Cyber Essentials Contracts in England

Cyber Essentials
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials 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 491 535 673
Rank change year-on-year +44 +138 -84
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 59 101 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.16% 1.59% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 73 85
10th Percentile £256 £365 £304
25th Percentile £394 £475 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £713 £600
90th Percentile £661 £800 £711
UK median daily rate £500 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £30.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate - £31.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - +14.55% +30.95%
75th Percentile - £32.25 £36.35
90th Percentile - - £40.91
UK median hourly rate - £31.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +14.55% +30.95%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,067 6,357 9,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.51% 13.52% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,193 4,313 6,338
10th Percentile £300 £300 £290
25th Percentile £406 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 229 265
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.17 £12.56
25th Percentile £12.88 £20.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%
75th Percentile £51.31 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
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 within the England region 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
London +68 30 £525 -19.23% 23
South West +5 9 £575 +187.50% 11
North of England +14 8 £375 -26.47% 20
North West +17 7 £400 -13.51% 10
Midlands +10 6 £625 +25.00% 31
West Midlands +11 4 £750 +50.00% 19
South East -3 4 £170 -73.85% 24
East Midlands +7 2 £500 +2.56% 12
Yorkshire +9 1 £250 -50.98% 10
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
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 8 (13.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.08%) nginx
3 2 (3.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 16 (27.12%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (25.42%) Azure
3 10 (16.95%) AWS
4 5 (8.47%) GCP
4 5 (8.47%) IaaS
4 5 (8.47%) PaaS
5 4 (6.78%) SaaS
6 3 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (5.08%) npm
6 3 (5.08%) Serverless
6 3 (5.08%) Yarn
7 2 (3.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.39%) GitHub
7 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.69%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (1.69%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.17%) DNS
2 5 (8.47%) Firewall
3 3 (5.08%) AMQP
3 3 (5.08%) Intranet
3 3 (5.08%) Network Security
3 3 (5.08%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.39%) DHCP
4 2 (3.39%) LAN
4 2 (3.39%) SSL
4 2 (3.39%) VPN
4 2 (3.39%) WAN
5 1 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (5.08%) MongoDB
1 3 (5.08%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Cypress.io
1 3 (5.08%) Mocha
2 2 (3.39%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.39%) GitLab
2 2 (3.39%) JIRA
3 1 (1.69%) Ant
3 1 (1.69%) Git
General
1 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.64%) Finance
3 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Banking
4 4 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.08%) Investment Banking
5 3 (5.08%) Legal
5 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.39%) Advertising
6 2 (3.39%) Retail
7 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (23.73%) Architect
2 7 (11.86%) Senior
3 6 (10.17%) IT Manager
3 6 (10.17%) Security Specialist
4 5 (8.47%) Consultant
4 5 (8.47%) Information Security Specialist
4 5 (8.47%) Information Specialist
5 4 (6.78%) Security Consultant
5 4 (6.78%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Service Architect
5 4 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.08%) Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Compliance Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 3 (5.08%) Governance Manager
6 3 (5.08%) IT Governance Manager
6 3 (5.08%) IT Support
6 3 (5.08%) Security Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) OAuth
2 5 (8.47%) SAML
3 4 (6.78%) OAuth2
4 3 (5.08%) .NET
4 3 (5.08%) AngularJS
4 3 (5.08%) Express.js
4 3 (5.08%) GraphQL
4 3 (5.08%) gRPC
4 3 (5.08%) Jest
4 3 (5.08%) JWT
4 3 (5.08%) Kafka
4 3 (5.08%) MEAN Stack
4 3 (5.08%) MERN Stack
4 3 (5.08%) Mongoose
4 3 (5.08%) NestJS
4 3 (5.08%) Node.js
4 3 (5.08%) OpenAPI
4 3 (5.08%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (5.08%) React
4 3 (5.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.86%) Security Posture
3 5 (8.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (8.47%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.08%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (5.08%) Wiki
5 2 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.39%) NHS
5 2 (3.39%) PKI
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.64%) Windows
2 4 (6.78%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.08%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.39%) Android
4 2 (3.39%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.39%) Mac OS X
4 2 (3.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.69%) Linux
5 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (27.12%) Information Security
3 13 (22.03%) Risk Management
4 12 (20.34%) Project Management
5 10 (16.95%) Agile
6 9 (15.25%) Data Protection
6 9 (15.25%) IT Strategy
6 9 (15.25%) ITIL
7 8 (13.56%) Information Management
7 8 (13.56%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (11.86%) Incident Response
9 6 (10.17%) Business Continuity
9 6 (10.17%) Business Strategy
9 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (10.17%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (10.17%) ISMS
9 6 (10.17%) Security Architecture
10 5 (8.47%) Configuration Management
10 5 (8.47%) Migration
10 5 (8.47%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.78%) Python
3 3 (5.08%) Java
3 3 (5.08%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.08%) Kotlin
3 3 (5.08%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.39%) Bash
4 2 (3.39%) Go
4 2 (3.39%) SQL
5 1 (1.69%) C#
5 1 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) Degree
2 6 (10.17%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.47%) CISSP
4 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) CISA
5 2 (3.39%) CISM
5 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (44.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (23.73%) NIST
3 13 (22.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (13.56%) GDPR
5 7 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (6.78%) IASME
6 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (5.08%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.69%) GRC
8 1 (1.69%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (1.69%) QA
8 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (8.47%) Active Directory
1 5 (8.47%) Docker
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.47%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.78%) SCCM
3 3 (5.08%) Grafana
3 3 (5.08%) Nessus
3 3 (5.08%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.39%) Ansible
4 2 (3.39%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (3.39%) Terraform
5 1 (1.69%) SCOM
5 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (44.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) Qualys
2 5 (8.47%) ServiceNow
3 4 (6.78%) Rapid7
4 3 (5.08%) Oracle
5 2 (3.39%) Adobe
5 2 (3.39%) Apple
5 2 (3.39%) Atlassian
5 2 (3.39%) CA
5 2 (3.39%) Cisco
6 1 (1.69%) Aruba
6 1 (1.69%) Citrix
6 1 (1.69%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.69%) Juniper
6 1 (1.69%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.69%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.69%) VMware
6 1 (1.69%) Zscaler