Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Trends in County Antrim

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Antrim citing Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	90	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim	0.20%	-	-
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	1.18%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£46,250	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£48,750	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Northern Ireland median annual salary	£47,500	-	-

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
County Antrim

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in County Antrim.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	170	42	64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim	16.87%	14.38%	15.76%
Number of salaries quoted	22	17	19
10^th Percentile	-	-	£42,050
25^th Percentile	£30,000	£36,250	£63,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£42,500	£52,500	£67,500
Median % change year-on-year	-19.05%	-22.22%	+35.00%
75^th Percentile	£48,750	£70,000	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£64,975	£84,344	£93,750
Northern Ireland median annual salary	£45,000	£55,000	£67,500
% change year-on-year	-18.18%	-18.52%	+35.00%

Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Locations in County Antrim

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 County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Belfast	-	2	£47,500	-	1
Cyber Essentials PLUS Northern Ireland

Cyber Essentials PLUS Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, job vacancies citing Cyber Essentials PLUS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the County Antrim region citing Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Capacity Planning	100.0%	2
1	Computer Science	100.0%	2
1	Computer Science Degree	100.0%	2
1	Contract Negotiation	100.0%	2
1	Cyber Essentials	100.0%	2
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	GDPR	100.0%	2
1	Information Security	100.0%	2
1	ISO/IEC 27001	100.0%	2
1	IT Strategy	100.0%	2
1	Mentoring	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft 365	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft Intune	100.0%	2
1	Operations Management	100.0%	2
1	Roadmaps	100.0%	2
1	SaaS	100.0%	2
1	Service Delivery	100.0%	2
1	Strategic Roadmap	100.0%	2

Cyber Essentials PLUS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cyber Essentials	100.0%	2
1	GDPR	100.0%	2
1	ISO/IEC 27001	100.0%	2