Cybercrime Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cybercrime 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.13% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £188 - -
25th Percentile £192 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 - -
75th Percentile £208 - -
90th Percentile £210 - -
England median daily rate £212 - £900
% change year-on-year - - +44.00%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Cybercrime falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 516 385 569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.66% 35.85% 33.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 187 308
10th Percentile £185 £249 £205
25th Percentile £335 £344 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +0.50% +10.56%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £560
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 47 90
10th Percentile £12.82 £30.07 £16.98
25th Percentile £15.72 £46.88 £35.54
Median hourly rate £38.75 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.59% +12.50% +2.13%
75th Percentile £68.75 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.56 £37.00 £37.95
% change year-on-year -22.80% -2.51% +51.81%

Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cybercrime job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cybercrime
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 Cybercrime within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 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 - 2 £201 - 2
Cybercrime
England

Cybercrime
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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
2 1 (50.00%) CSOC
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials