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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 690 739
Rank change year-on-year +132 +49 -3
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 101 145 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.28% 1.21% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 70 131 114
10th Percentile £39,750 £31,000 £40,525
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,875 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% -12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,188 £90,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £63,250 £55,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -14.06% +2.06%

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 7,913 11,975 16,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.30% 13.48% 18.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,138 8,302 7,718
10th Percentile £30,580 £26,750 £32,200
25th Percentile £43,000 £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 £70,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +113 50 £65,000 -3.70% 22
South East +107 36 £55,000 +19.77% 15
North of England +10 6 £70,000 +16.67% 15
South West +104 4 £68,750 +37.50% 7
Midlands +48 3 £45,000 +8.11% 7
North East +46 3 £75,000 -6.25% 4
Yorkshire +53 2 £63,750 +4.08% 3
East Midlands +35 2 £40,000 -5.88% 1
West Midlands +43 1 £50,000 +22.70% 6
East of England +34 1 - - 4
North West -22 1 £55,000 +17.65% 9
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 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.95%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (3.96%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.99%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 29 (28.71%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (22.77%) Azure
3 12 (11.88%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.92%) AWS
5 6 (5.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.96%) IaaS
7 3 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.97%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.98%) PaaS
8 2 (1.98%) SaaS
9 1 (0.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.99%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.99%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.99%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.99%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 31 (30.69%) Firewall
2 13 (12.87%) Network Security
3 11 (10.89%) VPN
4 9 (8.91%) SAN
5 8 (7.92%) WAN
6 7 (6.93%) VLAN
6 7 (6.93%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (5.94%) LAN
7 6 (5.94%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.98%) DKIM
8 2 (1.98%) DMARC
8 2 (1.98%) DNS
8 2 (1.98%) NAS
8 2 (1.98%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.98%) Wireless
9 1 (0.99%) DHCP
9 1 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.99%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.99%) Power BI
1 1 (0.99%) Power Query
General
1 56 (55.45%) Social Skills
2 34 (33.66%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (21.78%) Legal
4 16 (15.84%) Finance
4 16 (15.84%) Manufacturing
5 15 (14.85%) Electronics
5 15 (14.85%) Marketing
5 15 (14.85%) Public Sector
5 15 (14.85%) Telecoms
6 10 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (7.92%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (6.93%) Law
9 6 (5.94%) Aviation
9 6 (5.94%) Publishing
10 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.99%) Advertising
12 1 (0.99%) Automotive
12 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (19.80%) IT Manager
1 20 (19.80%) IT Support
2 16 (15.84%) IT Support Manager
2 16 (15.84%) Security Manager
2 16 (15.84%) Support Manager
3 15 (14.85%) IT Operations Manager
3 15 (14.85%) Operations Manager
4 13 (12.87%) Information Manager
4 13 (12.87%) Information Security Manager
5 12 (11.88%) Security Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Analyst
7 9 (8.91%) Security Analyst
8 8 (7.92%) Lead
9 7 (6.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 7 (6.93%) Information Analyst
9 7 (6.93%) Information Officer
9 7 (6.93%) Information Security Analyst
9 7 (6.93%) Risk Officer
10 6 (5.94%) Governance Manager
10 6 (5.94%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.95%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 24 (23.76%) Management Information System
2 15 (14.85%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (11.88%) Security Posture
4 9 (8.91%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (7.92%) PKI
6 7 (6.93%) Replication
7 6 (5.94%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (5.94%) Freedom of Information
7 6 (5.94%) Freedom of Information Act
7 6 (5.94%) Robotics
8 3 (2.97%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.97%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.99%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.99%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.99%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.99%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.80%) Windows
2 11 (10.89%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.91%) Apple iOS
4 6 (5.94%) Android
5 3 (2.97%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.98%) Linux
6 2 (1.98%) Unix
6 2 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (70.30%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (56.44%) Information Security
3 37 (36.63%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (28.71%) Incident Response
4 29 (28.71%) ITIL
5 26 (25.74%) Risk Management
6 22 (21.78%) Incident Management
6 22 (21.78%) SIEM
7 21 (20.79%) Collaborative Working
8 19 (18.81%) Data Protection
9 17 (16.83%) Agile
9 17 (16.83%) Programme Management
9 17 (16.83%) Project Management
9 17 (16.83%) Roadmaps
9 17 (16.83%) Service Delivery
10 16 (15.84%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (15.84%) Project Delivery
10 16 (15.84%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (14.85%) High Availability
11 15 (14.85%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.92%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.97%) Python
3 2 (1.98%) Bash
4 1 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.99%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (41.58%) CISSP
2 23 (22.77%) CISM
3 16 (15.84%) Degree
4 15 (14.85%) PMI Certification
4 15 (14.85%) PMP
5 13 (12.87%) CISA
6 10 (9.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 9 (8.91%) CRISC
8 7 (6.93%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (5.94%) SC Cleared
9 6 (5.94%) Security Cleared
10 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.97%) CCNA
11 3 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.97%) GIAC
11 3 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.98%) CEH
12 2 (1.98%) ISSAP
12 2 (1.98%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 59 (58.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (38.61%) GDPR
4 21 (20.79%) NIST
5 15 (14.85%) QA
6 14 (13.86%) PCI DSS
7 9 (8.91%) GRC
7 9 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 8 (7.92%) HIPAA
9 5 (4.95%) SOC 2
10 3 (2.97%) NCSC
11 2 (1.98%) COBIT
11 2 (1.98%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (13.86%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.91%) Hyper-V
2 9 (8.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.93%) SCCM
3 6 (5.94%) ArcSight ESM
3 6 (5.94%) QRadar
4 4 (3.96%) Nessus
4 4 (3.96%) Terraform
5 2 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.98%) Ansible
6 1 (0.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (33.66%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.85%) SAP
3 10 (9.90%) VMware
4 8 (7.92%) Splunk
5 6 (5.94%) arcserve
5 6 (5.94%) ArcSight
5 6 (5.94%) LogLogic
5 6 (5.94%) McAfee
5 6 (5.94%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.96%) Cisco
7 3 (2.97%) Sophos
8 2 (1.98%) Apple
8 2 (1.98%) Dell
8 2 (1.98%) EMC
8 2 (1.98%) FireEye
8 2 (1.98%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.98%) iManage
8 2 (1.98%) Intapp
8 2 (1.98%) Meraki
8 2 (1.98%) SonicWALL