CREST Certified Jobs in England

CREST Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 687 716
Rank change year-on-year +18 +29 +342
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 29 93 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.44% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24 72 55
10th Percentile £41,280 £42,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £45,125 £47,344 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,184 £52,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.16% -30.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £80,625 £75,000 £95,750
90th Percentile £119,500 £87,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £66,434 £58,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.56% -16.43% +3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22,324 21,300 21,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 41.86% 28.41% 33.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,277 10,642 11,754
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,565 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.03% -8.33% +9.09%

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 18 August 2025.

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 18 August 2025. 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 +34 10 £90,000 +28.57% 13
East of England - 5 £42,085 - 1
South West +67 4 £68,750 +41.03% 6
South East +14 3 £46,000 -12.38% 6
Midlands +43 1 - - 3
West Midlands +35 1 - - 3
Yorkshire +11 1 £57,500 +53.33% 2
North of England -9 1 £57,500 +15.00% 6
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) Wireless
3 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.90%) Internet
5 1 (3.45%) FTP
5 1 (3.45%) HTTP
5 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.45%) LAN
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (3.45%) SMTP
5 1 (3.45%) VPN
5 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) DTS
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Metasploit
2 7 (24.14%) Burp Suite
General
1 7 (24.14%) Finance
1 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Local Government
3 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
4 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Humanities
5 1 (3.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Senior
2 6 (20.69%) Security Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Lead
3 5 (17.24%) Penetration Tester
3 5 (17.24%) Tester
4 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Security Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Security Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.90%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Security Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Security Specialist
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Tester
7 1 (3.45%) Control Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat Hunter
7 1 (3.45%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 1 (3.45%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Cyber Defence
1 4 (13.79%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (10.34%) Driving Licence
2 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.90%) Cyberattack
3 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Kali Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Cybersecurity
1 18 (62.07%) Penetration Testing
2 16 (55.17%) Red Team
3 10 (34.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 10 (34.48%) Mentoring
3 10 (34.48%) Offensive Security
3 10 (34.48%) Threat Intelligence
4 9 (31.03%) Purple Team
5 8 (27.59%) Incident Response
6 7 (24.14%) Application Security
6 7 (24.14%) Security Testing
7 5 (17.24%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (17.24%) ITIL
7 5 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (13.79%) Blue Team
8 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
8 4 (13.79%) Social Engineering
8 4 (13.79%) Threat Modelling
9 3 (10.34%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) Python
2 8 (27.59%) Bash
2 8 (27.59%) PowerShell
3 3 (10.34%) C#
4 1 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) OSCP
2 9 (31.03%) Degree
3 7 (24.14%) CISSP
4 6 (20.69%) CCSAS
4 6 (20.69%) GIAC
4 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
5 5 (17.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (13.79%) CEH
6 4 (13.79%) CHECK Team Member
6 4 (13.79%) CISM
6 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
7 3 (10.34%) CHECK Team Leader
7 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
8 2 (6.90%) CCSAM
8 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
8 2 (6.90%) OSWP
8 2 (6.90%) SANS
9 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (3.45%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (24.14%) NIST
2 4 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (13.79%) NCSC
3 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.90%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.45%) GRC
4 1 (3.45%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Nessus
2 5 (17.24%) Nmap
3 4 (13.79%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Qualys
2 4 (13.79%) Tenable
3 1 (3.45%) Intel
3 1 (3.45%) Rockwell
3 1 (3.45%) Siemens
3 1 (3.45%) Splunk