CREST Certified Jobs in the North West

CREST Certification
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 292 327
Rank change year-on-year +10 +35 -72
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 13 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.13% 0.090% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.26% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 4
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,875 £61,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £33,438 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -42.19% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £62,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £55,000 £66,300 £83,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £82,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -24.24% +22.22% -3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,375 2,700 2,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.08% 34.59% 30.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,622 919 1,308
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,950 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,721
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £49,275
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +11.62% -1.45%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £64,106
90th Percentile £79,515 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the North West

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in the North West.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in the North West

CREST Certified
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Lancashire - 7 £50,000 - 1
Manchester +12 6 £50,000 +33.33% 3
CREST Certified
England

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Wireless
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Burp Suite
1 3 (23.08%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) Penetration Tester
3 3 (23.08%) Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Security Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (53.85%) Cyberattack
3 3 (23.08%) IoT
3 3 (23.08%) Mobile App
3 3 (23.08%) Operational Technology
4 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Kali Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (69.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 9 (69.23%) Incident Response
2 9 (69.23%) Threat Intelligence
3 7 (53.85%) Analytics
3 7 (53.85%) Purple Team
3 7 (53.85%) Threat Modelling
4 5 (38.46%) Information Security
5 4 (30.77%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
6 3 (23.08%) Data Privacy
6 3 (23.08%) Microservices
6 3 (23.08%) OWASP
6 3 (23.08%) Red Team
6 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Social Engineering
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (15.38%) Coaching
7 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 2 (15.38%) Bash
3 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) GIAC
2 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) OSCE
3 3 (23.08%) OSCP
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
1 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Nessus
1 3 (23.08%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Qualys
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft