Cyber Essentials PLUS Contract Job Trends in London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	412	351	388
Rank change year-on-year	-61	+37	+32
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS	47	20	5
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.23%	0.15%	0.031%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	1.17%	0.84%	0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted	36	14	3
10^th Percentile	£450	£520	-
25^th Percentile	£463	£554	£475
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£563	£649	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-13.33%	+29.80%	-20.00%
75^th Percentile	£650	£684	£569
90^th Percentile	£738	£688	£595
England median daily rate	£513	£543	£500
% change year-on-year	-5.53%	+8.50%	-9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	2	0
Median hourly rate	-	£88.75	-
England median hourly rate	£71.00	£32.74	-
% change year-on-year	+116.89%	-	-

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	4,004	2,393	2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	19.53%	17.87%	13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,713	1,593	1,341
10^th Percentile	£350	£325	£325
25^th Percentile	£435	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£535	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+1.90%	-4.55%	-3.08%
75^th Percentile	£638	£650	£675
90^th Percentile	£738	£750	£800
England median daily rate	£513	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	+2.50%	-2.44%	-5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	49	55	36
10^th Percentile	£14.76	£23.71	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£21.33	£25.15	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£27.50	£34.00	£33.07
Median % change year-on-year	-19.12%	+2.81%	+1.75%
75^th Percentile	£41.44	£44.75	£52.56
90^th Percentile	£59.15	£68.00	£80.98
England median hourly rate	£31.46	£32.50	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-3.20%	-7.14%	-6.67%

Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cyber Essentials PLUS Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Cyber Essentials PLUS Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in London

Cyber Essentials PLUS Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. 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
Central London	-18	4	£725	+29.46%	15
West London	-	3	£450	-	2
Cyber Essentials PLUS England

Cyber Essentials PLUS Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Cyber Essentials PLUS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cyber Essentials	100.0%	47
2	Cybersecurity	78.7%	37
3	Microsoft	63.8%	30
4	Azure	57.4%	27
5	ISO/IEC 27001	53.2%	25
6	Microsoft 365	42.6%	20
7	Entra ID	31.9%	15
8	Active Directory	25.5%	12
8	Stakeholder Engagement	25.5%	12
10	Incident Response	23.4%	11
10	Project Delivery	23.4%	11
10	SC Cleared	23.4%	11
10	Security Cleared	23.4%	11
10	Stakeholder Management	23.4%	11
10	Windows	23.4%	11
16	Enterprise Architecture	21.3%	10
16	Vulnerability Management	21.3%	10
18	CISSP	19.1%	9
18	GDPR	19.1%	9
18	Microsoft Intune	19.1%	9
21	CISM	17.0%	8
21	Cloud Security	17.0%	8
21	GRC	17.0%	8
21	PCI DSS	17.0%	8
21	ServiceNow	17.0%	8
21	Technical Leadership	17.0%	8
27	Information Security	14.9%	7
27	Microsoft Purview	14.9%	7
27	NCSC	14.9%	7
27	Network Security	14.9%	7

Cyber Essentials PLUS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cyber Essentials	100.0%	47
2	ISO/IEC 27001	53.2%	25
3	GDPR	19.1%	9
4	GRC	17.0%	8
4	PCI DSS	17.0%	8
6	NCSC	14.9%	7
6	NIST	14.9%	7
8	PMO	12.8%	6
9	SLA	8.5%	4
10	Actionable Recommendations	4.3%	2
10	ISO/IEC 27005	4.3%	2
12	Government Security Classifications	2.1%	1
12	JSP 440	2.1%	1