Cyber Essentials
County Antrim > Belfast
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 33 | 47 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast | 0.73% | 0.25% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 5.88% | 1.54% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £27,250 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £37,750 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| County Antrim median annual salary | £32,500 | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Belfast
Cyber Essentials 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 | 34 | 65 | 28 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast | 12.36% | 16.46% | 10.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 20 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34,125 | £31,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £61,563 | £35,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £67,500 | £46,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.22% | +46.74% | -3.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £71,250 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £79,555 | £93,750 | £68,289 |
| County Antrim median annual salary | £52,500 | £67,500 | £48,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.22% | +40.63% | +12.94% |
Cyber Essentials
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: