CESG Listed Adviser Scheme (CLAS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CLAS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 695 828
Rank change year-on-year +107 +133 -161
Contract jobs citing CLAS 10 24 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.040% 0.024%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.075% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 9
10th Percentile £606 - £524
25th Percentile £608 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +20.37% -6.09%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £560
90th Percentile - - £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £625 £550
% change year-on-year - +13.64% +19.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 6
10th Percentile - £59.73 £50.31
25th Percentile - £69.31 £53.91
Median hourly rate - £73.99 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year - +24.35% -
75th Percentile - £78.06 £69.12
90th Percentile - £82.08 £70.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £73.99 £59.50
% change year-on-year - +24.35% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CLAS 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

CLAS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CLAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CLAS.

Daily rate trend for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CLAS.

Hourly rate trend for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CLAS within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
UK excluding London +57 10 £625 -
Work from Home +135 6 £608 -13.14%
England +110 6 £625 -3.85%
South West +12 6 £625 -
Scotland - 4 £608 -

CLAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) SCCP
2 1 (10.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (40.00%) Electronics
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (40.00%) Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Product Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Product Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Advisor
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (40.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Internal Audit
2 4 (40.00%) ISMS
2 4 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
5 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (10.00%) Security Management
5 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (60.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (20.00%) CISM
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (60.00%) JSP 440
2 6 (60.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) RMADS
3 2 (20.00%) NCSC
4 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) SAP