CREST Certified Jobs in the UK excluding London

CREST Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 714 691 812
Rank change year-on-year -23 +121 -145
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 43 70 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.12% 0.052%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.32% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 32 23 23
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £51,875 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,625 £74,375 £76,875
90th Percentile £103,750 £99,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,875 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -24.03% +19.23% -16.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,486 21,880 22,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.48% 36.38% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,231 8,108 10,239
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,029 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the UK excluding London

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in the UK excluding London

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in the UK excluding London

CREST Certified
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +60 17 £50,000 +37.93% 5
North West +21 14 £50,000 +8.11% 2
South East 0 13 £52,500 -38.24% 1
South West -23 8 £48,750 -50.00% 5
West Midlands +11 5 £100,000 -
Midlands -12 5 £100,000 - 1
Yorkshire +88 2 - - 3
North East - 1 - -
CREST Certified
UK

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) AWS
2 4 (9.30%) Azure
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) Firewall
1 6 (13.95%) HTTP
1 6 (13.95%) SMTP
1 6 (13.95%) Wireless
2 4 (9.30%) Internet
2 4 (9.30%) Network Security
2 4 (9.30%) SSL
2 4 (9.30%) TCP/IP
3 3 (6.98%) Wireless Security
4 2 (4.65%) DMZ
4 2 (4.65%) DNS
4 2 (4.65%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (4.65%) tcpdump
4 2 (4.65%) VPN
4 2 (4.65%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Burp Suite
1 5 (11.63%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (25.58%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Law
4 4 (9.30%) Retail
4 4 (9.30%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.33%) Games
6 1 (2.33%) Local Government
6 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) Senior
2 10 (23.26%) Lead
3 9 (20.93%) Penetration Tester
4 8 (18.60%) Consultant
4 8 (18.60%) Security Consultant
4 8 (18.60%) Tester
5 7 (16.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 5 (11.63%) Analyst
6 5 (11.63%) Team Leader
6 5 (11.63%) Test Team Leader
7 3 (6.98%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) SOC Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Associate Director
9 1 (2.33%) Cyber Threat Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Lead Tester
9 1 (2.33%) Technology Director
9 1 (2.33%) Test Leader
9 1 (2.33%) Test Manager
9 1 (2.33%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 18 (41.86%) Cyber Threat
2 16 (37.21%) Cyberattack
3 9 (20.93%) Management Information System
4 8 (18.60%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (16.28%) Mobile App
6 4 (9.30%) Operational Technology
7 3 (6.98%) IoT
8 2 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (4.65%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
8 2 (4.65%) Security Posture
9 1 (2.33%) Blockchain
9 1 (2.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (2.33%) Cybercrime
9 1 (2.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.63%) Kali Linux
2 4 (9.30%) Unix
3 2 (4.65%) Linux
3 2 (4.65%) Windows
4 1 (2.33%) Android
4 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (81.40%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (51.16%) Incident Response
3 21 (48.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 21 (48.84%) Threat Intelligence
4 17 (39.53%) Penetration Testing
5 16 (37.21%) Purple Team
6 15 (34.88%) Threat Modelling
7 12 (27.91%) Red Team
8 11 (25.58%) Analytics
9 10 (23.26%) Security Testing
10 8 (18.60%) Data Privacy
10 8 (18.60%) Mentoring
10 8 (18.60%) Risk Management
10 8 (18.60%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (16.28%) Agile
11 7 (16.28%) Cyber Intelligence
11 7 (16.28%) Enterprise Architecture
11 7 (16.28%) Information Assurance
11 7 (16.28%) SABSA
11 7 (16.28%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.60%) Python
2 4 (9.30%) Bash
2 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.98%) Java
4 2 (4.65%) C#
4 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) GIAC
1 16 (37.21%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.58%) Degree
3 8 (18.60%) CISSP
4 7 (16.28%) CESG Certified Professional
4 7 (16.28%) CISMP
5 6 (13.95%) OSCP
5 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
6 4 (9.30%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (9.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (6.98%) AWS Certification
7 3 (6.98%) OSCE
8 2 (4.65%) CASP
8 2 (4.65%) CCSAS
8 2 (4.65%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (4.65%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (4.65%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (4.65%) Linux+ Certification
8 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
8 2 (4.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (16.28%) GRC
2 7 (16.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 5 (11.63%) QA
4 4 (9.30%) NIST
5 2 (4.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.33%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (11.63%) Nmap
2 3 (6.98%) Nessus
3 2 (4.65%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) Qualys
3 1 (2.33%) Red Hat