The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 28 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
10,817
3,889
9,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
12.66%
11.92%
11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted
7,273
2,492
6,144
10th Percentile
£263
£270
£250
25th Percentile
£394
£363
£350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£475
£450
Median % change year-on-year
+5.26%
+5.56%
-
75th Percentile
£600
£575
£550
90th Percentile
£688
£650
£632
UK excluding London median daily rate
£445
£441
£425
% change year-on-year
+0.91%
+3.76%
+3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted
314
157
395
10th Percentile
£11.17
£10.67
£11.14
25th Percentile
£12.53
£13.28
£15.00
Median hourly rate
£20.00
£21.50
£20.50
Median % change year-on-year
-6.98%
+4.88%
-1.43%
75th Percentile
£39.88
£45.00
£46.84
90th Percentile
£62.50
£55.00
£55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£17.50
£21.05
£21.42
% change year-on-year
-16.86%
-1.70%
+4.86%
Cyber Essentials Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cyber Essentials Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials.
Cyber Essentials Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 28 October 2021.
Cyber Essentials Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials.
Cyber Essentials Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 28 October 2021.
Cyber Essentials Top 15 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 28 October 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 28 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Cyber Essentials also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Cyber Essentials.
Cyber Essentials Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
