Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Trends in Belfast

Cyber Essentials PLUS
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.18% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.28% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £47,500 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Belfast

Cyber Essentials PLUS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 78 27 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 14.18% 11.89% 17.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 22
10th Percentile £34,950 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £40,313 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £66,692 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% -1.20% +35.00%
75th Percentile £56,875 £84,190 £71,250
90th Percentile £68,100 £88,874 £91,500
County Antrim median annual salary £45,000 £66,692 £67,500
% change year-on-year -32.53% -1.20% +35.00%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft