Cyber Essentials Contract Job Trends in London

Cyber Essentials
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 348 388
Rank change year-on-year +8 +40 +161
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 49 30 40
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.35% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.95% 1.43% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 12 32
10th Percentile £400 £324 £400
25th Percentile £486 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £650 £694 £766
90th Percentile £696 £706 £798
England median daily rate £550 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £81.63 £70.24 -
25th Percentile £82.19 £72.40 -
Median hourly rate £88.75 £78.40 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.20% - -
75th Percentile £94.69 £82.00 -
90th Percentile £94.88 £82.72 -
England median hourly rate £36.00 £78.40 £44.50
% change year-on-year -54.08% +76.18% +81.63%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,516 2,093 2,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.00% 13.24% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,664 1,290 2,082
10th Percentile £325 £308 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -1.97%
75th Percentile £650 £668 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £790
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 29 46
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.60 £17.51
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.75 £21.63
Median hourly rate £31.50 £36.80 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +13.23% +14.04%
75th Percentile £44.75 £65.00 £50.33
90th Percentile £69.94 £95.50 £66.25
England median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year -9.97% -25.64% +73.33%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in London

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in London over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in London

Cyber Essentials
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Cyber Essentials
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 24 November 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
Central London +15 14 £550 +4.76% 6
North London - 1 £650 -
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
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 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) CMS
2 1 (2.04%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) Headless CMS
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (53.06%) Azure
2 16 (32.65%) AWS
2 16 (32.65%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (16.33%) Entra ID
4 7 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (8.16%) GitHub
5 4 (8.16%) SaaS
6 3 (6.12%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (6.12%) GCP
6 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (4.08%) Azure API Management
7 2 (4.08%) IaaS
7 2 (4.08%) Kong
7 2 (4.08%) PaaS
8 1 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.04%) Google Analytics
8 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) DHCP
1 8 (16.33%) DNS
2 5 (10.20%) Firewall
2 5 (10.20%) IP Telephony
2 5 (10.20%) Network Security
2 5 (10.20%) TCP/IP
2 5 (10.20%) VLAN
3 4 (8.16%) VPN
4 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Burp Suite
1 4 (8.16%) Metasploit
1 4 (8.16%) SonarQube
2 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 22 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.61%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.24%) Local Government
4 5 (10.20%) Finance
5 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.12%) Legal
7 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Digital Health
8 1 (2.04%) Electronics
8 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.04%) Marketing
8 1 (2.04%) Military
8 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (20.41%) Analyst
2 8 (16.33%) Lead
3 7 (14.29%) Architect
3 7 (14.29%) Senior
4 5 (10.20%) Security Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Security Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (10.20%) Support Analyst
5 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Security Architect
6 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (6.12%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) PMO Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Middleware
1 2 (4.08%) RESTful
2 1 (2.04%) ADO
2 1 (2.04%) Next.js
2 1 (2.04%) Node.js
2 1 (2.04%) OAuth
2 1 (2.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (10.20%) iPad
1 5 (10.20%) iPhone
1 5 (10.20%) Security Posture
1 5 (10.20%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (6.12%) NHS
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.04%) CMDB
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Windows
2 5 (10.20%) Android
2 5 (10.20%) Mac OS
2 5 (10.20%) Windows 10
2 5 (10.20%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.04%) Linux
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (65.31%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (34.69%) Cloud Security
3 14 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (22.45%) Incident Response
4 11 (22.45%) Information Security
5 8 (16.33%) Data Protection
5 8 (16.33%) Risk Management
5 8 (16.33%) Security Operations
5 8 (16.33%) SIEM
5 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (14.29%) Change Management
6 7 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 7 (14.29%) DevSecOps
6 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (14.29%) SABSA
6 7 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 6 (12.24%) Computer Science
7 6 (12.24%) Risk Register
7 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.16%) Bash
1 4 (8.16%) Python
2 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.08%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (30.61%) CISSP
2 10 (20.41%) CISM
3 8 (16.33%) Degree
3 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.20%) CISA
4 5 (10.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (8.16%) CHECK Team Member
5 4 (8.16%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (8.16%) CREST Certified
5 4 (8.16%) OSCP
5 4 (8.16%) Tigerscheme
6 3 (6.12%) PMI Certification
6 3 (6.12%) PMP
7 2 (4.08%) CISMP
7 2 (4.08%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (4.08%) CRISC
7 2 (4.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (51.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (42.86%) GDPR
3 17 (34.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 16 (32.65%) NIST
5 10 (20.41%) NCSC
6 3 (6.12%) PCI DSS
6 3 (6.12%) PMO
6 3 (6.12%) QA
6 3 (6.12%) SLA
7 2 (4.08%) GRC
7 2 (4.08%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
8 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 12 (24.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) CSIRT
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (8.16%) Nmap
1 4 (8.16%) QRadar
2 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.12%) Terraform
3 1 (2.04%) Ansible
3 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (55.10%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) Splunk
3 4 (8.16%) Fortinet
3 4 (8.16%) Veracode
4 3 (6.12%) CyberArk
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco
5 2 (4.08%) Google
5 2 (4.08%) LogRhythm
5 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.04%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.04%) Computacenter
6 1 (2.04%) Datto
6 1 (2.04%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.04%) SAP
6 1 (2.04%) Tenable
6 1 (2.04%) Veeam