Computer Emergency Response Teams Contracts

Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Computer Emergency Response Teams skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computer Emergency Response Teams over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 575 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams 4 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.011% -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.085% 0.094% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £415 £460 -
25th Percentile £438 £550 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% - -
75th Percentile £827 £850 -
90th Percentile £1,066 £940 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £775 £1,000 -
% change year-on-year -22.50% - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,721 5,316 8,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.73% 12.18% 15.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,155 3,826 6,106
10th Percentile £304 £300 £350
25th Percentile £412 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -6.36% -2.65%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 102 185
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.69 £18.70
25th Percentile £21.39 £20.50 £25.71
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% -44.35% +155.56%
75th Percentile £63.40 £49.69 £73.75
90th Percentile £78.58 £71.25 £84.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £44.88
% change year-on-year +37.50% -10.86% +124.38%

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Emergency Response Teams as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Emergency Response Teams in the UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams.

Daily rate trend for Computer Emergency Response Teams in the UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Emergency Response Teams in the UK

Computer Emergency Response Teams
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 Computer Emergency Response Teams within the UK over the 6 months to 23 June 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
England +69 4 £556 -20.54% 23
London +54 2 £556 +39.06% 12
South East +45 2 £775 -22.50% 7
UK excluding London +37 2 £775 -22.50% 13
Work from Home +31 2 £556 - 9

Computer Emergency Response Teams
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Director
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Technology Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) SOAR
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) People Management
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) GIAC
1 1 (25.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco