CREST Certified Jobs in the South West

CREST Certification
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 262 311
Rank change year-on-year -21 +49 -25
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 9 10 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.098% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.35% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 10
10th Percentile - £58,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £62,500 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £97,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +39.29% +64.71%
75th Percentile £57,031 £125,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £68,563 - £74,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.88% +23.08% -3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,310 2,839 3,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.88% 41.05% 38.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,144 1,265 1,619
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,505
25th Percentile £39,940 £37,940 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the South West

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for CREST Certified in the South West

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in the South West

CREST Certified
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bristol +6 4 £62,500 -35.90% 2
Gloucestershire - 4 £48,750 -
CREST Certified
England

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) Internet
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Burp Suite
1 3 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Law
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (55.56%) Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyberattack
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile App
2 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Kali Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Unix
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (77.78%) Incident Response
2 6 (66.67%) Red Team
3 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Purple Team
3 4 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (33.33%) Analytics
4 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
4 3 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (11.11%) Blue Team
5 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Offensive Security
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) C#
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) GIAC
1 3 (33.33%) OSCP
2 2 (22.22%) CCSAS
3 1 (11.11%) CCSAM
3 1 (11.11%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Scheme
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Red Hat