CREST Certified Jobs with Work from Home Options

CREST Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 536 576 781
Rank change year-on-year +40 +205 -241
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 53 85 61
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.20% 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.81% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 43 30 50
10th Percentile £45,350 £49,500 £45,875
25th Percentile £48,750 £63,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -16.13%
75th Percentile £91,875 £90,625 £82,188
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £92,500
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,505 10,536 15,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.15% 25.40% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,902 6,443 8,544
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,525
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

CREST Certified
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CREST Certified trend for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CREST Certified.

CREST Certified salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CREST Certified over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

CREST Certified salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (13.21%) Azure
2 6 (11.32%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.66%) AWS
4 1 (1.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) Firewall
1 11 (20.75%) Wireless
2 3 (5.66%) Network Security
3 2 (3.77%) Internet
3 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.77%) Wireless Security
4 1 (1.89%) HTTP
4 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.89%) SMTP
4 1 (1.89%) SSL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Burp Suite
1 5 (9.43%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Finance
3 9 (16.98%) Retail
3 9 (16.98%) Telecoms
4 8 (15.09%) Law
4 8 (15.09%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (11.32%) Marketing
6 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (43.40%) Penetration Tester
1 23 (43.40%) Tester
2 18 (33.96%) Senior
3 16 (30.19%) Lead
4 15 (28.30%) Team Leader
5 14 (26.42%) Test Team Leader
6 10 (18.87%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 10 (18.87%) Senior Tester
7 8 (15.09%) Consultant
8 6 (11.32%) Security Consultant
8 6 (11.32%) Security Penetration Tester
8 6 (11.32%) Security Tester
9 4 (7.55%) Penetration Test Consultant
9 4 (7.55%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (7.55%) Senior Testing Consultant
9 4 (7.55%) Testing Consultant
10 3 (5.66%) Analyst
10 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 3 (5.66%) Senior Security Consultant
10 3 (5.66%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Mobile App
2 5 (9.43%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (9.43%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.55%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.66%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (5.66%) IoT
5 2 (3.77%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.77%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.89%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Kali Linux
2 4 (7.55%) Unix
2 4 (7.55%) Windows
3 2 (3.77%) Linux
4 1 (1.89%) Android
4 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (88.68%) Penetration Testing
2 33 (62.26%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (41.51%) Red Team
3 22 (41.51%) Security Testing
4 18 (33.96%) Data Privacy
5 17 (32.08%) Information Security
5 17 (32.08%) Mentoring
6 14 (26.42%) Presales
7 11 (20.75%) Application Security
7 11 (20.75%) Computer Science
7 11 (20.75%) Decision-Making
8 10 (18.87%) Creative Thinking
8 10 (18.87%) Project Delivery
9 9 (16.98%) Actionable Insight
9 9 (16.98%) Cloud Security
9 9 (16.98%) Collaborative Culture
9 9 (16.98%) OWASP
9 9 (16.98%) Service Catalogue
9 9 (16.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 8 (15.09%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.09%) Python
2 4 (7.55%) Bash
3 3 (5.66%) Java
3 3 (5.66%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.77%) C#
5 1 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 17 (32.08%) OSCP
2 15 (28.30%) Cyber Scheme
2 15 (28.30%) Degree
3 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
4 13 (24.53%) CHECK Team Member
5 11 (20.75%) SC Cleared
6 9 (16.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (15.09%) CHECK Team Leader
8 7 (13.21%) PCI QSA
9 6 (11.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (11.32%) Tigerscheme
10 5 (9.43%) OSCE
11 4 (7.55%) CEH
11 4 (7.55%) CISSP
11 4 (7.55%) GPEN
11 4 (7.55%) Master's Degree
12 3 (5.66%) GIAC
13 2 (3.77%) PhD
14 1 (1.89%) ISACA
14 1 (1.89%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) PCI DSS
1 9 (16.98%) QA
2 8 (15.09%) NIST
3 7 (13.21%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (11.32%) GRC
5 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.89%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (9.43%) Nmap
2 3 (5.66%) Nessus
3 1 (1.89%) FTK
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) Qualys
3 2 (3.77%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.89%) Carbon Black
4 1 (1.89%) IBM