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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 359 406
Rank change year-on-year +23 +47 +177
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 37 33 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.61% 1.49% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 42
10th Percentile £460 £327 £438
25th Percentile £537 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £624 £575 £643
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -10.51% +22.38%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £794
90th Percentile £688 £644 £800
England median daily rate £575 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 2,298 2,219 3,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.16% 13.67% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,527 1,450 2,360
10th Percentile £325 £337 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 40 37
10th Percentile - £18.13 £16.75
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.35 £21.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.92 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.78% -20.23% +36.48%
75th Percentile £43.98 £50.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £72.56 £72.50
England median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -20.00% +52.17%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials 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 7 September 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 7 September 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 +8 3 £575 -16.67% 8
North London - 1 £650 - 1
South London - 1 £450 -
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) CMS
1 1 (2.70%) Confluence
1 1 (2.70%) Headless CMS
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (51.35%) Azure
2 14 (37.84%) AWS
3 8 (21.62%) GitHub
3 8 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (18.92%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (18.92%) GCP
5 2 (5.41%) Azure API Management
5 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.41%) Kong
5 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.70%) IaaS
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) DHCP
1 5 (13.51%) DNS
1 5 (13.51%) IP Telephony
1 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
1 5 (13.51%) VLAN
2 2 (5.41%) Network Security
3 1 (2.70%) Firewall
3 1 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.70%) NAS
3 1 (2.70%) SAN
3 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.70%) VPN
3 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Burp Suite
1 8 (21.62%) Metasploit
1 8 (21.62%) SonarQube
2 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 20 (54.05%) Social Skills
2 17 (45.95%) Public Sector
3 6 (16.22%) Local Government
4 4 (10.81%) Legal
5 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Finance
6 2 (5.41%) Military
7 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 8 (21.62%) Security Engineer
2 7 (18.92%) Lead
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Support Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Security Manager
6 3 (8.11%) PMO Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (2.70%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
8 1 (2.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) IT Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Operational Security Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Middleware
1 2 (5.41%) RESTful
2 1 (2.70%) ADO
2 1 (2.70%) Next.js
2 1 (2.70%) Node.js
2 1 (2.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) iPad
1 5 (13.51%) iPhone
1 5 (13.51%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (2.70%) CMDB
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) NHS
3 1 (2.70%) PKI
3 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Android
2 5 (13.51%) Mac OS
2 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
2 5 (13.51%) Windows 7
3 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (43.24%) Cloud Security
3 13 (35.14%) Data Protection
4 12 (32.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 11 (29.73%) CI/CD
5 11 (29.73%) Incident Response
5 11 (29.73%) Information Security
6 9 (24.32%) DevSecOps
6 9 (24.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 8 (21.62%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 8 (21.62%) OWASP
7 8 (21.62%) Penetration Testing
7 8 (21.62%) SDLC
7 8 (21.62%) Secure Coding
7 8 (21.62%) Security Testing
7 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (21.62%) Static Application Security Testing
8 7 (18.92%) Ethical Hacking
8 7 (18.92%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (18.92%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) Bash
1 8 (21.62%) Python
2 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) CISSP
2 8 (21.62%) CHECK Team Member
2 8 (21.62%) CREST Certified
2 8 (21.62%) OSCP
2 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) Tigerscheme
3 7 (18.92%) CISM
4 6 (16.22%) CISA
5 5 (13.51%) Degree
5 5 (13.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (8.11%) PMI Certification
6 3 (8.11%) PMP
7 2 (5.41%) CRISC
7 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
7 2 (5.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.70%) GIAC
8 1 (2.70%) ISSMP
8 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (43.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 16 (43.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (37.84%) GDPR
3 10 (27.03%) NCSC
3 10 (27.03%) NIST
4 3 (8.11%) PMO
4 3 (8.11%) QA
4 3 (8.11%) SLA
5 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
6 1 (2.70%) GRC
6 1 (2.70%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Nmap
2 4 (10.81%) CSIRT
2 4 (10.81%) QRadar
3 3 (8.11%) Terraform
4 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) Veracode
3 4 (10.81%) Fortinet
3 4 (10.81%) Splunk
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco
4 1 (2.70%) Dell
4 1 (2.70%) EMC
4 1 (2.70%) Google
4 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.70%) Proofpoint
4 1 (2.70%) SonicWALL
4 1 (2.70%) VMware