Cyber Essentials
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 430 537
Rank change year-on-year +37 +107 +80
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 648 711 1,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.72% 0.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.78% 3.84% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 563 365 508
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,438 £35,205
25th Percentile £41,063 £43,477 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,272 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,561 18,525 27,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 18.81% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,147 8,607 13,266
10th Percentile £26,750 £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 £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the UK

Cyber Essentials
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +63 592 £55,000 - 178
UK excluding London +31 496 £52,500 -4.55% 142
Work from Home +2 264 £55,000 -4.35% 68
North of England +17 163 £55,000 +18.28% 33
South East +50 119 £55,000 - 48
London +40 117 £65,000 +15.06% 57
Midlands +47 99 £45,000 -19.64% 22
North West -44 89 £55,000 +22.22% 18
West Midlands +62 85 £45,000 -10.00% 12
South West -34 61 £55,000 -8.33% 18
Yorkshire +83 51 £55,000 -8.33% 12
East of England +19 30 £52,500 -4.55% 16
North East +13 23 £42,000 -19.04% 3
Scotland -62 19 £45,000 -18.18% 5
East Midlands -2 14 £45,982 -18.62% 10
Wales -5 5 £40,500 - 3

Cyber Essentials
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 44 (6.79%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.23%) WordPress
4 6 (0.93%) Confluence
4 6 (0.93%) nginx
5 2 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Drupal
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 57 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) Farmplan
2 2 (0.31%) KEYPrime
2 2 (0.31%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.15%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 234 (36.11%) Microsoft 365
2 228 (35.19%) Azure
3 97 (14.97%) Entra ID
4 64 (9.88%) AWS
5 37 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
6 30 (4.63%) Power Platform
7 29 (4.48%) SaaS
8 23 (3.55%) IaaS
9 15 (2.31%) Google Workspace
10 14 (2.16%) PaaS
11 12 (1.85%) GCP
11 12 (1.85%) OneDrive
12 6 (0.93%) npm
12 6 (0.93%) Serverless
12 6 (0.93%) WhatsApp
12 6 (0.93%) Yarn
13 5 (0.77%) Mimecast
13 5 (0.77%) Nutanix
14 4 (0.62%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 163 (25.15%) Firewall
2 53 (8.18%) WAN
3 50 (7.72%) DNS
4 49 (7.56%) LAN
5 33 (5.09%) NAS
6 30 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
7 27 (4.17%) Network Security
8 25 (3.86%) DHCP
8 25 (3.86%) MPLS
9 24 (3.70%) Wireless
10 21 (3.24%) VLAN
11 18 (2.78%) SD-WAN
11 18 (2.78%) VPN
12 17 (2.62%) Intranet
13 16 (2.47%) 4G
13 16 (2.47%) 5G
13 16 (2.47%) Intrusion Detection
14 15 (2.31%) TCP/IP
15 14 (2.16%) VoIP
16 13 (2.01%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.01%) Power BI
2 12 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.93%) MongoDB
3 6 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.93%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.15%) Lumira
6 1 (0.15%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (1.23%) JIRA
2 6 (0.93%) Cypress.io
2 6 (0.93%) Mocha
3 4 (0.62%) GitLab
4 3 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 242 (37.35%) Social Skills
2 90 (13.89%) Finance
3 62 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (7.72%) Law
4 50 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.09%) Legal
6 31 (4.78%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.62%) Games
8 15 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.16%) Retail
10 13 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.23%) Automotive
13 8 (1.23%) Local Government
14 6 (0.93%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.93%) Military
15 5 (0.77%) Advertising
15 5 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 102 (15.74%) Analyst
2 77 (11.88%) Security Analyst
3 76 (11.73%) IT Manager
4 70 (10.80%) Security Manager
5 54 (8.33%) Senior
6 44 (6.79%) Lead
7 42 (6.48%) Consultant
8 37 (5.71%) Information Analyst
8 37 (5.71%) Information Security Analyst
8 37 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (5.71%) Service Manager
9 36 (5.56%) IT Support
10 31 (4.78%) Architect
11 28 (4.32%) Information Security Manager
12 26 (4.01%) Information Manager
12 26 (4.01%) IT Engineer
13 25 (3.86%) Technical Manager
14 23 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 23 (3.55%) Security Consultant
15 22 (3.40%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.85%) OAuth
2 11 (1.70%) SAML
3 9 (1.39%) ModSecurity
4 6 (0.93%) .NET
4 6 (0.93%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.93%) Express.js
4 6 (0.93%) GraphQL
4 6 (0.93%) gRPC
4 6 (0.93%) Jest
4 6 (0.93%) JWT
4 6 (0.93%) Kafka
4 6 (0.93%) MEAN Stack
4 6 (0.93%) MERN Stack
