Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 713 710
Rank change year-on-year +123 -3 +35
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 110 158 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.38% 1.28% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 80 129 127
10th Percentile £39,750 £31,000 £39,700
25th Percentile £50,563 £42,500 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £55,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -12.70% -0.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,875 £90,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £63,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.55% -15.38% +4.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,994 12,383 14,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.23% 12.77% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,269 8,414 7,503
10th Percentile £30,375 £26,500 £32,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £71,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in England.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in England over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the England region over the 6 months to 19 June 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 +121 54 £65,000 -3.70% 88
South East +100 39 £41,500 -9.63% 63
North of England +35 7 £55,000 -4.35% 40
South West +91 5 £57,500 +15.00% 29
Midlands +82 3 £45,000 +10.43% 45
Yorkshire +57 3 £55,000 -8.33% 16
North East +47 3 £75,000 -6.25% 2
East Midlands +50 2 £40,000 -3.03% 18
West Midlands +57 1 £50,000 +22.70% 27
East of England +33 1 - - 28
North West +5 1 £55,000 +18.28% 22
Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 13 (11.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.27%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (4.55%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.91%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 35 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (22.73%) Azure
3 15 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 11 (10.00%) AWS
5 4 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.64%) IaaS
5 4 (3.64%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.82%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.82%) PaaS
8 1 (0.91%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.91%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.91%) SaaS
8 1 (0.91%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (32.73%) Firewall
2 14 (12.73%) SAN
3 12 (10.91%) Network Security
3 12 (10.91%) WAN
4 11 (10.00%) VPN
5 10 (9.09%) LAN
6 9 (8.18%) VLAN
6 9 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (5.45%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.73%) DNS
9 2 (1.82%) DKIM
9 2 (1.82%) DMARC
9 2 (1.82%) NAS
9 2 (1.82%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.82%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.82%) WLAN
10 1 (0.91%) DHCP
10 1 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.91%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.91%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.91%) Power BI
1 1 (0.91%) Power Query
General
1 66 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 38 (34.55%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (19.09%) Legal
4 20 (18.18%) Finance
4 20 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 19 (17.27%) Electronics
5 19 (17.27%) Marketing
5 19 (17.27%) Public Sector
5 19 (17.27%) Telecoms
6 14 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (7.27%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (7.27%) Law
8 6 (5.45%) Aviation
9 5 (4.55%) Publishing
10 3 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.82%) Back Office
11 2 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.91%) Advertising
12 1 (0.91%) Automotive
12 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (23.64%) IT Support
2 25 (22.73%) IT Manager
3 21 (19.09%) Operations Manager
4 20 (18.18%) IT Support Manager
4 20 (18.18%) Support Manager
5 19 (17.27%) IT Operations Manager
6 16 (14.55%) Security Manager
7 13 (11.82%) Information Manager
7 13 (11.82%) Information Security Manager
8 12 (10.91%) Analyst
9 10 (9.09%) Security Engineer
10 9 (8.18%) Security Analyst
11 8 (7.27%) 3rd Line Support
11 8 (7.27%) 3rd Line Support Technician
11 8 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (7.27%) IT Engineer
11 8 (7.27%) Lead
11 8 (7.27%) Support Technician
12 7 (6.36%) Information Officer
12 7 (6.36%) Risk Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.36%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 14 (12.73%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (9.09%) Replication
3 10 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 9 (8.18%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (7.27%) PKI
6 6 (5.45%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (5.45%) Robotics
7 5 (4.55%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (4.55%) Freedom of Information Act
7 5 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.73%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.73%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.91%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.91%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.91%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.91%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.91%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 26 (23.64%) Windows
2 17 (15.45%) Windows Server
3 11 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 6 (5.45%) Android
5 5 (4.55%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.64%) Linux
6 4 (3.64%) Unix
7 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (70.91%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (57.27%) Information Security
3 44 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (35.45%) ITIL
5 33 (30.00%) Incident Response
6 27 (24.55%) Risk Management
7 25 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
8 24 (21.82%) Incident Management
9 22 (20.00%) Agile
10 21 (19.09%) Programme Management
10 21 (19.09%) Project Management
10 21 (19.09%) SIEM
11 20 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (18.18%) Project Delivery
11 20 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
11 20 (18.18%) Service Delivery
12 19 (17.27%) High Availability
12 19 (17.27%) ITSM
12 19 (17.27%) Service Management
12 19 (17.27%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.36%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.82%) SQL
3 1 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.91%) Python
Qualifications
1 45 (40.91%) CISSP
2 22 (20.00%) CISM
3 19 (17.27%) PMI Certification
3 19 (17.27%) PMP
4 16 (14.55%) Degree
5 12 (10.91%) CISA
6 9 (8.18%) CRISC
6 9 (8.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 7 (6.36%) Security Cleared
8 6 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (5.45%) SC Cleared
9 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (3.64%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (2.73%) GIAC
12 2 (1.82%) CCNA
12 2 (1.82%) CEH
12 2 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.82%) ISSAP
12 2 (1.82%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 60 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (38.18%) GDPR
4 24 (21.82%) NIST
5 19 (17.27%) QA
6 15 (13.64%) PCI DSS
7 10 (9.09%) GRC
8 9 (8.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (4.55%) HIPAA
10 3 (2.73%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.82%) COBIT
11 2 (1.82%) ISO 9001
11 2 (1.82%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (14.55%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.73%) Hyper-V
2 14 (12.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (10.91%) SCCM
3 6 (5.45%) ArcSight ESM
3 6 (5.45%) QRadar
4 2 (1.82%) Nessus
4 2 (1.82%) Terraform
5 1 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 37 (33.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (17.27%) SAP
3 15 (13.64%) VMware
4 10 (9.09%) arcserve
5 6 (5.45%) ArcSight
5 6 (5.45%) LogLogic
5 6 (5.45%) McAfee
5 6 (5.45%) Sophos
5 6 (5.45%) Splunk
6 5 (4.55%) Cisco
6 5 (4.55%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.64%) Apple
8 3 (2.73%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.82%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.82%) Dell
9 2 (1.82%) EMC
9 2 (1.82%) Forcepoint
9 2 (1.82%) Juniper
9 2 (1.82%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (1.82%) SonicWALL