CHECK Team Member Contract Job Trends in England

CHECK Team Member (CTM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CHECK Team Member qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 507 555
Rank change year-on-year 0 +48 -
Contract jobs citing CHECK Team Member 38 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.028% 0.024%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.36% 0.092% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 3 5
10th Percentile £590 £605 -
25th Percentile - £631 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% -
75th Percentile - £731 £713
90th Percentile £676 £735 £743
UK median daily rate £600 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CHECK Team Member falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,636 8,742 11,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.90% 30.36% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,952 5,392 7,151
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £419 £422 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 906 412 673
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.76 £17.15
25th Percentile £19.31 £25.06 £26.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.71 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.16% -11.02% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £67.81 £67.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £75.39 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

CHECK Team Member
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CHECK Team Member job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CHECK Team Member.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CHECK Team Member

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CHECK Team Member in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CHECK Team Member in England

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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 CHECK Team Member within the England region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
London +16 27 £600 -14.29%
South East - 8 £484 - 3
North of England - 3 £700 - 1
North East - 3 £700 - 1
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CHECK Team Member
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:

Applications
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (31.58%) AWS
2 10 (26.32%) Azure
3 3 (7.89%) GCP
4 2 (5.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) Firewall
2 8 (21.05%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 11 (28.95%) Burp Suite
1 11 (28.95%) Metasploit
2 2 (5.26%) SonarQube
General
1 36 (94.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (94.74%) Penetration Tester
1 36 (94.74%) Tester
2 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
3 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Tester
3 1 (2.63%) Security Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 33 (86.84%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (21.05%) Cloud Security
3 8 (21.05%) Regulatory Compliance
4 5 (13.16%) Business Development
4 5 (13.16%) Commercial Awareness
4 5 (13.16%) Information Security
4 5 (13.16%) Line Management
4 5 (13.16%) Security Management
5 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 4 (10.53%) Security Testing
6 3 (7.89%) Coaching
6 3 (7.89%) OWASP
7 2 (5.26%) Data Protection
7 2 (5.26%) DevSecOps
7 2 (5.26%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (5.26%) Static Application Security Testing
7 2 (5.26%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (5.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) Bash
1 2 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (94.74%) SC Cleared
1 36 (94.74%) Security Cleared
2 26 (68.42%) CHECK Team Leader
3 12 (31.58%) CREST Certified
4 6 (15.79%) Cyber Scheme
4 6 (15.79%) Degree
4 6 (15.79%) Postgraduate
5 2 (5.26%) OSCP
5 2 (5.26%) Tigerscheme
6 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (21.05%) GDPR
2 8 (21.05%) PCI DSS
3 5 (13.16%) PMO
3 5 (13.16%) QA
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (5.26%) NCSC
5 1 (2.63%) NIST
Systems Management
1 11 (28.95%) Nmap
2 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.63%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (5.26%) Veracode