Cyber Essentials
East Midlands > Northamptonshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 43 | 37 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -6 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | 0.39% | 0.35% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 1.67% | 2.63% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £500 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | - | - |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £400 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | - | -13.04% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northamptonshire
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 Northamptonshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 60 | 38 | 24 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | 23.53% | 13.48% | 10.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 48 | 28 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £369 | £183 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £391 | £280 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £538 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.58% | +19.44% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £441 | £613 | £565 |
| 90th Percentile | £479 | £621 | £569 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £400 | £434 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.83% | -3.56% | +17.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £35.08 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £40.07 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £35.00 | £48.38 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -27.66% | +101.14% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £56.69 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £61.68 |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £23.00 | £21.73 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.84% | -62.21% | +192.40% |
Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.
Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Northamptonshire.
Cyber Essentials
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire
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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 23 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | -8 | 1 | £400 | -20.00% | 5 |
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Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:
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