Cyber Essentials Jobs in England

Cyber Essentials
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 348 453
Rank change year-on-year -39 +105 +47
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 288 613 627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.63% 0.73% 0.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.81% 5.20% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 196 539 355
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,563 £40,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.49%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Cyber Essentials 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 7,554 11,795 18,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.58% 14.03% 19.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,111 8,392 8,489
10th Percentile £30,580 £27,300 £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 £73,750 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 21 April 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 +50 84 £65,000 +4.00% 79
South East +71 71 £60,000 +9.09% 51
North of England -2 65 £55,000 +10.00% 53
North West -23 37 £55,021 +15.83% 21
Midlands -13 36 £48,750 -4.88% 32
West Midlands -38 28 £50,000 -9.09% 26
Yorkshire +58 26 £55,000 - 28
East of England +46 14 £45,000 +5.88% 17
South West +66 12 £62,500 +13.64% 25
East Midlands +58 8 £35,000 -23.88% 6
North East +26 2 £58,000 +41.46% 6
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
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 14 (4.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.04%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 25 (8.68%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.13%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 96 (33.33%) Azure
1 96 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (10.42%) AWS
3 28 (9.72%) Entra ID
4 12 (4.17%) SaaS
5 9 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (3.13%) Google Workspace
5 9 (3.13%) IaaS
6 8 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (2.78%) GCP
6 8 (2.78%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.08%) PaaS
9 5 (1.74%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.39%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (1.04%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 65 (22.57%) Firewall
2 35 (12.15%) Network Security
3 28 (9.72%) VPN
4 16 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 13 (4.51%) TCP/IP
6 12 (4.17%) DNS
6 12 (4.17%) WAN
7 10 (3.47%) LAN
8 9 (3.13%) DHCP
8 9 (3.13%) Intranet
8 9 (3.13%) VLAN
8 9 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (2.43%) SD-WAN
10 6 (2.08%) SAN
10 6 (2.08%) Wireless
11 4 (1.39%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (1.39%) VoIP
12 3 (1.04%) BGP
12 3 (1.04%) DMZ
12 3 (1.04%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.08%) Power BI
4 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.35%) DB2
5 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.69%) ERwin
1 2 (0.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.35%) Git
2 1 (0.35%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.35%) Postman
2 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
2 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
General
1 103 (35.76%) Social Skills
2 66 (22.92%) Legal
3 43 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (13.89%) Law
5 25 (8.68%) Finance
6 21 (7.29%) Manufacturing
7 17 (5.90%) Retail
8 15 (5.21%) Public Sector
9 13 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.82%) Marketing
11 10 (3.47%) Electronics
11 10 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (3.13%) Local Government
12 9 (3.13%) Publishing
13 7 (2.43%) Aviation
13 7 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (2.08%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.39%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (13.89%) Security Manager
2 34 (11.81%) Senior
3 30 (10.42%) Information Manager
4 29 (10.07%) IT Manager
5 28 (9.72%) Analyst
6 25 (8.68%) Security Engineer
7 22 (7.64%) Information Security Manager
8 20 (6.94%) IT Support
9 18 (6.25%) Lead
9 18 (6.25%) Security Analyst
10 16 (5.56%) Architect
11 15 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 14 (4.86%) Governance Manager
12 14 (4.86%) Information Governance Manager
13 13 (4.51%) IT Security Manager
14 12 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
15 10 (3.47%) IT Analyst
15 10 (3.47%) IT Engineer
15 10 (3.47%) Security Architect
16 9 (3.13%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.74%) EDI
2 4 (1.39%) Middleware
3 2 (0.69%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.69%) RESTful
4 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.35%) JWT
4 1 (0.35%) OAuth
4 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.35%) REST
4 1 (0.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 41 (14.24%) Data Protection Act
3 29 (10.07%) Security Posture
4 26 (9.03%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (4.86%) Cyberattack
5 14 (4.86%) Enterprise Cloud
5 14 (4.86%) Freedom of Information
5 14 (4.86%) Freedom of Information Act
6 12 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (3.47%) Data Centre
7 10 (3.47%) PKI
8 9 (3.13%) e-Learning
9 8 (2.78%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.08%) Cloud Native
10 6 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (1.74%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.74%) Replication
11 5 (1.74%) Robotics
12 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.39%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.71%) Windows
2 25 (8.68%) Windows Server
3 19 (6.60%) Linux
4 9 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.08%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.74%) Android
7 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.04%) Unix
9 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (50.69%) Cybersecurity
2 138 (47.92%) Information Security
3 69 (23.96%) ITIL
4 62 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (18.75%) SIEM
6 53 (18.40%) Roadmaps
7 51 (17.71%) Risk Management
8 48 (16.67%) Data Protection
9 45 (15.63%) Incident Response
10 36 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
11 32 (11.11%) Business Continuity
12 31 (10.76%) Mentoring
13 30 (10.42%) Security Management
14 28 (9.72%) Vulnerability Management
15 27 (9.38%) Project Management
16 25 (8.68%) Agile
16 25 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (8.68%) Penetration Testing
16 25 (8.68%) Security Operations
17 24 (8.33%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.47%) Python
3 9 (3.13%) SQL
4 6 (2.08%) Bash
5 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.69%) R
5 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.35%) Bicep
6 1 (0.35%) Go
6 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (22.22%) CISSP
2 60 (20.83%) CISM
3 54 (18.75%) Degree
4 20 (6.94%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.60%) CISA
5 19 (6.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (6.25%) CRISC
7 14 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (4.51%) SC Cleared
9 12 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 11 (3.82%) CREST Certified
11 10 (3.47%) CEH
11 10 (3.47%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (3.13%) CCNA
12 9 (3.13%) PMI Certification
12 9 (3.13%) PMP
13 8 (2.78%) CCNP
13 8 (2.78%) SANS
14 7 (2.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (64.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 105 (36.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 82 (28.47%) GDPR
4 61 (21.18%) NIST
5 54 (18.75%) PCI DSS
6 19 (6.60%) NCSC
7 17 (5.90%) GRC
8 11 (3.82%) HIPAA
9 10 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (3.13%) Def Stans
10 9 (3.13%) PERC
11 6 (2.08%) COBIT
11 6 (2.08%) QA
12 5 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (1.74%) SOC 2
13 4 (1.39%) SLA
14 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.69%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 40 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.51%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.39%) Docker
4 4 (1.39%) vSphere
5 3 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.47%) Nessus
3 9 (3.13%) Terraform
4 7 (2.43%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (2.08%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.08%) QRadar
6 5 (1.74%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.04%) Ansible
8 1 (0.35%) Autotask
8 1 (0.35%) Iperf
8 1 (0.35%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.35%) SCCM
8 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (36.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.03%) Cisco
3 24 (8.33%) VMware
4 15 (5.21%) Google
5 13 (4.51%) Splunk
6 10 (3.47%) Fortinet
6 10 (3.47%) Palo Alto
7 9 (3.13%) Adobe
7 9 (3.13%) OneTrust
8 8 (2.78%) SAP
9 7 (2.43%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.43%) Veeam
10 5 (1.74%) Aderant
10 5 (1.74%) ArcSight
10 5 (1.74%) LogLogic
10 5 (1.74%) McAfee
10 5 (1.74%) Meraki
10 5 (1.74%) Oracle
10 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.74%) Tenable