Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 717 799 713
Rank change year-on-year +82 -86 +99
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 177 186 546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.18% 0.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.31% 0.91% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 156 122 176
10th Percentile £31,875 £42,000 £34,875
25th Percentile £42,188 £52,208 £44,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £75,313 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £61,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.37% +16.67% +22.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,486 20,357 25,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.77% 19.29% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,280 9,329 13,208
10th Percentile £27,050 £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% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Top 15 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +112 154 £57,500 -8.00% 41
UK excluding London +34 110 £50,000 -18.37% 29
Work from Home +96 68 £57,500 -20.69% 14
London +142 48 £67,500 +8.00% 11
North of England +56 41 £62,500 -10.71% 8
North West +24 32 £47,000 +1.08% 5
South East +21 26 £43,672 -41.77% 7
Midlands +11 16 £48,750 -2.50% 5
South West -25 15 £50,000 -20.00% 7
West Midlands +37 14 £47,875 +16.06% 4
East of England +33 8 £48,750 -27.78% 2
Yorkshire +81 7 £62,500 -10.71% 2
Scotland -56 4 £45,000 +17.70%
North East +4 2 £80,000 +5.61% 1
East Midlands - 2 £57,500 - 1

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 8 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) Apache
2 1 (0.56%) CMS
2 1 (0.56%) Drupal
2 1 (0.56%) IIS
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 69 (38.98%) Azure
2 51 (28.81%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (14.69%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.73%) AWS
5 11 (6.21%) SaaS
6 9 (5.08%) IaaS
7 8 (4.52%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (3.39%) PaaS
9 2 (1.13%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.56%) GCP
10 1 (0.56%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 47 (26.55%) Firewall
2 16 (9.04%) LAN
3 12 (6.78%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (6.78%) SD-WAN
4 11 (6.21%) VPN
5 9 (5.08%) DHCP
5 9 (5.08%) DNS
5 9 (5.08%) MPLS
5 9 (5.08%) Network Security
6 7 (3.95%) Cisco IPT
6 7 (3.95%) VLAN
6 7 (3.95%) Wireless
7 6 (3.39%) WAN
7 6 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.26%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.69%) BGP
9 3 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (1.69%) EIGRP
9 3 (1.69%) OSPF
9 3 (1.69%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (3.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 45 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.12%) Law
3 23 (12.99%) Finance
4 20 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (10.17%) Legal
6 15 (8.47%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.39%) Local Government
9 6 (3.39%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.39%) Military
10 5 (2.82%) Automotive
10 5 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.69%) Publishing
11 3 (1.69%) Retail
12 2 (1.13%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (23.73%) Analyst
2 39 (22.03%) Security Analyst
3 34 (19.21%) Security Manager
4 21 (11.86%) Information Analyst
4 21 (11.86%) Information Security Analyst
5 17 (9.60%) Information Manager
5 17 (9.60%) Information Security Manager
6 16 (9.04%) Lead
7 14 (7.91%) IT Manager
7 14 (7.91%) Senior
8 13 (7.34%) Security Officer
9 12 (6.78%) IT Technician
10 10 (5.65%) Compliance Analyst
10 10 (5.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 9 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.08%) Security Compliance Analyst
12 8 (4.52%) IT Security Manager
12 8 (4.52%) IT Support
13 7 (3.95%) IT Support Technician
13 7 (3.95%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.95%) ModSecurity
2 5 (2.82%) SAML
3 4 (2.26%) OAuth
4 2 (1.13%) EDI
4 2 (1.13%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.56%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.69%) Management Information System
2 24 (13.56%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.21%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (5.65%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.65%) Security Posture
5 9 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.95%) Cyberattack
6 7 (3.95%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.39%) CCTV
8 5 (2.82%) IoT
9 3 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.13%) Anti-Spyware
10 2 (1.13%) Insider Threat
10 2 (1.13%) NHS
11 1 (0.56%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.56%) Life Science
11 1 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.43%) Windows
2 12 (6.78%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.65%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.82%) Android
4 5 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.13%) Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.56%) Unix
6 1 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (63.28%) Information Security
2 86 (48.59%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (18.08%) Penetration Testing
4 27 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (13.56%) Security Management
6 23 (12.99%) Business Continuity
7 22 (12.43%) Risk Management
8 21 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (11.86%) ITIL
8 21 (11.86%) Security Operations
8 21 (11.86%) SIEM
8 21 (11.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 20 (11.30%) Information Security Management
9 20 (11.30%) ISMS
9 20 (11.30%) Mentoring
10 19 (10.73%) Vulnerability Management
11 18 (10.17%) Data Protection
12 17 (9.60%) Data Security
12 17 (9.60%) Incident Response
13 16 (9.04%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.52%) SQL
2 4 (2.26%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.56%) Bash
3 1 (0.56%) PHP
3 1 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (29.38%) CISSP
2 40 (22.60%) CISM
3 34 (19.21%) CISA
4 31 (17.51%) Security Cleared
5 22 (12.43%) SC Cleared
6 21 (11.86%) Degree
7 17 (9.60%) CompTIA Security+
8 13 (7.34%) CompTIA CySA+
9 11 (6.21%) CEH
9 11 (6.21%) DV Cleared
9 11 (6.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 9 (5.08%) CRISC
11 7 (3.95%) DBS Check
12 6 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (2.82%) Azure Certification
13 5 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 4 (2.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (2.26%) AWS Certification
14 4 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (2.26%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 123 (69.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (18.64%) NIST
4 23 (12.99%) GDPR
5 20 (11.30%) NCSC
5 20 (11.30%) PCI DSS
6 12 (6.78%) GRC
7 10 (5.65%) SOC 2
8 7 (3.95%) ISO 9001
9 5 (2.82%) IASME
10 4 (2.26%) QA
10 4 (2.26%) TickIT
11 2 (1.13%) Def Stans
11 2 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.56%) FISMA
12 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.56%) HITRUST
12 1 (0.56%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (15.25%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.08%) Hyper-V
2 9 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.13%) Docker
4 2 (1.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.69%) Ansible
2 3 (1.69%) Nessus
2 3 (1.69%) Terraform
3 2 (1.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.13%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.13%) WSUS
4 1 (0.56%) Cacti
4 1 (0.56%) Grafana
4 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.56%) Nagios
4 1 (0.56%) Puppet
4 1 (0.56%) SCCM
4 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (28.25%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.34%) Cisco
2 13 (7.34%) VMware
3 6 (3.39%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.82%) Citrix
5 4 (2.26%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (2.26%) Dell
5 4 (2.26%) ESET
5 4 (2.26%) Meraki
5 4 (2.26%) Qualys
5 4 (2.26%) Varonis
6 3 (1.69%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.69%) Juniper
6 3 (1.69%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.69%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.13%) arcserve
7 2 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.13%) Facebook
7 2 (1.13%) Veeam
8 1 (0.56%) Acronis