CREST Certified Contracts in the North of England

CREST Certification
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 - 246
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CREST Certified 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% - 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £600 - £418
25th Percentile £613 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £600
75th Percentile - - £706
90th Percentile - - £763
England median daily rate £650 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% +10.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

CREST Certified is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,139 1,354 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.00% 24.42% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 932 1,021
10th Percentile £301 £320 £206
25th Percentile £415 £431 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £713 £700 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 73 73
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.48 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £25.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.12 £40.58 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.28% +30.89% +37.78%
75th Percentile £43.83 £49.52 £56.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.94 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the North of England

CREST Certified
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for CREST Certified in the North of England

CREST Certified
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Yorkshire - 4 £650 - 5
North East - 2 £625 -
CREST Certified
England

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Legal
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 6 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Application Security
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 6 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 6 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CEH
1 6 (100.00%) GIAC
1 6 (100.00%) GPEN
1 6 (100.00%) OSCP
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory