Computer Emergency Response Teams Contract Job Trends in England

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Computer Emergency Response Teams skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 - 579
Rank change year-on-year - - +175
Contract jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams 9 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.031% - 0.013%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.19% - 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £390 - -
25th Percentile £396 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £511 - -
90th Percentile £621 - -
UK median daily rate £425 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £49.00
UK median hourly rate - - £49.00
% change year-on-year - - -24.90%

All Systems Management Skills
England

Computer Emergency Response Teams falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,695 4,427 5,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.19% 14.13% 14.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,103 2,898 4,241
10th Percentile £300 £315 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 51 157
10th Percentile £18.76 £19.95 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.34 £23.80 £25.71
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -23.47% +96.00%
75th Percentile £64.31 £61.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £75.00 £78.30
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £36.17 £50.00
% change year-on-year -17.05% -27.67% +100.00%

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Emergency Response Teams relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Computer Emergency Response Teams job vacancy trend in England

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Emergency Response Teams.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Computer Emergency Response Teams

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams in England over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Emergency Response Teams in England

Computer Emergency Response Teams
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 Computer Emergency Response Teams within the England region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
South East - 6 £395 - 1
London - 3 £556 -
Computer Emergency Response Teams
UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams
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 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 5 (55.56%) Legal
2 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Technology Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
1 5 (55.56%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
4 1 (11.11%) SCADA
4 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Incident Response
1 7 (77.78%) Security Operations
1 7 (77.78%) SIEM
2 5 (55.56%) Behavioural Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Data Privacy
2 5 (55.56%) Forensic Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Malware Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 5 (55.56%) Task Automation
2 5 (55.56%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) SOAR
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (11.11%) OWASP
5 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
1 5 (55.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CISSP
2 6 (66.67%) GIAC
3 5 (55.56%) CFCE
3 5 (55.56%) GCFA
3 5 (55.56%) GCIA
3 5 (55.56%) GCIH
4 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) CEH
6 1 (11.11%) CISM
6 1 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (11.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) NIST
2 5 (55.56%) GDPR
2 5 (55.56%) HIPAA
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (22.22%) QA
4 1 (11.11%) COBIT
4 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (11.11%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) ArcSight
1 5 (55.56%) LogRhythm
1 5 (55.56%) Splunk
2 4 (44.44%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco