Cyber Essentials PLUS
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 145 | 135 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -10 | +22 |
| Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | - | 0.036% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.25% | 0.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £40,750 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -34.80% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £50,000 | £40,750 | £37,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.70% | +10.14% | -35.65% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 270 | 397 | 458 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | 19.37% | 14.25% | 24.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 129 | 303 | 287 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £36,250 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £43,525 | £36,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £68,750 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,750 | £86,485 | £84,250 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £52,500 | £53,500 | £51,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.87% | +4.39% | +7.89% |
Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in Birmingham.