Cyber Scheme
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Scheme 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 894 948 1191
Rank change year-on-year +54 +243 -290
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Scheme 17 51 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.049% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.062% 0.15% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 18
10th Percentile - £40,325 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £47,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.27% +6.11% -41.94%
75th Percentile £79,063 £55,438 £59,688
90th Percentile £87,500 £58,175 £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £47,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +30.89% -34.14% -6.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Cyber Scheme 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 27,375 33,735 42,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.79% 32.58% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,286 15,174 19,044
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +0.41%

Cyber Scheme
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Scheme in the UK

Cyber Scheme
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cyber Scheme in the UK

Cyber Scheme
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Scheme over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Scheme in the UK

Cyber Scheme
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Scheme within the UK 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
Work from Home +44 16 £61,250 +28.27% 1
England +74 12 £70,000 +46.60% 5
London +130 11 £70,000 - 1
South West -25 1 £62,500 - 2
UK excluding London -54 1 £62,500 +30.89% 5

Cyber Scheme
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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
1 6 (35.29%) Wireless
General
1 6 (35.29%) Marketing
1 6 (35.29%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Tester
2 12 (70.59%) Penetration Tester
3 7 (41.18%) Security Tester
4 6 (35.29%) Security Penetration Tester
4 6 (35.29%) Senior
4 6 (35.29%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 6 (35.29%) Senior Tester
5 4 (23.53%) Consultant
5 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 4 (23.53%) Penetration Test Consultant
5 4 (23.53%) Security Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 11 (64.71%) Application Security
2 11 (64.71%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (64.71%) Security Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Information Security
4 6 (35.29%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (35.29%) Cloud Security
4 6 (35.29%) Data Privacy
4 6 (35.29%) OWASP
4 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (35.29%) Red Team
4 6 (35.29%) Security Architecture
4 6 (35.29%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (35.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (23.53%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) OSINT
6 1 (5.88%) Social Engineering
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) CREST Certified
2 11 (64.71%) CHECK Team Member
3 9 (52.94%) SC Cleared
3 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
4 7 (41.18%) CHECK Team Leader
5 6 (35.29%) OSCP
5 6 (35.29%) PCI QSA
5 6 (35.29%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (35.29%) GRC
1 6 (35.29%) NIST
1 6 (35.29%) PCI DSS
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials