Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 683 788 706
Rank change year-on-year +105 -82 +55
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 153 162 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.17% 0.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.29% 0.87% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 136 103 157
10th Percentile £31,125 £42,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £52,111 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - +31.58%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £89,375 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +26.32%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,827 18,518 21,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.98% 19.67% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,411 8,455 11,754
10th Percentile £27,300 £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% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 23 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 +115 48 £67,500 +8.00% 12
North of England +44 40 £61,250 -12.50% 7
North West +16 31 £47,000 +1.08% 5
South East +18 26 £43,672 -41.77% 6
Midlands +28 16 £48,750 -2.50% 5
South West -23 15 £50,000 -18.37% 10
West Midlands +37 14 £47,875 +16.06% 4
East of England +37 8 £48,750 -27.78% 2
Yorkshire +78 7 £62,500 -10.71% 2
North East +3 2 £80,000 +5.61%
East Midlands - 2 £57,500 - 1
Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 2 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) Apache
2 1 (0.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) Drupal
2 1 (0.65%) IIS
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.65%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 54 (35.29%) Azure
2 44 (28.76%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (11.76%) Entra ID
4 12 (7.84%) AWS
5 11 (7.19%) SaaS
6 9 (5.88%) IaaS
7 6 (3.92%) PaaS
8 2 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.31%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.65%) GCP
9 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 40 (26.14%) Firewall
2 9 (5.88%) DHCP
2 9 (5.88%) DNS
2 9 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 9 (5.88%) LAN
2 9 (5.88%) SD-WAN
3 8 (5.23%) VPN
4 7 (4.58%) Cisco IPT
4 7 (4.58%) VLAN
4 7 (4.58%) Wireless
5 6 (3.92%) MPLS
6 4 (2.61%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.96%) Network Security
7 3 (1.96%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (1.96%) WAN
7 3 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.65%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 36 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.34%) Law
3 22 (14.38%) Finance
4 18 (11.76%) Legal
5 15 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.19%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.92%) Local Government
8 6 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.92%) Military
9 5 (3.27%) Automotive
10 3 (1.96%) Publishing
10 3 (1.96%) Retail
11 2 (1.31%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (27.45%) Analyst
2 39 (25.49%) Security Analyst
3 31 (20.26%) Security Manager
4 21 (13.73%) Information Analyst
4 21 (13.73%) Information Security Analyst
5 17 (11.11%) Information Manager
5 17 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
6 16 (10.46%) Lead
7 13 (8.50%) Security Officer
8 10 (6.54%) Compliance Analyst
8 10 (6.54%) IT Technician
9 9 (5.88%) Security Compliance Analyst
10 8 (5.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 8 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.23%) IT Manager
10 8 (5.23%) IT Support
11 7 (4.58%) IT Support Technician
11 7 (4.58%) Support Technician
12 6 (3.92%) Administrator
12 6 (3.92%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.58%) ModSecurity
2 5 (3.27%) SAML
3 4 (2.61%) OAuth
4 2 (1.31%) EDI
4 2 (1.31%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.65%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.07%) Management Information System
2 17 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 10 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (6.54%) Security Posture
4 9 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.58%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.92%) CCTV
6 6 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (3.27%) IoT
8 3 (1.96%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.31%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.31%) NHS
10 1 (0.65%) Anti-Spyware
10 1 (0.65%) Life Science
10 1 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.76%) Windows
2 10 (6.54%) Windows 10
3 9 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.27%) Android
4 5 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.31%) Linux
6 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.65%) Unix
6 1 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (69.28%) Information Security
2 70 (45.75%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (18.30%) Penetration Testing
4 23 (15.03%) Security Management
5 22 (14.38%) Risk Management
6 21 (13.73%) Security Operations
6 21 (13.73%) SIEM
6 21 (13.73%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 20 (13.07%) Business Continuity
7 20 (13.07%) ISMS
8 19 (12.42%) Information Security Management
8 19 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (12.42%) Vulnerability Management
9 17 (11.11%) Data Security
9 17 (11.11%) ITIL
9 17 (11.11%) Mentoring
10 16 (10.46%) Internal Audit
11 15 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (9.80%) Incident Response
12 14 (9.15%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.58%) SQL
2 4 (2.61%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.65%) Bash
3 1 (0.65%) PHP
3 1 (0.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (30.07%) CISSP
2 34 (22.22%) CISA
2 34 (22.22%) CISM
3 21 (13.73%) Security Cleared
4 18 (11.76%) Degree
5 17 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 15 (9.80%) SC Cleared
7 13 (8.50%) CompTIA CySA+
8 11 (7.19%) CEH
8 11 (7.19%) DV Cleared
8 11 (7.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 9 (5.88%) CRISC
10 7 (4.58%) DBS Check
11 5 (3.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (2.61%) ISSMP
13 2 (1.31%) AAT
13 2 (1.31%) CASP
13 2 (1.31%) CESG Certified Professional
14 1 (0.65%) CIPD
14 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 112 (73.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (21.57%) NIST
4 21 (13.73%) GDPR
5 20 (13.07%) NCSC
6 16 (10.46%) PCI DSS
7 12 (7.84%) GRC
8 10 (6.54%) SOC 2
9 6 (3.92%) ISO 9001
10 4 (2.61%) TickIT
11 2 (1.31%) Def Stans
11 2 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.65%) FISMA
12 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.65%) HITRUST
12 1 (0.65%) IASME
12 1 (0.65%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (3.92%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.31%) Docker
4 2 (1.31%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.96%) Ansible
2 3 (1.96%) Terraform
3 2 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.31%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.31%) Nessus
3 2 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.31%) WSUS
4 1 (0.65%) Cacti
4 1 (0.65%) Grafana
4 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.65%) Nagios
4 1 (0.65%) Puppet
4 1 (0.65%) SCCM
4 1 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 41 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.54%) Cisco
2 10 (6.54%) VMware
3 6 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.27%) Citrix
5 4 (2.61%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (2.61%) Dell
5 4 (2.61%) ESET
5 4 (2.61%) Meraki
5 4 (2.61%) Qualys
5 4 (2.61%) Varonis
6 2 (1.31%) arcserve
6 2 (1.31%) Facebook
6 2 (1.31%) Veeam
7 1 (0.65%) Apple
7 1 (0.65%) CA
7 1 (0.65%) Google
7 1 (0.65%) HP
7 1 (0.65%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.65%) TOWER Software