Cyber Essentials Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 146 158
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 -30
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 4 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.20% 0.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.84% 1.38% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 9
10th Percentile - - £353
25th Percentile £165 £613 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -72.80% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £175 £638 -
90th Percentile - - £775
South East median daily rate £170 £625 £358
% change year-on-year -72.80% +74.83% -22.28%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 477 435 536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.73% 14.81% 15.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 262 340
10th Percentile £180 £252 £220
25th Percentile £315 £400 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £675 £625
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.50 £11.39
25th Percentile £22.94 £19.75 £13.16
Median hourly rate £27.50 £23.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% +9.52% -0.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £38.00 £21.28
90th Percentile £68.84 £65.66 £25.30
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -11.29% +47.27% -17.45%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
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 Cyber Essentials within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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
Buckinghamshire - 4 £170 - 1
Cyber Essentials
South East

Cyber Essentials
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 4 (100.00%) Information Specialist
1 4 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (75.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) ISMS
1 4 (100.00%) Logistics
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Register
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft