Cyber Essentials PLUS Contracts in the North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 155 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.036% 0.093% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.21% 0.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £588 £475
% change year-on-year -14.89% +23.68% -17.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 476 470 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 17.10% 14.59% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 294 387
10th Percentile £325 £288 £206
25th Percentile £425 £393 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +2.70% +2.78%
75th Percentile £598 £588 £591
90th Percentile £694 £650 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 34 39
10th Percentile - £19.33 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £29.30 £11.75
Median hourly rate £12.42 £37.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.88% +102.70% +21.31%
75th Percentile £26.66 £47.75 £43.38
90th Percentile £43.75 £64.15 £59.00
England median hourly rate £20.55 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -51.64% +54.55% +31.26%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Manchester +15 1 £350 - 4
Cyber Essentials PLUS
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft