Cyber Essentials Contracts in the South East

Cyber Essentials
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 187 232
Rank change year-on-year -2 +45 -18
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 4 19 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.074% 0.34% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.53% 2.26% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 16
10th Percentile - £386 -
25th Percentile £165 £550 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £625 £354
Median % change year-on-year -72.80% +76.68% -36.26%
75th Percentile £175 £703 £625
90th Percentile - £795 £775
England median daily rate £500 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £40.99
25th Percentile - - £42.10
Median hourly rate - - £43.95
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £41.50
% change year-on-year - - +97.62%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 760 842 1,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.97% 15.07% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 539 768
10th Percentile £251 £200 £237
25th Percentile £363 £363 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 42 53
10th Percentile £10.82 £16.31 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.38 £18.31 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +16.67% -23.95%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.07 £48.72
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +27.12% +40.48%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Thames Valley -3 4 £170 -72.80% 10
Buckinghamshire - 4 £170 - 1
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 4 (100.00%) Information Specialist
1 4 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (75.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) ISMS
1 4 (100.00%) Logistics
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Register
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft