24.31 £42.50
% change year-on-year +31.66% -42.81% +63.46%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
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 Essentials within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. 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
Hertfordshire - 6 £249 - 11
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Compliance Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Information Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Compliance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Compliance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) OWASP
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (33.33%) Line Management
5 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security Management
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
5 1 (16.67%) Security Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CISM
1 4 (66.67%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) OSCP
3 1 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (16.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (66.67%) GDPR
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) PCI DSS
3 3 (50.00%) COBIT
3 3 (50.00%) GRC
4 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (16.67%) NCSC