Cyber Scheme Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cyber Scheme
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 389 354 407
Rank change year-on-year -35 +53 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Scheme 10 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.014% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.039% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £494 - -
25th Percentile £498 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.08% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £509 - £475
90th Percentile £513 - -
UK median daily rate £504 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -16.08% +33.33% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,756 5,065 7,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.93% 34.65% 36.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,242 3,026 4,331
10th Percentile £256 £225 £250
25th Percentile £405 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% -7.20% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £649
90th Percentile £705 £700 £703
UK median daily rate £522 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 853 394 614
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.50 £15.83
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -18.10% +16.87%
75th Percentile £51.53 £67.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £79.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

Cyber Scheme
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cyber Scheme job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cyber Scheme
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyber Scheme.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyber Scheme

Cyber Scheme
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 Scheme within the UK excluding London 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
South East - 9 £504 - 14
North of England - 1 - - 14
Yorkshire - 1 - - 7
Cyber Scheme
UK

Cyber Scheme
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) AWS
1 9 (90.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Burp Suite
1 9 (90.00%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Penetration Tester
2 8 (80.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Design Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Cloud Security
2 8 (80.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 7 (70.00%) Business Development
3 7 (70.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (70.00%) Information Security
3 7 (70.00%) Line Management
3 7 (70.00%) Security Management
4 6 (60.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 9 (90.00%) CREST Certified
3 8 (80.00%) Degree
3 8 (80.00%) Postgraduate
4 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) GDPR
1 9 (90.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (90.00%) PCI DSS
2 7 (70.00%) PMO
2 7 (70.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (90.00%) Nmap