Cyber Essentials Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 371 434
Rank change year-on-year +27 +63 -35
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 49 80 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.60% 2.26% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 57 60
10th Percentile £165 £352 £199
25th Percentile £297 £500 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £481
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +13.25% +13.24%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £627
90th Percentile £675 £671 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £545 £494
% change year-on-year -8.26% +10.38% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £40.99
25th Percentile - - £42.10
Median hourly rate - - £43.95
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £41.50
% change year-on-year - - +97.62%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,071 3,535 4,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.94% 14.80% 14.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,800 2,383 3,104
10th Percentile £254 £219 £204
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £573
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.24% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 188 194
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.40
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.07 £15.13
Median hourly rate £18.00 £32.50 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -44.62% +54.43% +0.10%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.28 £45.87
90th Percentile £67.70 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +27.27% +30.95%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Scotland +29 17 £500 -8.17% 4
North of England +32 10 £375 -9.09% 36
South West +28 9 £575 +24.32% 14
North West +26 7 £400 -13.51% 18
South East +9 7 £170 -72.80% 30
Midlands +19 5 £675 +12.50% 18
Yorkshire +21 3 £250 -35.48% 15
West Midlands +11 3 £750 +25.00% 7
East Midlands - 2 £600 - 11
Wales - 1 £250 - 3
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.16%) Confluence
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.12%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Azure
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.12%) AWS
3 3 (6.12%) GCP
4 2 (4.08%) GitHub
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) Firewall
2 3 (6.12%) Intranet
3 2 (4.08%) DNS
4 1 (2.04%) BGP
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (2.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (2.04%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (2.04%) LAN
4 1 (2.04%) Network Security
4 1 (2.04%) OSPF
4 1 (2.04%) SNMP
4 1 (2.04%) VPN
4 1 (2.04%) WAN
4 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Bitbucket
2 2 (4.08%) GitLab
General
1 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.16%) Finance
4 3 (6.12%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (14.29%) Security Advisor
2 6 (12.24%) Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Architect
2 6 (12.24%) Security Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Security Specialist
3 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Lead
3 5 (10.20%) Senior
4 4 (8.16%) Information Security Specialist
4 4 (8.16%) Information Specialist
5 3 (6.12%) Compliance Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Governance Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) IT Governance Manager
5 3 (6.12%) IT Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Service Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 5 (10.20%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.12%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.12%) Wiki
5 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) PKI
6 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (36.73%) Information Security
3 14 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 11 (22.45%) Security Architecture
5 9 (18.37%) ITIL
6 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (16.33%) Project Management
7 7 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
8 6 (12.24%) Cyber Intelligence
8 6 (12.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (12.24%) Information Management
8 6 (12.24%) Service Management
8 6 (12.24%) Threat Intelligence
9 5 (10.20%) Asset Management
9 5 (10.20%) Business Continuity
9 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (10.20%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (10.20%) ISMS
9 5 (10.20%) Migration
9 5 (10.20%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) Go
2 2 (4.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (30.61%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) Degree
4 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.12%) CISSP
5 2 (4.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (4.08%) CISM
5 2 (4.08%) ISACA
5 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (4.08%) MCSE
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.04%) CCNP
6 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (65.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (38.78%) NIST
3 9 (18.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (12.24%) IASME
5 5 (10.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (10.20%) PCI DSS
6 4 (8.16%) GDPR
7 3 (6.12%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (6.12%) NCSC
8 2 (4.08%) PMO
9 1 (2.04%) GRC
9 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
1 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Ansible
1 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.08%) SCCM
1 2 (4.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.16%) Atlassian
3 3 (6.12%) Cisco
3 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
3 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.08%) F5
4 2 (4.08%) QinetiQ
4 2 (4.08%) VMware
5 1 (2.04%) CheckPoint