CREST Certified Jobs in Central London

CREST Certification
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 189 239
Rank change year-on-year +30 +50 +50
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 6 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.24% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% 0.74% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - - £87,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £90,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £85,000 £98,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -13.27% +50.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £105,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -22.22% +38.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 851 1,087 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 33.50% 28.73% 22.40%
Number of salaries quoted 489 688 851
10th Percentile £40,467 £36,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £108,250 £117,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in Central London

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in Central London.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in Central London

CREST Certified
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
Lambeth - 3 - -
City of London +32 2 £65,000 -23.53% 2
West End of London - 1 - - 2
CREST Certified
London

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Burp Suite
1 1 (16.67%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (50.00%) Marketing
1 3 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Tester
1 4 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Hunter
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Penetration Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Security Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (50.00%) Data Privacy
4 3 (50.00%) Information Security
4 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (50.00%) Security Auditing
4 3 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (33.33%) Red Team
6 1 (16.67%) Advanced Persistent Threat
6 1 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
6 1 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (16.67%) Offensive Security
6 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) OSCP
2 3 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 3 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 3 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (50.00%) GRC
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Intel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft