Cyber Essentials Job Trends in Cumbria

Cyber Essentials
North West > Cumbria

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 1 0 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.24% - 5.84%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.85% - 41.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £31,000
25th Percentile £42,750 - £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 - £33,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.56%
75th Percentile £44,250 - £35,250
90th Percentile - - £77,775
North West median annual salary £35,000 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -6.67% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cumbria

Cyber Essentials 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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 54 60 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.20% 12.82% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8 24 26
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,225 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,563 £36,701 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,250 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% -23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £39,188 - £70,000
90th Percentile £45,075 £54,860 £76,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Ambleside - 1 £43,500 - 1
Cyber Essentials
North West

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft