Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 586 | 691 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +105 | +80 |
| Contract jobs citing Cybercrime | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.009% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.031% | 0.042% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £304 | £418 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £399 | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £570 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.80% | +51.52% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £754 | £788 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £857 | £803 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +51.52% |
All Generic Skills
UK
Cybercrime falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 9,933 | 13,040 | 19,264 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.96% | 30.32% | 33.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,305 | 8,396 | 13,221 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £269 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -1.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £651 | £663 | £678 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 405 | 904 | 636 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.67 | £12.25 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £15.17 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £31.25 | £22.49 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +38.98% | -18.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £61.30 | £63.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.20 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.93 | £29.25 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.74% | +32.95% | +4.04% |
Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Cybercrime as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cybercrime
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybercrime.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybercrime.