The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 7 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
73
63
49
Rank change year-on-year
-10
-14
-
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials
1
1
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire
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 South Yorkshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
103
36
60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire
16.61%
7.58%
13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted
85
26
33
10th Percentile
£268
£225
£310
25th Percentile
£345
£378
£425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£503
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-5.47%
-8.64%
+10.00%
75th Percentile
£525
£615
£606
90th Percentile
£585
£641
£700
Yorkshire median daily rate
£450
£500
£509
% change year-on-year
-10.00%
-1.82%
+7.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
0
1
10th Percentile
-
-
-
25th Percentile
-
-
£18.25
Median hourly rate
-
-
£20.50
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
+3.04%
75th Percentile
-
-
£22.75
90th Percentile
-
-
-
Yorkshire median hourly rate
£22.14
£11.88
£20.50
% change year-on-year
+86.36%
-42.05%
+9.63%
Cyber Essentials Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
Cyber Essentials Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in South Yorkshire.
Cyber Essentials Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire
For the 6 months to 7 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Cyber Essentials also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Yorkshire region with a requirement for Cyber Essentials.
Cyber Essentials Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:
