Cyber Essentials Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 92 102
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 +32
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 12 6 14
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.87% 0.42% 0.76%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.92% 3.45% 5.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile - £152 -
25th Percentile £244 £206 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £309 £590
Median % change year-on-year +79.11% -47.67% +18.00%
75th Percentile £602 £423 £595
90th Percentile £660 £484 -
England median daily rate £568 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +12.94% -4.29% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 - £44.50
75th Percentile £34.16 - £46.75
90th Percentile £34.58 - £49.00
England median hourly rate £32.74 £78.40 £44.50
% change year-on-year -58.25% +76.18% +81.63%

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 244 174 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.59% 12.06% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 79 125
10th Percentile £218 £257 £279
25th Percentile £333 £317 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +12.68%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £603 £727
England median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 22 29
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.55 £13.23
25th Percentile £16.45 £17.17 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £30.67 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.07% -31.09% +147.22%
75th Percentile £87.75 £60.94 £49.00
90th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +54.64%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cyber Essentials.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cyber Essentials

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 16 October 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 +7 11 £401 -19.80% 7
Cambridgeshire - 1 £650 - 1
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Compliance Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Information Security Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 9 (75.00%) Information Security
3 8 (66.67%) Incident Response
4 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (41.67%) Cyber Intelligence
5 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (41.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 5 (41.67%) Threat Detection
5 5 (41.67%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (41.67%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 4 (33.33%) Information Assurance
6 4 (33.33%) OSINT
6 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
6 4 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
6 4 (33.33%) Time Management
7 3 (25.00%) Open Source
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CISM
1 5 (41.67%) CISSP
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) OSCP
3 1 (8.33%) CEH
3 1 (8.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (83.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 10 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (83.33%) NIST
2 9 (75.00%) GDPR
3 4 (33.33%) GRC
3 4 (33.33%) PCI DSS
4 3 (25.00%) COBIT
5 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (8.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Computacenter