Cyber Essentials Job Trends in Bolton

Cyber Essentials
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 1.27% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £95,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -17.53% +6.64%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 20 29 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 25.32% 28.43% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 5
10th Percentile - £55,000 -
25th Percentile £28,500 £72,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £75,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +130.77% -15.03%
75th Percentile £50,313 £77,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £74,425 - £66,750
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,803
% change year-on-year +5.77% +2.36% -7.63%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in Bolton

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility