Cyber Essentials Jobs in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 246 221
Rank change year-on-year +87 -25 -21
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 104 33 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.44% 0.49% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.29% 1.65% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 96 23 24
10th Percentile £31,114 £31,600 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,269 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +14.87% -11.36%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,875 £60,625
90th Percentile £66,294 £89,500 £74,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

Cyber Essentials 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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,120 2,002 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.48% 29.64% 19.14%
Number of salaries quoted 865 742 858
10th Percentile £27,380 £31,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,375 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% +9.31% -1.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the West Midlands

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Warwickshire +88 41 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Birmingham +3 33 £37,500 -37.50% 4
Staffordshire -10 11 £55,000 +69.23% 1
Shropshire - 9 £37,500 - 2
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Worcestershire -18 2 £52,500 -10.64%
Halesowen - 1 £25,000 -
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 17 (16.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 57 (54.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (51.92%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (43.27%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (21.15%) Azure
3 19 (18.27%) Entra ID
4 18 (17.31%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.85%) IaaS
6 3 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.38%) Intranet
2 13 (12.50%) Firewall
2 13 (12.50%) Wireless
3 9 (8.65%) LAN
4 6 (5.77%) MPLS
4 6 (5.77%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.85%) DHCP
5 4 (3.85%) DNS
5 4 (3.85%) NGFW
6 3 (2.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (17.31%) Power BI
2 6 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
General
1 71 (68.27%) Social Skills
2 42 (40.38%) Public Sector
3 27 (25.96%) Finance
4 9 (8.65%) Law
4 9 (8.65%) Local Government
5 5 (4.81%) Automotive
6 4 (3.85%) Legal
7 3 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.88%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.92%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.96%) Advertising
9 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (16.35%) IT Manager
1 17 (16.35%) IT Support
2 12 (11.54%) Support Engineer
3 11 (10.58%) IT Engineer
3 11 (10.58%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (5.77%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (5.77%) 1st Line Support Technician
4 6 (5.77%) Analyst
4 6 (5.77%) First Line Help Desk Support
4 6 (5.77%) Help Desk Support
4 6 (5.77%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 6 (5.77%) Help Desk Technician
4 6 (5.77%) IT Support Technician
4 6 (5.77%) IT Technician
4 6 (5.77%) Security Manager
4 6 (5.77%) Support Technician
5 5 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (4.81%) Support Officer
6 3 (2.88%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 3 (2.88%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 43 (41.35%) Driving Licence
2 9 (8.65%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.65%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (5.77%) CCTV
3 6 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.92%) BYOD
4 2 (1.92%) NHS
5 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 22 (21.15%) Windows
2 8 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.88%) Unix
4 2 (1.92%) Android
4 2 (1.92%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (66.35%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (50.96%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (44.23%) Incident Response
4 39 (37.50%) Data Collection
5 38 (36.54%) ITIL
6 24 (23.08%) Digital Strategy
7 18 (17.31%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (16.35%) Service Delivery
9 16 (15.38%) Data Governance
9 16 (15.38%) Information Governance
9 16 (15.38%) Line Management
10 12 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 10 (9.62%) Information Security
12 9 (8.65%) Break/Fix
13 7 (6.73%) Agile
14 6 (5.77%) Change Management
14 6 (5.77%) SIEM
15 5 (4.81%) ITSM
15 5 (4.81%) Performance Management
15 5 (4.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.77%) SQL
2 2 (1.92%) Bash
2 2 (1.92%) Bicep
2 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.69%) CISSP
3 7 (6.73%) CISM
4 6 (5.77%) DBS Check
4 6 (5.77%) Degree
5 4 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.88%) CITP
7 1 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.96%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (50.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (37.50%) ISO 9001
2 39 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 22 (21.15%) GDPR
4 14 (13.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (10.58%) NIST
6 8 (7.69%) QA
7 3 (2.88%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.92%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.96%) GRC
9 1 (0.96%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.96%) NCSC
9 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (18.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.77%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.81%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 39 (37.50%) EnCase
2 15 (14.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (86.54%) Microsoft
2 20 (19.23%) Sophos
3 6 (5.77%) Veeam
4 5 (4.81%) VMware
5 4 (3.85%) Aruba
5 4 (3.85%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (3.85%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.88%) Cisco
7 2 (1.92%) Citrix
7 2 (1.92%) Dell
8 1 (0.96%) Palo Alto