Cyber Essentials Contracts in England

Cyber Essentials
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 475 543 670
Rank change year-on-year +68 +127 -103
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 63 105 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.20% 1.57% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 76 83
10th Percentile £268 £345 £274
25th Percentile £394 £442 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £609 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £800 £715
UK median daily rate £500 £545 £494
% change year-on-year -8.26% +10.38% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £41.50
75th Percentile - - £43.95
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £41.50
% change year-on-year - - +97.62%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Cyber Essentials is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,229 6,686 9,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.18% 13.37% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,353 4,557 6,410
10th Percentile £300 £281 £289
25th Percentile £408 £411 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 213 258
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.04 £12.01
25th Percentile £13.18 £19.50 £16.31
Median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +37.61% +29.76%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.23 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.60 £79.95 £68.40
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.56% +27.27% +30.95%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
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 Cyber Essentials within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +83 29 £500 -14.89% 32
North of England +26 10 £375 -9.09% 34
South West +28 9 £575 +24.32% 14
North West +18 7 £400 -13.51% 16
South East +9 7 £170 -72.80% 29
Midlands +19 5 £675 +12.50% 18
Yorkshire +22 3 £250 -35.48% 15
West Midlands +13 3 £750 +25.00% 7
East Midlands - 2 £600 - 11
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.17%) Confluence
4 1 (1.59%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 19 (30.16%) Azure
2 15 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (14.29%) AWS
4 5 (7.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (7.94%) GCP
5 4 (6.35%) IaaS
5 4 (6.35%) PaaS
6 3 (4.76%) SaaS
7 2 (3.17%) GitHub
7 2 (3.17%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.59%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (1.59%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.59%) npm
8 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.59%) Serverless
8 1 (1.59%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.29%) Firewall
2 6 (9.52%) DNS
3 3 (4.76%) Intranet
3 3 (4.76%) LAN
3 3 (4.76%) Network Security
3 3 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.76%) VPN
4 2 (3.17%) DHCP
4 2 (3.17%) DMZ
4 2 (3.17%) SSL
4 2 (3.17%) WAN
5 1 (1.59%) AMQP
5 1 (1.59%) BGP
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.59%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.59%) OSPF
5 1 (1.59%) SNMP
5 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.59%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.59%) Power BI
3 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Bitbucket
1 2 (3.17%) GitLab
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.59%) Git
2 1 (1.59%) Mocha
General
1 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.87%) Finance
3 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.76%) Legal
6 2 (3.17%) Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Advertising
7 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Local Government
7 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Retail
7 1 (1.59%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (20.63%) Architect
2 6 (9.52%) Analyst
2 6 (9.52%) Security Analyst
2 6 (9.52%) Security Specialist
2 6 (9.52%) Senior
3 5 (7.94%) Consultant
3 5 (7.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (7.94%) Information Security Specialist
3 5 (7.94%) Information Specialist
3 5 (7.94%) IT Manager
3 5 (7.94%) Security Engineer
4 4 (6.35%) Security Consultant
4 4 (6.35%) Service Architect
5 3 (4.76%) Compliance Manager
5 3 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 3 (4.76%) Governance Manager
5 3 (4.76%) IT Governance Manager
5 3 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Security Architect
5 3 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.94%) SAML
2 4 (6.35%) OAuth
3 3 (4.76%) REST
4 2 (3.17%) OAuth2
4 2 (3.17%) OpenID
4 2 (3.17%) SPML
5 1 (1.59%) .NET
5 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.59%) EDI
5 1 (1.59%) Express.js
5 1 (1.59%) JSON
5 1 (1.59%) JWT
5 1 (1.59%) Kafka
5 1 (1.59%) NestJS
5 1 (1.59%) Node.js
5 1 (1.59%) OpenAPI
5 1 (1.59%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.59%) React
5 1 (1.59%) XML
5 1 (1.59%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 5 (7.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.76%) Wiki
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.17%) NHS
5 2 (3.17%) PKI
5 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.46%) Windows
2 5 (7.94%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.17%) Android
4 2 (3.17%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.17%) Linux
4 2 (3.17%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.59%) CentOS
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.27%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (33.33%) Information Security
3 15 (23.81%) Risk Management
4 11 (17.46%) ITIL
5 10 (15.87%) Project Management
6 9 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 9 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 9 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (14.29%) IT Strategy
6 9 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (12.70%) Information Management
7 8 (12.70%) Security Architecture
7 8 (12.70%) Service Management
8 7 (11.11%) Agile
8 7 (11.11%) Incident Response
9 6 (9.52%) Asset Management
9 6 (9.52%) Business Strategy
9 6 (9.52%) Migration
9 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.35%) Python
3 2 (3.17%) Bash
3 2 (3.17%) Go
3 2 (3.17%) SQL
4 1 (1.59%) C#
4 1 (1.59%) Java
4 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.59%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Degree
2 9 (14.29%) CISSP
2 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.52%) CISM
5 3 (4.76%) CISA
5 3 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.17%) ISACA
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.59%) CCNP
7 1 (1.59%) CEH
7 1 (1.59%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.59%) MCSE
7 1 (1.59%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (47.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (28.57%) NIST
3 16 (25.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (12.70%) GDPR
4 8 (12.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 7 (11.11%) IASME
6 4 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 4 (6.35%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.59%) GRC
7 1 (1.59%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (1.59%) NCSC
7 1 (1.59%) QA
7 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.94%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.76%) Docker
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (6.35%) Nessus
1 4 (6.35%) SCCM
2 3 (4.76%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.17%) Ansible
3 2 (3.17%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.17%) Terraform
4 1 (1.59%) Grafana
4 1 (1.59%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) Qualys
2 5 (7.94%) Rapid7
2 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
3 4 (6.35%) Cisco
4 3 (4.76%) Oracle
4 3 (4.76%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.76%) QinetiQ
5 2 (3.17%) Adobe
5 2 (3.17%) Apple
5 2 (3.17%) Atlassian
5 2 (3.17%) CA
5 2 (3.17%) F5
6 1 (1.59%) Aruba
6 1 (1.59%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.59%) Juniper
6 1 (1.59%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.59%) Splunk
6 1 (1.59%) VMware
6 1 (1.59%) Zscaler