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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 83 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 14 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.63% 0.10% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.11% 0.61% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £198 - -
25th Percentile £353 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £675 £525 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £540 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -1.82% +7.32% -13.14%

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 341 164 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.35% 16.72% 8.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 84 87
10th Percentile £363 £250 £240
25th Percentile £468 £444 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £410
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +34.15% -6.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £531
90th Percentile £675 £675 £600
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 23 29
10th Percentile £13.86 £17.88 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.64 £28.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £18.50 £60.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year -69.17% +279.99% -10.34%
75th Percentile £29.98 £75.00 £25.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £86.40 £38.55
England median hourly rate £33.98 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -2.91% +55.56% -40.00%

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 20 May 2026.

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 20 May 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
Bedfordshire - 10 £563 - 1
Norfolk - 3 £198 - 1
Cambridgeshire - 1 £400 - 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Firewall
1 6 (42.86%) VPN
2 5 (35.71%) Network Security
3 1 (7.14%) VLAN
3 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) MSI
General
1 6 (42.86%) Aerospace
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Architect
2 4 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support
2 4 (28.57%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Junior
3 1 (7.14%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Operational Technology
2 5 (35.71%) SCADA
3 3 (21.43%) NHS
4 2 (14.29%) Cybercrime
5 1 (7.14%) CSOC
5 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Linux
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 6 (42.86%) ITSM
2 6 (42.86%) Network Segmentation
2 6 (42.86%) Service Management
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (35.71%) Business Continuity
3 5 (35.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (35.71%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (35.71%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (35.71%) Roadmaps
3 5 (35.71%) Technology Roadmap
3 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
3 5 (35.71%) Zero Trust
4 4 (28.57%) IT Strategy
4 4 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (21.43%) Cyber Assurance
5 3 (21.43%) Data Security
6 2 (14.29%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CCNA
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (7.14%) MCSE
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (35.71%) Def Stans
1 5 (35.71%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) VMware
2 6 (42.86%) ServiceNow
3 5 (35.71%) Barracuda Networks
3 5 (35.71%) Cisco
3 5 (35.71%) Palo Alto
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.14%) Juniper