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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 744 762 740
Rank change year-on-year +18 -22 +86
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 171 190 559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.25% 1.05% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 153 128 183
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £49,688 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,708
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.06% +37.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +25.00%

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 13,629 18,029 28,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 18.52% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 8,543 13,451
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% +4.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,825
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.55% +0.68%

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 28 May 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 28 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 +47 145 £55,000 -12.00% 56
UK excluding London -24 112 £50,000 -20.00% 47
Work from Home +62 68 £57,500 -17.86% 15
North of England +49 40 £60,000 -7.69% 13
London +124 37 £67,500 +7.14% 9
North West +17 30 £46,750 +0.54% 6
South East +1 28 £45,922 -38.77% 12
South West -45 17 £50,000 -23.08% 6
Midlands 0 15 £41,625 +12.50% 11
West Midlands +15 14 £40,750 +13.19% 9
East of England 0 8 £48,750 -27.78% 4
Yorkshire +68 7 £61,250 -12.50% 5
Scotland -56 4 £45,000 +17.70%
North East -5 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 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.58%) Apache
2 1 (0.58%) CMS
2 1 (0.58%) Drupal
2 1 (0.58%) IIS
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.58%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (36.26%) Azure
2 44 (25.73%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (12.87%) Entra ID
4 20 (11.70%) AWS
5 13 (7.60%) SaaS
6 8 (4.68%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (4.09%) IaaS
8 5 (2.92%) PaaS
9 1 (0.58%) GCP
9 1 (0.58%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.58%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 47 (27.49%) Firewall
2 15 (8.77%) LAN
3 12 (7.02%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (7.02%) Network Security
4 10 (5.85%) SD-WAN
5 9 (5.26%) Cisco IPT
5 9 (5.26%) MPLS
5 9 (5.26%) VPN
6 7 (4.09%) Wireless
7 6 (3.51%) DHCP
7 6 (3.51%) DNS
8 5 (2.92%) VLAN
9 4 (2.34%) WAN
9 4 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.75%) BGP
10 3 (1.75%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (1.75%) DKIM
10 3 (1.75%) DMARC
10 3 (1.75%) EIGRP
10 3 (1.75%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) GitLab
1 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
General
1 42 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.45%) Finance
3 19 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.11%) Law
4 16 (9.36%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.02%) Legal
6 10 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.51%) Local Government
7 6 (3.51%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.51%) Military
7 6 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.92%) Automotive
8 5 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.75%) Publishing
9 3 (1.75%) Retail
10 2 (1.17%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (19.30%) Analyst
2 29 (16.96%) Security Analyst
2 29 (16.96%) Security Manager
3 17 (9.94%) Lead
4 16 (9.36%) Security Officer
5 15 (8.77%) Information Manager
5 15 (8.77%) Information Security Manager
6 14 (8.19%) Information Analyst
6 14 (8.19%) Information Security Analyst
7 13 (7.60%) Senior
8 12 (7.02%) IT Manager
8 12 (7.02%) IT Technician
9 10 (5.85%) Compliance Analyst
10 9 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 9 (5.26%) Security Compliance Analyst
11 8 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.68%) IT Support
12 7 (4.09%) Compliance Manager
12 7 (4.09%) IT Support Technician
12 7 (4.09%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.26%) ModSecurity
2 5 (2.92%) SAML
3 4 (2.34%) OAuth
4 2 (1.17%) EDI
4 2 (1.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.62%) Management Information System
2 21 (12.28%) Data Centre
3 9 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.68%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.68%) Security Posture
5 7 (4.09%) Cyberattack
6 6 (3.51%) CCTV
7 5 (2.92%) IoT
8 4 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.34%) NHS
9 3 (1.75%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.17%) Anti-Spyware
10 2 (1.17%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.58%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.58%) Life Science
11 1 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.28%) Windows
2 11 (6.43%) Windows Server
3 9 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.92%) Android
4 5 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.17%) Linux
6 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.58%) Unix
6 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (57.31%) Information Security
2 82 (47.95%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (14.04%) Penetration Testing
4 24 (14.04%) SIEM
5 23 (13.45%) Security Management
6 21 (12.28%) Business Continuity
6 21 (12.28%) Data Protection
6 21 (12.28%) ISMS
6 21 (12.28%) ITIL
6 21 (12.28%) Risk Management
7 20 (11.70%) Information Security Management
8 18 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (9.94%) Incident Response
10 16 (9.36%) Data Security
10 16 (9.36%) Security Operations
11 14 (8.19%) Mentoring
11 14 (8.19%) Roadmaps
11 14 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (8.19%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.68%) SQL
2 2 (1.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.58%) Bash
3 1 (0.58%) PHP
3 1 (0.58%) Python
Qualifications
1 50 (29.24%) CISSP
2 43 (25.15%) CISM
3 30 (17.54%) CISA
4 29 (16.96%) Security Cleared
5 24 (14.04%) SC Cleared
6 19 (11.11%) Degree
7 11 (6.43%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (5.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 9 (5.26%) CRISC
10 8 (4.68%) CompTIA CySA+
11 7 (4.09%) CEH
11 7 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (4.09%) DBS Check
12 6 (3.51%) Azure Certification
12 6 (3.51%) DV Cleared
12 6 (3.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (2.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (2.92%) AWS Certification
13 5 (2.92%) CCSP
13 5 (2.92%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 118 (69.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (19.88%) NIST
4 25 (14.62%) GDPR
5 21 (12.28%) PCI DSS
6 20 (11.70%) NCSC
7 14 (8.19%) GRC
8 11 (6.43%) SOC 2
9 8 (4.68%) ISO 9001
10 7 (4.09%) IASME
11 5 (2.92%) QA
12 4 (2.34%) TickIT
13 3 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (1.17%) Def Stans
15 1 (0.58%) FISMA
15 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.58%) HITRUST
15 1 (0.58%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (13.45%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.09%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.92%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.17%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.75%) Terraform
3 2 (1.17%) Ansible
3 2 (1.17%) Nessus
3 2 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (25.15%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.19%) Cisco
3 8 (4.68%) VMware
4 6 (3.51%) Fortinet
4 6 (3.51%) Meraki
5 4 (2.34%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (2.34%) Citrix
5 4 (2.34%) Dell
5 4 (2.34%) ESET
5 4 (2.34%) Qualys
5 4 (2.34%) Varonis
6 3 (1.75%) Juniper
6 3 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.75%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.17%) Facebook
8 1 (0.58%) Acronis
8 1 (0.58%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.58%) Veeam