CREST Certified Contracts in the Thames Valley

CREST Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered 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 103 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CREST Certified 38 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.40% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

CREST Certified is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,124 1,014 990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.41% 34.47% 28.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 692 677
10th Percentile £213 £315 £256
25th Percentile £413 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £619 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 45 29
10th Percentile £18.35 £20.10 £17.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £27.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.24% -
75th Percentile £70.81 £74.79 £43.75
90th Percentile £87.14 £80.25 £70.08
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £56.89 £44.61
% change year-on-year +0.82% +27.51% +11.53%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the Thames Valley

CREST Certified
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for CREST Certified in the Thames Valley

CREST Certified
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire - 38 - -
CREST Certified
South East

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 38 (100.00%) IaaS
1 38 (100.00%) PaaS
1 38 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (100.00%) 5G
1 38 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 38 (100.00%) Law
1 38 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 38 (100.00%) Security Penetration Tester
1 38 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 38 (100.00%) Security Tester
1 38 (100.00%) Tester
1 38 (100.00%) Testing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) Application Security
1 38 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 38 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 38 (100.00%) OWASP
1 38 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 38 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 38 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 38 (100.00%) GIAC
1 38 (100.00%) GPEN
1 38 (100.00%) OSCP
1 38 (100.00%) SANS
1 38 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (100.00%) GDPR
1 38 (100.00%) NCSC
1 38 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) Virgin Media