CREST Certified Jobs in England

CREST Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 716 841 1033
Rank change year-on-year +125 +192 -190
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 115 89 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.099% 0.069%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.30% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 97 44 68
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,875
25th Percentile £46,875 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £82,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +24.53% -5.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £99,188 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £119,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £58,875 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -24.03% +19.23% -16.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CREST Certified is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,401 29,435 35,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.45% 32.61% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 15,774 13,378 16,570
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £59,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +8.36% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in England.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
London +129 67 £70,000 -22.22% 6
North of England +60 17 £50,000 +37.93% 6
North West +21 14 £50,000 +8.11% 2
South East 0 13 £52,500 -38.24% 1
South West -23 8 £48,750 -50.00% 4
West Midlands +11 5 £100,000 -
Midlands -12 5 £100,000 - 2
Yorkshire +88 2 - - 4
North East - 1 - -
CREST Certified
UK

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (12.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (12.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (14.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.91%) Azure
2 13 (11.30%) AWS
3 8 (6.96%) GCP
4 7 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.22%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.87%) IaaS
6 1 (0.87%) PaaS
6 1 (0.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.65%) TCP/IP
2 16 (13.91%) DNS
2 16 (13.91%) Firewall
3 15 (13.04%) Wireless
4 14 (12.17%) DHCP
5 6 (5.22%) HTTP
5 6 (5.22%) SMTP
6 5 (4.35%) Network Security
7 4 (3.48%) Internet
7 4 (3.48%) SSL
8 3 (2.61%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (2.61%) Wireless Security
9 2 (1.74%) DMZ
9 2 (1.74%) tcpdump
9 2 (1.74%) VPN
9 2 (1.74%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Burp Suite
1 8 (6.96%) Metasploit
General
1 18 (15.65%) Public Sector
2 17 (14.78%) Retail
3 16 (13.91%) Social Skills
4 15 (13.04%) Finance
5 13 (11.30%) Telecoms
6 11 (9.57%) Law
7 9 (7.83%) Marketing
7 9 (7.83%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.74%) Police
11 1 (0.87%) Automotive
11 1 (0.87%) Games
11 1 (0.87%) Local Government
11 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 38 (33.04%) Senior
2 34 (29.57%) Penetration Tester
2 34 (29.57%) Tester
3 27 (23.48%) Lead
4 21 (18.26%) Consultant
5 20 (17.39%) Security Consultant
6 19 (16.52%) Team Leader
7 18 (15.65%) Test Team Leader
8 17 (14.78%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 17 (14.78%) Senior Tester
9 13 (11.30%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 12 (10.43%) Analyst
11 8 (6.96%) IT Support
12 7 (6.09%) Security Penetration Tester
12 7 (6.09%) Security Tester
13 6 (5.22%) Senior Security Consultant
13 6 (5.22%) Senior Testing Consultant
13 6 (5.22%) Support Analyst
13 6 (5.22%) Technology Support Analyst
13 6 (5.22%) Testing Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.13%) Cyber Threat
1 22 (19.13%) Cyberattack
2 15 (13.04%) Mobile App
3 14 (12.17%) Replication
4 9 (7.83%) Management Information System
5 8 (6.96%) Onboarding
5 8 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (5.22%) IoT
7 4 (3.48%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (3.48%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.61%) PKI
9 2 (1.74%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.74%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.87%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.87%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.87%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.65%) Windows
2 14 (12.17%) Windows 10
2 14 (12.17%) Windows Server
2 14 (12.17%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (6.96%) Kali Linux
4 4 (3.48%) Linux
4 4 (3.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.87%) Android
5 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.87%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (78.26%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
3 31 (26.96%) Security Testing
4 27 (23.48%) Red Team
5 24 (20.87%) Incident Response
5 24 (20.87%) Mentoring
6 23 (20.00%) Data Privacy
7 22 (19.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 22 (19.13%) Threat Intelligence
8 19 (16.52%) Cryptography
8 19 (16.52%) Presales
8 19 (16.52%) Purple Team
9 18 (15.65%) Threat Modelling
10 16 (13.91%) Information Security
11 15 (13.04%) Computer Science
11 15 (13.04%) Decision-Making
11 15 (13.04%) ITIL
11 15 (13.04%) OWASP
11 15 (13.04%) Project Delivery
12 14 (12.17%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.78%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.83%) Python
3 4 (3.48%) Bash
3 4 (3.48%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.61%) Java
5 2 (1.74%) C#
6 1 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 39 (33.91%) Degree
2 30 (26.09%) Security Cleared
3 26 (22.61%) OSCP
4 17 (14.78%) GIAC
4 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
5 14 (12.17%) CISSP
5 14 (12.17%) MCSA
5 14 (12.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (11.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (9.57%) Cyber Scheme
8 10 (8.70%) CESG Certified Professional
8 10 (8.70%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (8.70%) CISMP
9 9 (7.83%) CHECK Team Leader
10 8 (6.96%) OSCE
11 7 (6.09%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (6.09%) Master's Degree
12 6 (5.22%) PCI QSA
12 6 (5.22%) Tigerscheme
13 5 (4.35%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (12.17%) QA
3 13 (11.30%) GRC
4 10 (8.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 10 (8.70%) NIST
5 9 (7.83%) PCI DSS
6 7 (6.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.87%) GDPR
8 1 (0.87%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.87%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (12.17%) Active Directory
1 14 (12.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.87%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (6.96%) Nmap
2 6 (5.22%) Nessus
3 4 (3.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.74%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.87%) FTK
Vendors
1 15 (13.04%) VMware
2 14 (12.17%) Bloomberg
2 14 (12.17%) Cisco
2 14 (12.17%) FactSet
2 14 (12.17%) MobileIron
2 14 (12.17%) Refinitiv
3 11 (9.57%) Microsoft
4 7 (6.09%) Google
4 7 (6.09%) Qualys
5 2 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.87%) Carbon Black
6 1 (0.87%) IBM
6 1 (0.87%) Red Hat