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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 680 685 829
Rank change year-on-year +5 +144 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 120 149 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.14% 1.37% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 97 130 173
10th Percentile £35,500 £39,250 £36,559
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,708
Median % change year-on-year - +3.66% +19.44%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +19.05%

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 10,499 10,896 25,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.40% 15.33% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,647 7,032 12,574
10th Percentile £27,400 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
North of England +24 30 £65,000 +20.37% 5
London +48 25 £80,000 +18.52% 8
South West -28 22 £50,000 -24.53% 2
South East +5 21 £47,500 -26.92% 11
North West +5 19 £65,000 +59.51% 2
Midlands -20 14 £60,000 +71.43% 7
West Midlands -5 10 £67,155 +91.87% 6
East of England - 8 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +55 6 £50,000 -9.09% 2
North East - 5 £80,000 - 1
East Midlands -24 4 £41,250 -15.17% 1
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 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (32.50%) Azure
2 35 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (10.00%) SaaS
4 10 (8.33%) AWS
5 7 (5.83%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.33%) IaaS
8 2 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.67%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.67%) PaaS
8 2 (1.67%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.83%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.33%) Firewall
2 9 (7.50%) Cisco IPT
3 6 (5.00%) VPN
4 4 (3.33%) Network Security
4 4 (3.33%) VLAN
5 3 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.67%) LAN
6 2 (1.67%) NAS
6 2 (1.67%) WAN
6 2 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.83%) ADSL
7 1 (0.83%) Broadband
7 1 (0.83%) DHCP
7 1 (0.83%) DNS
7 1 (0.83%) Internet
7 1 (0.83%) SAN
7 1 (0.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 29 (24.17%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.17%) Law
3 13 (10.83%) Legal
4 12 (10.00%) Finance
5 11 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Military
6 6 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.33%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.33%) Retail
8 3 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.67%) Automotive
9 2 (1.67%) Publishing
10 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.83%) Local Government
10 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 25 (20.83%) Security Manager
2 18 (15.00%) Analyst
3 16 (13.33%) Information Manager
3 16 (13.33%) Information Security Manager
4 15 (12.50%) Lead
5 14 (11.67%) Security Analyst
5 14 (11.67%) Security Officer
6 12 (10.00%) IT Manager
7 10 (8.33%) Information Analyst
7 10 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
8 7 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.83%) IT Security Manager
9 6 (5.00%) Administrator
9 6 (5.00%) Compliance Analyst
9 6 (5.00%) IT Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Operations Manager
9 6 (5.00%) Security Specialist
10 5 (4.17%) Head of Security
10 5 (4.17%) Security Administrator
10 5 (4.17%) Security Compliance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.50%) ModSecurity
2 4 (3.33%) OAuth
2 4 (3.33%) SAML
3 2 (1.67%) Laravel
3 2 (1.67%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.83%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.00%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.33%) NHS
4 4 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.67%) Anti-Spyware
6 2 (1.67%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.67%) Cybercrime
6 2 (1.67%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.83%) IoT
7 1 (0.83%) Replication
7 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.17%) Windows
2 11 (9.17%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 5 (4.17%) Android
4 5 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.67%) Linux
5 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (56.67%) Information Security
2 54 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (17.50%) Data Protection
4 20 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 18 (15.00%) SIEM
6 17 (14.17%) Penetration Testing
7 16 (13.33%) Incident Response
7 16 (13.33%) ITIL
8 14 (11.67%) ISMS
8 14 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (11.67%) Security Management
9 13 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (10.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (10.00%) Business Continuity
11 11 (9.17%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (9.17%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (8.33%) Data Governance
12 10 (8.33%) Incident Management
12 10 (8.33%) Information Security Management
12 10 (8.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 42 (35.00%) CISSP
2 34 (28.33%) CISM
3 23 (19.17%) CISA
4 16 (13.33%) Degree
5 14 (11.67%) Security Cleared
6 11 (9.17%) SC Cleared
7 9 (7.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 8 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 7 (5.83%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (5.00%) CEH
10 6 (5.00%) CRISC
11 4 (3.33%) ISSMP
12 2 (1.67%) CASP
12 2 (1.67%) CREST Certified
12 2 (1.67%) DBS Check
12 2 (1.67%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.67%) OSCP
13 1 (0.83%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.83%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 85 (70.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (20.00%) NIST
4 23 (19.17%) GDPR
5 16 (13.33%) NCSC
6 15 (12.50%) GRC
7 13 (10.83%) PCI DSS
8 10 (8.33%) SOC 2
9 6 (5.00%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.67%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (1.67%) IASME
10 2 (1.67%) ISO 22301
10 2 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.83%) COBIT
11 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (11.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.67%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.50%) Nessus
3 2 (1.67%) Ansible
3 2 (1.67%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (1.67%) SCCM
3 2 (1.67%) Terraform
4 1 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (25.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.33%) VMware
3 9 (7.50%) Cisco
4 6 (5.00%) Fortinet
5 5 (4.17%) Meraki
6 4 (3.33%) Barracuda Networks
6 4 (3.33%) Citrix
6 4 (3.33%) Dell
6 4 (3.33%) ESET
6 4 (3.33%) Qualys
7 3 (2.50%) Veeam
8 2 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.67%) Mitel
8 2 (1.67%) MobileIron
8 2 (1.67%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.67%) Sophos
8 2 (1.67%) Symantec
9 1 (0.83%) Aderant
9 1 (0.83%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.83%) Intapp