Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 137 | 153 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +16 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | - | 0.037% | 0.065% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.22% | 0.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £350 | - |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -9.09% | +29.41% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West
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 the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 274 | 456 | 452 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 13.93% | 17.05% | 14.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 191 | 253 | 288 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £325 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £425 | £390 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +5.26% | +1.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £582 | £600 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £694 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 71 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | - | £22.06 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.93 | £10.95 | £29.61 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.88 | £12.84 | £38.55 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +148.29% | -66.69% | +40.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.44 | £26.66 | £47.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £84.70 | £43.75 | £76.10 |
| England median hourly rate | £35.00 | £22.50 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.56% | -40.00% | +28.78% |
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.
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.