Cyber Essentials PLUS Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Cyber Essentials PLUS
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 2.18% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £290 - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
South West median daily rate £475 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Gloucestershire

Cyber Essentials PLUS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 67 41 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 20.87% 9.88% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 12 22
10th Percentile £225 £308 £333
25th Percentile £350 £395 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -12.50% +22.22%
75th Percentile £688 £599 £641
90th Percentile £700 £636 £676
South West median daily rate £522 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.30% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 10
10th Percentile - - £65.03
25th Percentile - £28.00 £77.10
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -34.05% +42.94%
75th Percentile - £70.00 -
90th Percentile - - £83.56
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £73.31
% change year-on-year -52.14% -4.52% +35.76%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Cyber Essentials PLUS job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cyber Essentials PLUS

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in Gloucestershire

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Cheltenham - 4 £475 - 1
Gloucester - 3 £350 -
Cyber Essentials PLUS
South West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Aviation
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) IAM Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) IAM Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) LDAP
1 4 (57.14%) OpenID
1 4 (57.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Web SSO
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (100.00%) GDPR
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) PingFederate
1 4 (57.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Ping Identity
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft