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 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 475 555
Rank change year-on-year -82 +80 +136
Contract jobs citing CESG 5 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.014% 0.039% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.042% 0.12% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% -
UK median daily rate - £525 £700
% change year-on-year - -25.00% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £24.46 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.46 - -

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 11,770 8,574 11,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.93% 33.41% 30.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,485 5,282 7,677
10th Percentile £280 £275 £256
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £668 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 583 257 759
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.18 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.82 £24.18 £16.71
Median hourly rate £32.50 £37.00 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% +15.21% +42.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.15 £83.28 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £33.27 £31.50
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.62% +40.09%

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 February 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
South East -28 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 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 3 (60.00%) BGP
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) MPLS
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
1 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 2 (40.00%) BIG-IP
2 2 (40.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 2 (40.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 2 (40.00%) IPsec
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (40.00%) VXLAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance Officer
1 1 (20.00%) Information Officer
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Officer
1 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (40.00%) PKI
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (60.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (40.00%) Boundary Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) NsoIT
2 2 (40.00%) SABSA
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (60.00%) CCIE
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CCDP
3 2 (40.00%) CCIE Security
3 2 (40.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 2 (40.00%) CREST Certified
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) CISMP
4 1 (20.00%) CSSLP
4 1 (20.00%) GIAC
4 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NCSC
1 3 (60.00%) RMADS
2 2 (40.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (20.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (60.00%) Juniper
1 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (40.00%) F5
2 2 (40.00%) Netskope
2 2 (40.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (20.00%) Arista
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint