Cyber Essentials
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire | - | - | 2.55% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 21.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £613 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £465 | £325 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +43.08% | -45.83% | +81.13% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 4 | 22 | 19 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 6.25% | 20.00% | 12.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £356 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £374 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -10.00% | +26.98% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £519 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £594 | £638 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £514 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £47.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.84% | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £16.13 | £15.45 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.44% | -38.22% | +25.00% |
Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Cyber Essentials.