4 6 (0.93%) Mongoose
4 6 (0.93%) NestJS
4 6 (0.93%) Node.js
4 6 (0.93%) OAuth2
4 6 (0.93%) OpenAPI
4 6 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 88 (13.58%) Management Information System
2 54 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 46 (7.10%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (4.63%) Security Posture
5 28 (4.32%) Cyber Threat
6 26 (4.01%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (4.01%) IoT
7 25 (3.86%) Data Centre
7 25 (3.86%) Onboarding
8 24 (3.70%) NHS
9 14 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.70%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (1.39%) ARM Cortex
11 9 (1.39%) CCTV
11 9 (1.39%) PKI
11 9 (1.39%) Replication
12 8 (1.23%) Cyberattack
13 7 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 152 (23.46%) Windows
2 101 (15.59%) Windows Server
3 37 (5.71%) Windows 10
4 27 (4.17%) Linux
5 21 (3.24%) Apple iOS
5 21 (3.24%) Mac OS
5 21 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (2.62%) Android
7 8 (1.23%) VMS
8 7 (1.08%) Debian
8 7 (1.08%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.46%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.46%) Unix
9 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (46.60%) Cybersecurity
2 247 (38.12%) Information Security
3 156 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (18.98%) ITIL
5 82 (12.65%) Data Protection
6 80 (12.35%) Incident Response
7 72 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 70 (10.80%) Business Continuity
8 70 (10.80%) SIEM
9 65 (10.03%) Risk Management
10 59 (9.10%) Customer Service
10 59 (9.10%) Security Management
11 55 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (8.49%) Service Delivery
12 54 (8.33%) Security Operations
13 52 (8.02%) Penetration Testing
14 46 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
15 45 (6.94%) Vulnerability Management
16 42 (6.48%) ISMS
16 42 (6.48%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 26 (4.01%) SQL
2 21 (3.24%) Bash
3 20 (3.09%) Python
4 18 (2.78%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.08%) Java
7 6 (0.93%) Kotlin
7 6 (0.93%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.46%) Go
9 2 (0.31%) Bicep
10 1 (0.15%) ABAP
10 1 (0.15%) C#
10 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 102 (15.74%) CISSP
2 84 (12.96%) Degree
3 80 (12.35%) Security Cleared
4 72 (11.11%) CISM
5 51 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
6 49 (7.56%) CISA
7 30 (4.63%) Azure Certification
8 29 (4.48%) SC Cleared
9 26 (4.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 25 (3.86%) CCNA
10 25 (3.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 23 (3.55%) CCSP
11 23 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (3.24%) DBS Check
13 19 (2.93%) CRISC
14 18 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
14 18 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
15 17 (2.62%) CCNP
16 14 (2.16%) AWS Certification
17 13 (2.01%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 356 (54.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 169 (26.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 155 (23.92%) GDPR
4 129 (19.91%) NIST
5 53 (8.18%) PCI DSS
6 49 (7.56%) GRC
7 42 (6.48%) NCSC
8 37 (5.71%) ISO 9001
9 26 (4.01%) SLA
9 26 (4.01%) SOC 2
10 23 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 23 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 20 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (2.01%) QA
13 10 (1.54%) COSHH
14 9 (1.39%) COBIT
15 7 (1.08%) IASME
15 7 (1.08%) PMO
16 6 (0.93%) Accessibility
17 5 (0.77%) NIST 800
System Software
1 122 (18.83%) Active Directory
2 54 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 27 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (2.78%) Docker
6 5 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.31%) pfSense
9 2 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.15%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.15%) LXC
10 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 64 (9.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (6.33%) Single Sign-On
3 26 (4.01%) FortiGate
4 23 (3.55%) EnCase
5 12 (1.85%) Terraform
6 10 (1.54%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.93%) Grafana
7 6 (0.93%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.77%) Nessus
8 5 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.77%) WSUS
9 4 (0.62%) Ansible
9 4 (0.62%) PaperCut
9 4 (0.62%) SCCM
10 2 (0.31%) CASB
10 2 (0.31%) QRadar
11 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 288 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.57%) Cisco
3 51 (7.87%) VMware
4 33 (5.09%) Fortinet
5 27 (4.17%) Sophos
6 22 (3.40%) Darktrace
7 21 (3.24%) Apple
8 20 (3.09%) Veeam
9 19 (2.93%) HP
10 17 (2.62%) Google
11 16 (2.47%) NEC
12 14 (2.16%) Dell
13 13 (2.01%) Mitel
14 12 (1.85%) Citrix
15 10 (1.54%) Meraki
16 9 (1.39%) Aruba
16 9 (1.39%) Ribbon
17 8 (1.23%) Acronis
17 8 (1.23%) Barracuda Networks
18 7 (1.08%) Draytek