Cyber Essentials Contract Job Trends in Hatfield

Cyber Essentials
Hertfordshire > Hatfield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hatfield requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 10 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hatfield 4.48% 2.94% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.11% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £563 - -
25th Percentile £577 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £602 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.30% - -
75th Percentile £626 £525 -
90th Percentile £640 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £249 £500 -
% change year-on-year -50.20% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hatfield

Cyber Essentials 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 Hatfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 27 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hatfield 40.30% 26.47% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 3
10th Percentile £171 £174 £402
25th Percentile £479 £224 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £326 £420
Median % change year-on-year +59.39% -22.32% -30.00%
75th Percentile £547 £435 £540
90th Percentile £628 £489 £606
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £364 £500
% change year-on-year +45.15% -27.25% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 0
10th Percentile £16.06 £12.62 -
25th Percentile £16.45 £13.00 -
Median hourly rate £16.92 £15.34 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.30% - -
75th Percentile £17.80 £16.26 -
90th Percentile £17.96 £16.52 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £17.60 £15.73 £44.50
% change year-on-year +11.86% -64.65% +64.81%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in Hatfield

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hatfield citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hatfield 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) OSINT
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Success Factor
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Computacenter