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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 344 386
Rank change year-on-year +14 +42 +164
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 49 31 43
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.36% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.01% 1.52% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 13 35
10th Percentile £400 £425 £415
25th Percentile £523 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £611 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% -8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £775
90th Percentile £688 £706 £800
England median daily rate £553 £511 £550
% change year-on-year +8.18% -7.06% +18.92%
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 £32.74 £78.40 £44.50
% change year-on-year -58.25% +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 2,436 2,034 2,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.91% 13.10% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 1,257 2,126
10th Percentile £325 £319 £363
25th Percentile £413 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -0.44%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £512 £540
% change year-on-year -2.39% -5.14% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 24 43
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.30 £17.11
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.26 £21.13
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £44.75 £60.85 £49.92
90th Percentile £67.00 £93.21 £67.00
England median hourly rate £30.75 £31.37 £37.50
% change year-on-year -1.99% -16.35% +44.23%

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 3 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 3 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 +7 9 £555 +5.71% 11
North London - 1 £650 - 1
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 1 (2.04%) CMS
1 1 (2.04%) Confluence
1 1 (2.04%) Headless CMS
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (55.10%) Azure
2 19 (38.78%) AWS
3 13 (26.53%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (16.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (16.33%) GitHub
5 7 (14.29%) GCP
6 6 (12.24%) Entra ID
7 3 (6.12%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (6.12%) SaaS
8 2 (4.08%) Azure API Management
8 2 (4.08%) IaaS
8 2 (4.08%) Kong
8 2 (4.08%) PaaS
9 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
9 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
9 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) DHCP
1 5 (10.20%) DNS
1 5 (10.20%) IP Telephony
1 5 (10.20%) Network Security
1 5 (10.20%) TCP/IP
1 5 (10.20%) VLAN
2 2 (4.08%) Firewall
3 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Burp Suite
1 8 (16.33%) Metasploit
1 8 (16.33%) SonarQube
2 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 24 (48.98%) Social Skills
2 18 (36.73%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.24%) Local Government
4 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Finance
4 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Legal
6 2 (4.08%) Military
7 1 (2.04%) Digital Health
7 1 (2.04%) Electronics
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.04%) Marketing
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (20.41%) Analyst
2 9 (18.37%) Security Engineer
3 8 (16.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 8 (16.33%) Lead
4 7 (14.29%) Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Security Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Security Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 4 (8.16%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.12%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) PMO Manager
7 3 (6.12%) Security Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Security Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (2.04%) Developer
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%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (8.16%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (4.08%) NHS
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%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
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%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (67.35%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (42.86%) Cloud Security
3 13 (26.53%) Data Protection
3 13 (26.53%) Incident Response
4 12 (24.49%) Information Security
5 11 (22.45%) CI/CD
5 11 (22.45%) DevSecOps
5 11 (22.45%) Infrastructure as Code
6 10 (20.41%) Penetration Testing
6 10 (20.41%) Security Operations
6 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (20.41%) Threat Modelling
7 9 (18.37%) SIEM
7 9 (18.37%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 8 (16.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 8 (16.33%) OWASP
8 8 (16.33%) SDLC
8 8 (16.33%) Secure Coding
8 8 (16.33%) Security Testing
8 8 (16.33%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) Bash
1 8 (16.33%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) CISSP
2 12 (24.49%) SC Cleared
2 12 (24.49%) Security Cleared
3 9 (18.37%) CISM
4 8 (16.33%) CHECK Team Member
4 8 (16.33%) CREST Certified
4 8 (16.33%) Degree
4 8 (16.33%) OSCP
4 8 (16.33%) Tigerscheme
5 5 (10.20%) CISA
5 5 (10.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (6.12%) CompTIA Security+
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%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.04%) GIAC
8 1 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (2.04%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (48.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (38.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 18 (36.73%) GDPR
4 17 (34.69%) NIST
5 13 (26.53%) 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%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
8 1 (2.04%) GRC
8 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 10 (20.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Nmap
2 4 (8.16%) CSIRT
2 4 (8.16%) QRadar
3 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.08%) Terraform
5 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (51.02%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.33%) Veracode
3 6 (12.24%) Splunk
4 4 (8.16%) Fortinet
5 3 (6.12%) CyberArk
6 2 (4.08%) Cisco
6 2 (4.08%) Google
6 2 (4.08%) LogRhythm
6 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.04%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.04%) Computacenter
7 1 (2.04%) Proofpoint
7 1 (2.04%) SAP
7 1 (2.04%) Tenable