Cyber Scheme Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cyber Scheme
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Cyber Scheme qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Scheme 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.38% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £494 - -
25th Percentile £498 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 - -
75th Percentile £509 - -
90th Percentile £513 - -
South East median daily rate £504 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

Cyber Scheme falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 874 712 1,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.28% 37.39% 43.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 431 674
10th Percentile £255 £245 £205
25th Percentile £363 £367 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £501 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -2.48% +2.65%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £620
90th Percentile £635 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 33 63
10th Percentile £16.96 £20.64 £30.79
25th Percentile £20.57 £41.25 £49.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.10% +0.81% +166.14%
75th Percentile £78.00 £64.73 £68.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £73.29 £75.59
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

Cyber Scheme
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Scheme relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Cyber Scheme job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cyber Scheme
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cyber Scheme.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cyber Scheme

Cyber Scheme
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 Scheme within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Berkshire - 8 £504 - 6
Cyber Scheme
South East

Cyber Scheme
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) AWS
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 8 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
2 7 (87.50%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
2 7 (87.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 6 (75.00%) Business Development
3 6 (75.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 6 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (75.00%) Information Security
3 6 (75.00%) Line Management
3 6 (75.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 8 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 7 (87.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) GDPR
1 8 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 6 (75.00%) PMO
2 6 (75.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) Nmap