Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 730 759 757
Rank change year-on-year +29 -2 +95
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 176 187 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.28% 1.08% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 154 127 186
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,700 £34,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,375 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,604
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -0.17% +39.12%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +22.22%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,751 17,364 29,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 18.32% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,220 8,453 13,464
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,100 £93,650 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +47 149 £55,000 -12.00% 49
UK excluding London -36 116 £50,000 -20.00% 42
Work from Home +49 69 £57,500 -17.86% 18
North of England +36 40 £60,000 -7.69% 13
London +89 37 £67,500 +8.00% 8
North West -1 30 £46,750 +0.54% 7
South East -9 30 £45,922 -38.77% 11
South West -47 19 £50,000 -23.08% 7
Midlands -7 15 £41,625 +15.63% 7
West Midlands -6 14 £40,750 +16.43% 5
East of England -1 8 £48,750 -27.78% 3
Yorkshire +52 7 £61,250 -9.26% 4
Scotland -67 4 £45,000 +17.70%
North East -10 3 £80,000 +5.61% 2
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 - 2

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) Apache
3 1 (0.57%) CMS
3 1 (0.57%) Drupal
3 1 (0.57%) IIS
3 1 (0.57%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 65 (36.93%) Azure
2 46 (26.14%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (12.50%) AWS
3 22 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 14 (7.95%) SaaS
5 8 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (4.55%) IaaS
6 6 (3.41%) PaaS
7 2 (1.14%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.57%) GCP
8 1 (0.57%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.57%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (27.84%) Firewall
2 17 (9.66%) LAN
3 12 (6.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (6.82%) Network Security
4 10 (5.68%) SD-WAN
5 9 (5.11%) Cisco IPT
5 9 (5.11%) MPLS
5 9 (5.11%) VPN
6 7 (3.98%) DHCP
6 7 (3.98%) DNS
6 7 (3.98%) Wireless
7 5 (2.84%) VLAN
7 5 (2.84%) WAN
8 4 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.70%) BGP
9 3 (1.70%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (1.70%) DKIM
9 3 (1.70%) DMARC
9 3 (1.70%) OSPF
9 3 (1.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.57%) GitLab
1 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.07%) Finance
3 20 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.80%) Law
5 17 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.82%) Legal
7 10 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.41%) Local Government
9 6 (3.41%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.41%) Military
9 6 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.84%) Automotive
11 4 (2.27%) Retail
12 3 (1.70%) Publishing
13 2 (1.14%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (19.89%) Analyst
2 30 (17.05%) Security Analyst
3 29 (16.48%) Security Manager
4 17 (9.66%) Lead
5 16 (9.09%) Security Officer
6 15 (8.52%) Information Manager
6 15 (8.52%) Information Security Manager
7 14 (7.95%) Information Analyst
7 14 (7.95%) Information Security Analyst
7 14 (7.95%) Senior
8 12 (6.82%) IT Manager
8 12 (6.82%) IT Technician
9 10 (5.68%) Compliance Analyst
10 9 (5.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 9 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.11%) Security Compliance Analyst
11 8 (4.55%) IT Engineer
11 8 (4.55%) IT Support
12 7 (3.98%) Compliance Manager
12 7 (3.98%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.11%) ModSecurity
2 5 (2.84%) SAML
3 4 (2.27%) OAuth
4 2 (1.14%) EDI
4 2 (1.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.77%) Management Information System
2 22 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (4.55%) Cyberattack
4 8 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.55%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.41%) CCTV
6 5 (2.84%) IoT
7 4 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.27%) NHS
8 3 (1.70%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.14%) Anti-Spyware
9 2 (1.14%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.57%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.57%) Life Science
10 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.07%) Windows
2 12 (6.82%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.11%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.84%) Android
4 5 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.14%) Linux
6 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.57%) Unix
6 1 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (57.39%) Information Security
2 84 (47.73%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (14.20%) Penetration Testing
4 25 (14.20%) SIEM
5 24 (13.64%) ITIL
6 23 (13.07%) Security Management
7 22 (12.50%) Business Continuity
8 21 (11.93%) Data Protection
8 21 (11.93%) ISMS
8 21 (11.93%) Risk Management
9 20 (11.36%) Information Security Management
10 19 (10.80%) Incident Response
11 18 (10.23%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (9.09%) Data Security
13 16 (9.09%) Security Operations
14 15 (8.52%) Roadmaps
14 15 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
15 14 (7.95%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.55%) SQL
2 3 (1.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.57%) Bash
3 1 (0.57%) PHP
3 1 (0.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 51 (28.98%) CISSP
2 44 (25.00%) CISM
3 30 (17.05%) CISA
3 30 (17.05%) Security Cleared
4 25 (14.20%) SC Cleared
5 19 (10.80%) Degree
6 11 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 10 (5.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 9 (5.11%) CRISC
9 8 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (3.98%) Azure Certification
10 7 (3.98%) CEH
10 7 (3.98%) DBS Check
11 6 (3.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (3.41%) AWS Certification
11 6 (3.41%) CCSP
11 6 (3.41%) DV Cleared
11 6 (3.41%) ISACA
11 6 (3.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 122 (69.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (19.32%) NIST
4 25 (14.20%) GDPR
5 21 (11.93%) PCI DSS
6 20 (11.36%) NCSC
7 14 (7.95%) GRC
8 11 (6.25%) SOC 2
9 9 (5.11%) ISO 9001
10 8 (4.55%) IASME
11 6 (3.41%) QA
12 4 (2.27%) TickIT
13 3 (1.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (1.14%) Def Stans
14 2 (1.14%) SLA
15 1 (0.57%) FISMA
15 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.57%) HITRUST
15 1 (0.57%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 25 (14.20%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (3.41%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.70%) Terraform
3 2 (1.14%) Ansible
3 2 (1.14%) Nessus
3 2 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.57%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.57%) SCCM
4 1 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.52%) Cisco
3 10 (5.68%) VMware
4 7 (3.98%) Fortinet
4 7 (3.98%) Meraki
5 4 (2.27%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (2.27%) Citrix
5 4 (2.27%) Dell
5 4 (2.27%) ESET
5 4 (2.27%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.27%) Qualys
5 4 (2.27%) Varonis
6 3 (1.70%) Juniper
6 3 (1.70%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.14%) Facebook
7 2 (1.14%) Veeam
8 1 (0.57%) Acronis
8 1 (0.57%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow