CREST Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 754 863 1102
Rank change year-on-year +109 +239 -234
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 134 132 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.13% 0.084%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.40% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 111 63 80
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,409 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.87% +19.23% -16.13%
75th Percentile £75,000 £94,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,491 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.72% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,282 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,254 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the UK

CREST Certified
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CREST Certified in the UK

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in the UK

CREST Certified
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 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
England +106 115 £62,500 -24.24% 20
London +148 67 £70,000 -23.91% 7
Work from Home +38 54 £70,000 -9.68% 9
UK excluding London -35 43 £50,000 -16.67% 12
North of England +47 17 £50,000 +37.93% 3
North West +13 14 £50,000 +8.11% 2
South East +17 13 £52,500 -26.32% 1
South West -27 8 £48,750 -50.00% 4
West Midlands +11 5 £100,000 -
Midlands +2 5 £100,000 - 2
Yorkshire +78 2 - - 1
North East - 1 - -

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (10.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (12.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.43%) AWS
2 16 (11.94%) Azure
3 13 (9.70%) GCP
4 7 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.75%) IaaS
6 1 (0.75%) PaaS
6 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.43%) TCP/IP
2 17 (12.69%) Firewall
3 16 (11.94%) DNS
4 15 (11.19%) Wireless
5 14 (10.45%) DHCP
6 6 (4.48%) HTTP
6 6 (4.48%) SMTP
7 5 (3.73%) Network Security
8 4 (2.99%) Internet
8 4 (2.99%) SSL
9 3 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (2.24%) Wireless Security
10 2 (1.49%) DMZ
10 2 (1.49%) tcpdump
10 2 (1.49%) VPN
10 2 (1.49%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Burp Suite
1 8 (5.97%) Metasploit
General
1 23 (17.16%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.42%) Retail
3 19 (14.18%) Public Sector
4 17 (12.69%) Law
5 15 (11.19%) Finance
6 13 (9.70%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (6.72%) Marketing
7 9 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.73%) Banking
9 4 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.49%) Police
11 1 (0.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.75%) Games
11 1 (0.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 50 (37.31%) Penetration Tester
1 50 (37.31%) Tester
2 39 (29.10%) Senior
3 28 (20.90%) Lead
4 22 (16.42%) Consultant
5 20 (14.93%) Security Consultant
5 20 (14.93%) Team Leader
6 19 (14.18%) Test Team Leader
7 17 (12.69%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 17 (12.69%) Senior Tester
8 13 (9.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 12 (8.96%) Analyst
10 8 (5.97%) IT Support
11 7 (5.22%) Security Penetration Tester
11 7 (5.22%) Security Tester
11 7 (5.22%) Senior Consultant
11 7 (5.22%) Senior Testing Consultant
11 7 (5.22%) Testing Consultant
12 6 (4.48%) Support Analyst
12 6 (4.48%) Technology Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.16%) Cyberattack
2 22 (16.42%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (11.19%) Mobile App
4 14 (10.45%) Replication
5 9 (6.72%) Management Information System
6 8 (5.97%) Onboarding
6 8 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (5.22%) Security Posture
8 6 (4.48%) IoT
9 4 (2.99%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (2.99%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.24%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (2.24%) PKI
11 2 (1.49%) Client/Server
11 2 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.75%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 1 (0.75%) Cybercrime
12 1 (0.75%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.18%) Windows
2 14 (10.45%) Windows 10
2 14 (10.45%) Windows Server
2 14 (10.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (5.97%) Kali Linux
4 6 (4.48%) Android
4 6 (4.48%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.73%) Linux
6 4 (2.99%) Unix
7 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (76.87%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (65.67%) Penetration Testing
3 42 (31.34%) Security Testing
4 33 (24.63%) Red Team
5 25 (18.66%) Mentoring
6 24 (17.91%) Incident Response
7 23 (17.16%) Data Privacy
7 23 (17.16%) Information Security
7 23 (17.16%) Threat Modelling
8 22 (16.42%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 22 (16.42%) Threat Intelligence
9 20 (14.93%) Presales
9 20 (14.93%) Purple Team
10 19 (14.18%) Cryptography
11 18 (13.43%) Application Security
12 16 (11.94%) Cloud Security
12 16 (11.94%) Project Delivery
13 15 (11.19%) Decision-Making
13 15 (11.19%) ITIL
13 15 (11.19%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.69%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.72%) Python
3 8 (5.97%) Java
4 5 (3.73%) Go
5 4 (2.99%) Bash
5 4 (2.99%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.49%) C#
7 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 42 (31.34%) Security Cleared
2 39 (29.10%) Degree
3 37 (27.61%) OSCP
4 28 (20.90%) SC Cleared
5 21 (15.67%) CHECK Team Member
6 17 (12.69%) GIAC
7 16 (11.94%) Cyber Scheme
8 15 (11.19%) CISSP
9 14 (10.45%) MCSA
9 14 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (9.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (7.46%) CESG Certified Professional
11 10 (7.46%) CHECK Team Leader
11 10 (7.46%) CISMP
12 8 (5.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (5.97%) OSCE
13 7 (5.22%) Master's Degree
13 7 (5.22%) PCI QSA
14 6 (4.48%) Tigerscheme
15 5 (3.73%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (10.45%) QA
3 13 (9.70%) GRC
4 10 (7.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 10 (7.46%) NIST
4 10 (7.46%) PCI DSS
5 7 (5.22%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.49%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.75%) GDPR
8 1 (0.75%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (10.45%) Active Directory
1 14 (10.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (5.97%) Nmap
2 6 (4.48%) Nessus
3 5 (3.73%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (1.49%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.75%) FTK
Vendors
1 15 (11.19%) VMware
2 14 (10.45%) Bloomberg
2 14 (10.45%) Cisco
2 14 (10.45%) FactSet
2 14 (10.45%) MobileIron
2 14 (10.45%) Refinitiv
3 11 (8.21%) Microsoft
4 7 (5.22%) Google
4 7 (5.22%) Qualys
5 2 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.75%) Carbon Black
6 1 (0.75%) IBM
6 1 (0.75%) Red Hat