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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 - 381
Rank change year-on-year - - +125
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 22 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% - 0.049%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.78% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 5
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £509 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £581 - -
90th Percentile £634 - £665
England median daily rate £538 £413 £625
% change year-on-year +30.30% -34.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £81.63 - -
25th Percentile £82.19 - -
Median hourly rate £88.75 - -
75th Percentile £94.69 - -
90th Percentile £94.88 - -
England median hourly rate £36.00 - £44.50

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,834 1,946 2,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.57% 14.33% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,880 1,186 1,834
10th Percentile £350 £300 £363
25th Percentile £419 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £662 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 29 59
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.19 £22.27 £19.69
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.05% +23.81% -10.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £83.20 £46.42
90th Percentile £76.67 £95.50 £61.75
England median hourly rate £23.60 £30.11 £25.00
% change year-on-year -21.62% +20.42% -23.08%

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 job vacancy trend in London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 - 4 £625 - 2
Cyber Essentials PLUS
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (63.64%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) Mimecast
3 6 (27.27%) AWS
3 6 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (18.18%) SaaS
5 3 (13.64%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (13.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 3 (13.64%) AWS Control Tower
5 3 (13.64%) Azure AKS
5 3 (13.64%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
5 3 (13.64%) IaaS
5 3 (13.64%) OCI
5 3 (13.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Electronics
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Senior
2 5 (22.73%) Architect
2 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Security Architect
2 5 (22.73%) Security Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Security Solutions Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (9.09%) Oracle Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Oracle Technical Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Security Specialist
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Oracle Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Oracle Technical Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) OAuth
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.55%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Cloud Native
1 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 2 (9.09%) NHS
2 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (45.45%) Data Loss Prevention
3 8 (36.36%) Incident Response
4 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
4 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 6 (27.27%) Migration
4 6 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (22.73%) Security Architecture
5 5 (22.73%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (22.73%) TOGAF
6 4 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
7 3 (13.64%) Architecture Governance
7 3 (13.64%) DevSecOps
7 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (13.64%) Information Security
7 3 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (13.64%) Risk Register
7 3 (13.64%) Security Operations
7 3 (13.64%) Validation
7 3 (13.64%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) CISSP
2 5 (22.73%) CISM
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) CEH
6 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (4.55%) CRISC
6 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (59.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (36.36%) GDPR
4 5 (22.73%) NCSC
4 5 (22.73%) NIST
5 4 (18.18%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.55%) GRC
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) AirWatch
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) CrowdStrike
2 7 (31.82%) Netskope
3 6 (27.27%) CyberArk
4 3 (13.64%) Oracle
5 2 (9.09%) Cisco
5 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 2 (9.09%) Splunk
6 1 (4.55%) Computacenter
6 1 (4.55%) SAP