Cyber Essentials Job Trends in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 162 172
Rank change year-on-year +20 +10 +56
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 15 9 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.32% 0.27% 0.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.31% 2.10% 4.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 22
10th Percentile £36,550 £49,125 £41,125
25th Percentile £40,012 £55,313 £41,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £61,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +14.42% -2.27%
75th Percentile £48,750 £64,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £55,750 - £73,750
England median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 348 429 492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.44% 12.82% 11.06%
Number of salaries quoted 245 161 349
10th Percentile £30,370 £27,945 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,250 £32,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -12.62%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,750
England median annual salary £59,186 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.36% +9.09% -4.35%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the East of England

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 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
Suffolk +10 9 £47,500 - 1
Norfolk - 3 £42,025 - 4
Bedfordshire +25 1 £82,500 - 2
Cambridgeshire - 1 - - 1
Essex - 1 £32,500 - 2
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
3 4 (26.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DHCP
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) IT Support
1 5 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) IT Manager
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Support Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Compliance Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
1 4 (26.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (33.33%) Business Enablement
3 5 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 5 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 5 (33.33%) IT Governance
3 5 (33.33%) Presales
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 5 (33.33%) Technology Enablement
4 4 (26.67%) Contract Management
4 4 (26.67%) IT Strategy
4 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
4 4 (26.67%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (20.00%) Information Security
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (33.33%) CCNA
2 5 (33.33%) CCNP
3 2 (13.33%) CISM
3 2 (13.33%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) AAT
4 1 (6.67%) CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) CRISC
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (40.00%) GDPR
2 6 (40.00%) NIST
3 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (20.00%) GRC
3 3 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 14001
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) ForgeRock
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) Xero