Cyber Essentials PLUS Contracts in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 616 741
Rank change year-on-year +92 +125 -112
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 13 31 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.064% 0.054%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.25% 0.48% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 21 26
10th Percentile £400 £325 -
25th Percentile £475 £513 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -34.62%
75th Percentile £525 £703 £550
90th Percentile £600 £750 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £545 £450
% change year-on-year -8.26% +21.11% -22.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,117 6,422 9,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.04% 13.35% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,279 4,358 6,328
10th Percentile £300 £289 £292
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 217 261
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.21 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £29.12
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +28.78% +38.67%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £79.85 £69.83
UK median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -39.84% +12.90% +47.62%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 Essentials PLUS within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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 +83 11 £500 -4.31% 9
Midlands +27 1 £500 - 10
North of England +26 1 £350 - 9
West Midlands +22 1 £500 - 7
North West +16 1 £350 - 5
Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) Mimecast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Advertising
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Information Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.69%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
3 1 (7.69%) SIEM Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Android
2 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
2 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
2 2 (15.38%) Mac OS X
2 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Incident Response
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 3 (23.08%) Change Control
4 3 (23.08%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (23.08%) SIEM
4 3 (23.08%) User Experience
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) Security Hardening
5 2 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (15.38%) Server Patching
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (7.69%) Business Process Modelling
6 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 1 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) CEH
3 1 (7.69%) CISA
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
3 1 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (38.46%) NIST
3 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Nessus
2 3 (23.08%) SCCM
3 2 (15.38%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Qualys
2 5 (38.46%) Rapid7
3 2 (15.38%) Adobe
3 2 (15.38%) Apple
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.69%) Darktrace
4 1 (7.69%) Splunk