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 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 183 235
Rank change year-on-year +29 +52 +76
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 3 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.13% 0.24% 0.082%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.78% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £98,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -18.37% +50.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £105,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £89,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -21.79% +37.69%

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 776 1,149 1,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 33.65% 30.66% 23.54%
Number of salaries quoted 472 694 783
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,898 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,782
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +0.75% -4.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £105,000 £120,000
London median annual salary £67,500 £66,650 £67,500
% change year-on-year +1.28% -1.26% +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 29 June 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
City of London +32 2 £65,000 -18.75% 3
West End of London - 1 - -
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Burp Suite
1 1 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Hunter
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Penetration Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Security Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Advanced Persistent Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) Presales
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) OSCP
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Intel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft