Cyber Assurance Contracts in England

Cyber Assurance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 612 754
Rank change year-on-year +79 +142 -106
Contract jobs citing Cyber Assurance 6 27 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.057% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.064% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 24 13
10th Percentile £503 £500 £525
25th Percentile £563 £513 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £607 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% +5.48% +35.29%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £645
90th Percentile £655 £734 £672
UK median daily rate £575 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +35.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cyber Assurance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,022 42,317 63,804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.45% 89.92% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,807 29,700 45,511
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,369 1,534 1,688
10th Percentile £12.80 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.60
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.35 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Assurance in England

Cyber Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Assurance in England.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Assurance in England

Cyber Assurance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Assurance in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Assurance in England

Cyber Assurance
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the England region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
London +77 4 £575 -2.13% 2
South East +17 2 £475 -38.71% 5
Cyber Assurance
UK

Cyber Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Information Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Subject Matter Expert
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) NHS
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) CSOC
3 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Information Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CRISC
2 1 (16.67%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GRC
1 3 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 3 (50.00%) NCSC
2 2 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft