CREST Certified Jobs in England

CREST Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 719 859 1039
Rank change year-on-year +140 +180 -210
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 121 94 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.10% 0.073%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.31% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 100 41 70
10th Percentile £38,375 £33,750 £42,375
25th Percentile £46,844 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +23.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £98,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £121,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £59,500 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.23% +19.23% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CREST Certified is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,218 30,499 34,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.72% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,725 13,726 16,723
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in England.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +159 69 £70,000 -22.22% 4
North of England +51 17 £50,000 +42.86% 2
North West +14 14 £50,000 +8.11% 1
South East +30 13 £52,500 -26.32% 4
South West -1 10 £48,750 -50.00% 3
West Midlands +27 7 £100,000 -
Midlands +8 7 £100,000 - 1
Yorkshire +90 2 - - 1
North East - 1 - -
CREST Certified
UK

CREST Certified
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 16 (13.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (13.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (15.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.22%) Azure
2 13 (10.74%) AWS
3 8 (6.61%) GCP
4 7 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.83%) IaaS
6 1 (0.83%) PaaS
6 1 (0.83%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 18 (14.88%) DNS
2 18 (14.88%) Firewall
3 17 (14.05%) Wireless
4 16 (13.22%) DHCP
5 6 (4.96%) HTTP
5 6 (4.96%) Internet
5 6 (4.96%) Network Security
5 6 (4.96%) SMTP
6 5 (4.13%) Wireless Security
7 4 (3.31%) SSL
8 3 (2.48%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (1.65%) DMZ
9 2 (1.65%) tcpdump
9 2 (1.65%) VPN
9 2 (1.65%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 10 (8.26%) Burp Suite
1 10 (8.26%) Metasploit
General
1 18 (14.88%) Public Sector
2 17 (14.05%) Retail
3 16 (13.22%) Social Skills
4 15 (12.40%) Finance
5 13 (10.74%) Telecoms
6 12 (9.92%) Law
7 11 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (7.44%) Marketing
9 4 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.65%) Police
12 1 (0.83%) Automotive
12 1 (0.83%) Games
12 1 (0.83%) Local Government
12 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.83%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 37 (30.58%) Penetration Tester
1 37 (30.58%) Senior
1 37 (30.58%) Tester
2 27 (22.31%) Lead
3 23 (19.01%) Consultant
4 22 (18.18%) Security Consultant
5 19 (15.70%) Team Leader
6 18 (14.88%) Test Team Leader
7 17 (14.05%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 17 (14.05%) Senior Tester
8 14 (11.57%) Analyst
8 14 (11.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 8 (6.61%) IT Support
9 8 (6.61%) Security Penetration Tester
9 8 (6.61%) Security Tester
9 8 (6.61%) Support Analyst
9 8 (6.61%) Technology Support Analyst
10 6 (4.96%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (4.96%) Senior Security Consultant
10 6 (4.96%) Testing Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
1 22 (18.18%) Cyberattack
2 18 (14.88%) Mobile App
3 16 (13.22%) Replication
4 9 (7.44%) Management Information System
5 8 (6.61%) Onboarding
5 8 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (4.96%) IoT
7 4 (3.31%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (3.31%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (3.31%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.48%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.48%) PKI
9 2 (1.65%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.65%) Cybercrime
9 2 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.83%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.83%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.18%) Windows
2 16 (13.22%) Windows 10
2 16 (13.22%) Windows Server
2 16 (13.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (8.26%) Kali Linux
4 6 (4.96%) Unix
5 4 (3.31%) Linux
6 2 (1.65%) Android
6 2 (1.65%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (78.51%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (60.33%) Penetration Testing
3 32 (26.45%) Security Testing
4 29 (23.97%) Red Team
5 26 (21.49%) Incident Response
6 24 (19.83%) Mentoring
7 23 (19.01%) Cryptography
7 23 (19.01%) Data Privacy
8 22 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 22 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
9 19 (15.70%) Information Security
9 19 (15.70%) Presales
10 18 (14.88%) Purple Team
10 18 (14.88%) Threat Modelling
11 17 (14.05%) Computer Science
11 17 (14.05%) ITIL
12 16 (13.22%) Batch Scripting
12 16 (13.22%) Data Loss Prevention
12 16 (13.22%) ITSM
12 16 (13.22%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.70%) PowerShell
2 11 (9.09%) Python
3 6 (4.96%) Bash
4 4 (3.31%) C#
4 4 (3.31%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.48%) Java
6 1 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 43 (35.54%) Degree
2 31 (25.62%) Security Cleared
3 29 (23.97%) OSCP
4 18 (14.88%) SC Cleared
5 17 (14.05%) GIAC
6 16 (13.22%) MCSA
6 16 (13.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (12.40%) CISSP
7 15 (12.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (10.74%) Cyber Scheme
9 12 (9.92%) CHECK Team Member
10 11 (9.09%) CISMP
11 10 (8.26%) CESG Certified Professional
11 10 (8.26%) CHECK Team Leader
12 9 (7.44%) Master's Degree
13 8 (6.61%) OSCE
14 7 (5.79%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (4.96%) PCI QSA
15 6 (4.96%) Tigerscheme
16 5 (4.13%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (11.57%) QA
3 13 (10.74%) GRC
4 10 (8.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 10 (8.26%) NIST
5 9 (7.44%) PCI DSS
6 6 (4.96%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.83%) GDPR
8 1 (0.83%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.83%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (13.22%) Active Directory
1 16 (13.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (8.26%) Nmap
2 6 (4.96%) Nessus
3 4 (3.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.65%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.83%) FTK
Vendors
1 17 (14.05%) VMware
2 16 (13.22%) Bloomberg
2 16 (13.22%) Cisco
2 16 (13.22%) FactSet
2 16 (13.22%) MobileIron
2 16 (13.22%) Refinitiv
3 11 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 7 (5.79%) Google
4 7 (5.79%) Qualys
5 2 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.83%) Carbon Black
6 1 (0.83%) IBM
6 1 (0.83%) Red Hat