Cyber Essentials Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Cyber Essentials
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 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 45 52 61
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 +13
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 10 1 12
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.16% 0.17% 1.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.76% 2.00% 11.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £244 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £249 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.20% - -
75th Percentile £553 £525 -
90th Percentile £611 - -
East of England median daily rate £249 £309 £590
% change year-on-year -19.35% -47.67% +18.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 - £44.50
75th Percentile £34.16 - £46.75
90th Percentile £34.58 - £49.00
East of England median hourly rate £31.49 - £44.50

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 85 50 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 18.40% 8.59% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 28 59
10th Percentile £244 £255 £273
25th Percentile £400 £305 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £364 £500
Median % change year-on-year +45.15% -27.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £475 £688
90th Percentile £655 £591 £840
East of England median daily rate £500 £433 £500
% change year-on-year +15.61% -13.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 16
10th Percentile £16.22 £12.74 £20.50
25th Percentile £16.69 £13.71 £37.06
Median hourly rate £17.60 £15.73 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.86% -64.65% +64.81%
75th Percentile £22.75 £20.85 £47.31
90th Percentile £34.30 £25.00 £56.38
East of England median hourly rate £31.49 £25.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +25.96% -43.82% +148.95%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in Hertfordshire

Cyber Essentials
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cyber Essentials.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Watford - 5 £249 - 2
Hatfield -9 3 £602 +20.30% 1
Cyber Essentials
East of England

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Compliance Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (40.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 8 (80.00%) Information Security
3 7 (70.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (40.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 3 (30.00%) Information Assurance
6 3 (30.00%) OSINT
6 3 (30.00%) OWASP
6 3 (30.00%) Threat Analysis
6 3 (30.00%) Threat Detection
6 3 (30.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) CISM
1 5 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) OSCP
4 1 (10.00%) CEH
4 1 (10.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 8 (80.00%) GDPR
2 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (80.00%) NIST
3 4 (40.00%) PCI DSS
4 3 (30.00%) COBIT
4 3 (30.00%) GRC
5 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (10.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Computacenter