Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Essentials PLUS
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 92 127
Rank change year-on-year -7 +35 -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.057% 0.093% 0.098%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.52% 0.85% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,750 - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £67,500
75th Percentile £64,250 - £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £48,250 £45,922
% change year-on-year +34.72% +5.07% -38.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 192 117 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 10.99% 10.93% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 133 41 167
10th Percentile £33,250 £25,750 £27,700
25th Percentile £43,125 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,750 £51,875
90th Percentile £97,000 £93,250 £71,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -11.76%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Cyber Essentials PLUS job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cyber Essentials PLUS

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -45 1 £62,500 - 2
Cyber Essentials PLUS
South East

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Rubrik
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) VMware