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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 513 509
Rank change year-on-year -111 -4 +95
Contract jobs citing CESG 5 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.011% 0.018% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.033% 0.051% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £483 -
25th Percentile £638 £513 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% +23.81%
75th Percentile £713 £615 £675
90th Percentile - £632 -
UK median daily rate £675 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% +18.18%

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 15,328 9,824 10,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.56% 35.66% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,362 6,202 6,529
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 954 497 506
10th Percentile £14.72 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £19.53
Median hourly rate £40.48 £32.77 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -34.46% +9.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.72 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +36.67% -33.33% +2.86%

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 26 August 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 West -43 2 - -
London - 2 - -
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (20.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) OCI
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) iPaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) ERP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) ERP
4 2 (40.00%) Application Security
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (40.00%) RBAC
4 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) SIEM
4 2 (40.00%) Use Case
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISM
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) CEH
2 2 (40.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (40.00%) CISA
2 2 (40.00%) CISMP
2 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) ISACA
2 2 (40.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (80.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (40.00%) HIPAA
3 2 (40.00%) NCSC
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
4 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Workday