CREST Certified Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

CREST Certification
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CREST Certified 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.043% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £368 - -
25th Percentile £395 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile £528 - -
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,419 752 848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.46% 30.74% 31.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 467 533
10th Percentile £313 £168 £288
25th Percentile £404 £324 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £502
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -7.78% -4.48%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £624
90th Percentile £656 £650 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 96 53
10th Percentile £16.89 £17.94 £13.05
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.87 £15.10
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% +4.01% -11.27%
75th Percentile £67.19 £31.00 £51.91
90th Percentile £74.00 £50.00 £58.25
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -41.51% -21.82%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in the Midlands

CREST Certified
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CREST Certified.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CREST Certified

CREST Certified
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
East Midlands - 1 £533 -
West Midlands - 1 £400 - 2
CREST Certified
England

CREST Certified
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational Performance Tester
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Social Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ECSA
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Scheme
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft