Cyber Essentials PLUS Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Cyber Essentials PLUS
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.31% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
North West median daily rate £702 - £350

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 36 22 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 11.21% 13.92% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 8
10th Percentile £316 £146 -
25th Percentile £393 £150 £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £215 £162
Median % change year-on-year +91.86% +33.13% -60.85%
75th Percentile £510 £475 £450
90th Percentile £675 £506 £510
North West median daily rate £475 £468 £500
% change year-on-year +1.50% -6.40% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile - - £10.57
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.38 - £14.50
75th Percentile - - £26.16
90th Percentile - - £34.21
North West median hourly rate £60.50 £32.00 £12.84
% change year-on-year +89.06% +149.22% -66.69%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Cyber Essentials PLUS job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Liverpool - 1 £750 -
Cyber Essentials PLUS
North West

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

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GRC