CLAS Contracts

CESG Listed Adviser Scheme (CLAS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CLAS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 676 838
Rank change year-on-year +100 +162 -122
Contract jobs citing CLAS 8 21 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.038% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.061% 0.14% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 4
10th Percentile £605 £588 £553
25th Percentile £608 £613 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £617 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% +7.76% +0.87%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £675
90th Percentile - - £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £617 £625 £580
% change year-on-year -1.36% +7.76% +26.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 3
10th Percentile - £59.73 £60.67
25th Percentile - £69.31 £63.17
Median hourly rate - £73.99 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year - +7.89% +10.75%
75th Percentile - £78.06 £70.46
90th Percentile - £82.08 £70.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £73.99 £68.58
% change year-on-year - +7.89% +10.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CLAS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,062 15,003 18,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.91% 27.01% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,100 9,981 12,683
10th Percentile £310 £349 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £740 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,112 750 778
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.19 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.34 £21.67 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%
75th Percentile £63.49 £68.75 £59.22
90th Percentile £76.15 £80.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%

CLAS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CLAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CLAS.

Daily rate trend for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CLAS.

Hourly rate trend for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CLAS within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London +20 8 £617 -1.36% 1
Work from Home +119 5 £608 +1.33% 1
England +70 4 £625 - 2
South West -8 4 £625 - 1
Scotland - 4 £608 -

CLAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (50.00%) SCCP
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 7 (87.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Electronics
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Marketing
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Information Assurance Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Information Security Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Security Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Product Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Advisor
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (50.00%) Business Process Analysis
1 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security
1 4 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 4 (50.00%) ISMS
1 4 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (37.50%) Information Assurance
2 3 (37.50%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 4 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 4 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) CISM
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 4 (50.00%) RMADS
3 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (12.50%) NCSC
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) SAP