CESG Contract Job Trends in England

Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CESG in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CESG over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 479 552
Rank change year-on-year -58 +73 +145
Contract jobs citing CESG 3 13 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.049% 0.014%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.027% 0.15% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -17.86% +3.70%
UK median daily rate - £575 £700
% change year-on-year - -17.86% +13.91%

All Generic Skills
England

CESG 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,299 8,760 11,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.81% 32.69% 31.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,223 5,266 7,710
10th Percentile £282 £269 £256
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £538
% change year-on-year -5.66% -1.40% -4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 248 635
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.39 £14.27
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £18.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.79 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.60% +6.44% +57.88%
75th Percentile £63.03 £68.19 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.74 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.54 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.31% - +55.66%

CESG
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CESG job vacancy trend in England

CESG
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CESG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CESG

CESG
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CESG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CESG

CESG
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CESG within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 1
CESG
UK

CESG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) BIG-IP
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet VPN
1 2 (66.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) IPsec
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) VXLAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) PKI
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Boundary Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (66.67%) NsoIT
2 2 (66.67%) SABSA
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (66.67%) CCDP
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE
2 2 (66.67%) CCIE Security
2 2 (66.67%) CHECK Team Leader
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) CSSLP
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) JSP 440
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
1 2 (66.67%) RMADS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) F5
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Netskope
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 2 (66.67%) Zscaler