CREST Certified Job Trends in the City of London

CREST Certification
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 158 160
Rank change year-on-year +37 +2 +96
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 12 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.52% 0.038% 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.39% 0.12% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £65,750 - £70,750
25th Percentile £70,625 - £71,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £88,125 - £79,375
90th Percentile £92,250 - £81,250
Central London median annual salary £80,000 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 503 830 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.99% 31.45% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 368 459 544
10th Percentile £39,400 £46,250 £37,150
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -9.41%
75th Percentile £87,500 £93,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £121,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in the City of London

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CREST Certified.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CREST Certified

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in the City of London

CREST Certified
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 7 (58.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (25.00%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Digital Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Digital Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Mobile App
2 6 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
2 6 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Blog
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Mentoring
1 11 (91.67%) Penetration Testing
2 10 (83.33%) Agile
2 10 (83.33%) Business Strategy
2 10 (83.33%) Business Transformation
2 10 (83.33%) Coaching
2 10 (83.33%) Creative Thinking
2 10 (83.33%) Internal Audit
2 10 (83.33%) Offensive Security
2 10 (83.33%) Red Team
3 7 (58.33%) API Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Application Security
3 7 (58.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (58.33%) Purple Team
4 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
5 4 (33.33%) Incident Response
6 3 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Bash
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) OSCP
2 7 (58.33%) CCSAM
2 7 (58.33%) CHECK Team Leader
2 7 (58.33%) CHECK Team Member
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (25.00%) CEH
5 1 (8.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Nessus