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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 744 817 1089
Rank change year-on-year +73 +272 -234
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 119 77 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.094% 0.067%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.28% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 98 39 69
10th Percentile £42,500 £51,000 £44,250
25th Percentile £47,813 £57,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £85,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +25.93% +3.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £101,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.23% +19.23% -

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 25,654 27,711 39,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.84% 33.76% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,775 12,833 16,968
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +128 68 £70,000 -25.53% 11
North of England +22 18 £50,000 +42.86% 6
North West -13 14 £50,000 +33.33% 2
South East -28 14 £52,500 -28.81% 1
South West -41 9 £48,750 -50.00% 1
West Midlands -11 5 £100,000 - 1
Midlands -39 5 £100,000 - 1
Yorkshire +66 3 £30,000 -7.69% 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 11 (9.24%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (9.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.65%) Azure
2 18 (15.13%) AWS
3 11 (9.24%) GCP
4 7 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.52%) SaaS
7 1 (0.84%) IaaS
7 1 (0.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (15.97%) Wireless
2 17 (14.29%) Firewall
3 14 (11.76%) TCP/IP
4 13 (10.92%) DNS
5 11 (9.24%) DHCP
6 9 (7.56%) HTTP
7 7 (5.88%) SSL
8 6 (5.04%) SMTP
9 5 (4.20%) Network Security
10 4 (3.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (2.52%) Internet
11 3 (2.52%) SSH
12 2 (1.68%) DMZ
12 2 (1.68%) tcpdump
12 2 (1.68%) VPN
12 2 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.68%) Wireless Security
12 2 (1.68%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 11 (9.24%) Burp Suite
1 11 (9.24%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (15.97%) Public Sector
2 18 (15.13%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.29%) Retail
4 15 (12.61%) Finance
5 13 (10.92%) Marketing
5 13 (10.92%) Telecoms
6 10 (8.40%) Law
7 9 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.56%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.68%) Police
10 1 (0.84%) Automotive
10 1 (0.84%) Games
10 1 (0.84%) Local Government
10 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.84%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (35.29%) Penetration Tester
1 42 (35.29%) Tester
2 41 (34.45%) Senior
3 26 (21.85%) Lead
4 21 (17.65%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 21 (17.65%) Senior Tester
5 19 (15.97%) Team Leader
6 18 (15.13%) Consultant
7 17 (14.29%) Security Consultant
7 17 (14.29%) Test Team Leader
8 11 (9.24%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 9 (7.56%) Analyst
10 8 (6.72%) IT Support
10 8 (6.72%) Security Penetration Tester
10 8 (6.72%) Security Tester
11 5 (4.20%) Testing Consultant
12 3 (2.52%) Senior Security Consultant
12 3 (2.52%) Senior Testing Consultant
12 3 (2.52%) Technology Support Analyst
12 3 (2.52%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.01%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (21.01%) Cyberattack
2 19 (15.97%) Mobile App
3 11 (9.24%) Replication
4 10 (8.40%) IoT
5 9 (7.56%) Management Information System
5 9 (7.56%) Onboarding
6 8 (6.72%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.36%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (3.36%) PKI
8 3 (2.52%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.52%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.68%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.84%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.84%) Robotics
10 1 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.76%) Windows
2 11 (9.24%) Kali Linux
2 11 (9.24%) Windows 10
2 11 (9.24%) Windows Server
2 11 (9.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (3.36%) Linux
4 3 (2.52%) Unix
5 1 (0.84%) Android
5 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (78.99%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (61.34%) Penetration Testing
3 34 (28.57%) Security Testing
4 33 (27.73%) Red Team
5 28 (23.53%) Incident Response
6 24 (20.17%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 24 (20.17%) Threat Intelligence
6 24 (20.17%) Threat Modelling
7 23 (19.33%) Data Privacy
7 23 (19.33%) Mentoring
8 21 (17.65%) Computer Science
9 19 (15.97%) OWASP
9 19 (15.97%) Presales
9 19 (15.97%) Purple Team
9 19 (15.97%) Social Engineering
10 16 (13.45%) Cryptography
11 15 (12.61%) Decision-Making
12 14 (11.76%) Cloud Security
12 14 (11.76%) Information Security
12 14 (11.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.72%) Python
3 4 (3.36%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.52%) Bash
4 3 (2.52%) Java
5 1 (0.84%) C#
5 1 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 41 (34.45%) Degree
2 34 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 32 (26.89%) OSCP
4 21 (17.65%) SC Cleared
5 18 (15.13%) GIAC
6 16 (13.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (10.92%) CISSP
7 13 (10.92%) OSCE
8 12 (10.08%) CHECK Team Member
9 11 (9.24%) CESG Certified Professional
9 11 (9.24%) CHECK Team Leader
9 11 (9.24%) CISMP
9 11 (9.24%) MCSA
9 11 (9.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (7.56%) Cyber Scheme
11 8 (6.72%) Master's Degree
12 6 (5.04%) PCI QSA
12 6 (5.04%) Tigerscheme
13 5 (4.20%) CCSAM
14 4 (3.36%) CCSAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (11.76%) QA
3 13 (10.92%) GRC
4 11 (9.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 10 (8.40%) NIST
6 9 (7.56%) PCI DSS
7 7 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.84%) GDPR
8 1 (0.84%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (10.08%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.52%) Docker
4 1 (0.84%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (9.24%) Nmap
2 10 (8.40%) Nessus
3 4 (3.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.84%) FTK
Vendors
1 12 (10.08%) Microsoft
1 12 (10.08%) VMware
2 11 (9.24%) Bloomberg
2 11 (9.24%) Cisco
2 11 (9.24%) FactSet
2 11 (9.24%) MobileIron
2 11 (9.24%) Qualys
2 11 (9.24%) Refinitiv
3 10 (8.40%) Google
4 2 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.84%) Carbon Black
5 1 (0.84%) IBM
5 1 (0.84%) Red Hat