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 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 399 449 578
Rank change year-on-year +50 +129 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 476 447 788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.63% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.53% 4.10% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 383 326 484
10th Percentile £33,150 £37,519 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £45,112
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,250
Median % change year-on-year - -11.65% +13.18%
75th Percentile £70,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,250 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 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
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 26 July 2024.

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 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 +51 135 £55,000 +12.24% 22
London +57 100 £68,500 +6.20% 15
South East +18 85 £55,000 - 18
North West +5 72 £55,000 +15.79% 9
Midlands -2 63 £52,500 -5.83% 14
South West -33 61 £60,000 -4.00% 12
Yorkshire +78 52 £55,000 +5.77% 12
West Midlands +17 45 £55,000 +28.65% 13
East of England +10 30 £55,500 +52.05% 3
East Midlands -30 16 £47,232 -16.40% 1
North East -1 11 £42,500 +70.00% 1
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 27 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.99%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.68%) Confluence
4 5 (1.05%) nginx
5 2 (0.42%) WordPress
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.42%) Trello
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.42%) Farmplan
1 2 (0.42%) KEYPrime
1 2 (0.42%) Shopify
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.21%) Maximo
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 161 (33.82%) Azure
2 158 (33.19%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (11.13%) Entra ID
4 49 (10.29%) AWS
5 32 (6.72%) Cloud Computing
6 24 (5.04%) SaaS
7 19 (3.99%) IaaS
7 19 (3.99%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.73%) PaaS
9 12 (2.52%) Google Workspace
10 10 (2.10%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.68%) GCP
12 7 (1.47%) WhatsApp
13 6 (1.26%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.26%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.05%) npm
14 5 (1.05%) Serverless
14 5 (1.05%) Yarn
15 3 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.63%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 118 (24.79%) Firewall
2 33 (6.93%) WAN
3 31 (6.51%) DNS
4 30 (6.30%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (6.09%) NAS
6 23 (4.83%) LAN
7 19 (3.99%) TCP/IP
7 19 (3.99%) VPN
8 17 (3.57%) Wireless
9 16 (3.36%) Network Security
10 15 (3.15%) Internet
11 14 (2.94%) 4G
11 14 (2.94%) 5G
11 14 (2.94%) MPLS
12 13 (2.73%) VLAN
13 11 (2.31%) Broadband
13 11 (2.31%) DHCP
14 9 (1.89%) Cisco IPT
14 9 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (1.05%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.10%) Power BI
3 7 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (1.05%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.05%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (2.52%) JIRA
2 5 (1.05%) Cypress.io
2 5 (1.05%) Mocha
3 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 156 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 49 (10.29%) Finance
3 45 (9.45%) Law
4 44 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.35%) Legal
6 26 (5.46%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.15%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.94%) Games
9 13 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.73%) Retail
10 12 (2.52%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.47%) Military
13 6 (1.26%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.05%) Advertising
15 4 (0.84%) Local Government
15 4 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.63%) Automotive
17 2 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 77 (16.18%) Analyst
2 66 (13.87%) Security Manager
3 57 (11.97%) IT Manager
4 55 (11.55%) Security Analyst
5 41 (8.61%) Senior
6 40 (8.40%) Service Manager
7 34 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
8 33 (6.93%) Consultant
8 33 (6.93%) Information Manager
9 31 (6.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (6.30%) Information Analyst
10 30 (6.30%) Information Security Analyst
11 29 (6.09%) Lead
12 28 (5.88%) Security Officer
13 25 (5.25%) Technical Manager
14 20 (4.20%) IT Support
14 20 (4.20%) Technical Services Manager
15 19 (3.99%) Information Security Officer
16 18 (3.78%) IT Analyst
17 17 (3.57%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.89%) ModSecurity
1 9 (1.89%) OAuth
2 6 (1.26%) SAML
3 5 (1.05%) .NET
3 5 (1.05%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.05%) Express.js
3 5 (1.05%) GraphQL
3 5 (1.05%) gRPC
3 5 (1.05%) Jest
3 5 (1.05%) JWT
3 5 (1.05%) Kafka
3 5 (1.05%) MEAN Stack
3 5 (1.05%) MERN Stack
3 5 (1.05%) Mongoose
3 5 (1.05%) NestJS
3 5 (1.05%) Node.js
3 5 (1.05%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.05%) OpenAPI
3 5 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (1.05%) React
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.18%) Management Information System
2 33 (6.93%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 27 (5.67%) Driving Licence
5 22 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
6 20 (4.20%) Security Posture
7 18 (3.78%) IoT
8 16 (3.36%) Replication
9 15 (3.15%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.94%) NHS
11 12 (2.52%) Onboarding
12 11 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (2.31%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (1.89%) PKI
14 6 (1.26%) ARM Cortex
14 6 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (1.26%) Freedom of Information
14 6 (1.26%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
14 6 (1.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 123 (25.84%) Windows
2 76 (15.97%) Windows Server
3 33 (6.93%) Windows 10
4 26 (5.46%) Linux
5 20 (4.20%) Android
5 20 (4.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (3.78%) Apple iOS
7 15 (3.15%) Mac OS
8 10 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.47%) Debian
9 7 (1.47%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.47%) VMS
10 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.63%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (45.59%) Cybersecurity
2 203 (42.65%) Information Security
3 92 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (19.12%) ITIL
5 79 (16.60%) Data Protection
6 70 (14.71%) Business Continuity
7 61 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 55 (11.55%) Incident Response
8 55 (11.55%) Risk Management
9 53 (11.13%) SIEM
10 47 (9.87%) Security Operations
11 45 (9.45%) Incident Management
12 44 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 43 (9.03%) Disaster Recovery
13 43 (9.03%) ISMS
13 43 (9.03%) Penetration Testing
14 38 (7.98%) Vulnerability Management
15 37 (7.77%) Project Management
16 36 (7.56%) Customer Service
16 36 (7.56%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.20%) Python
2 16 (3.36%) Bash
3 12 (2.52%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.31%) SQL
5 10 (2.10%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.68%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.26%) Go
7 6 (1.26%) Java
8 5 (1.05%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.21%) C#
Qualifications
1 92 (19.33%) CISSP
2 72 (15.13%) CISM
3 58 (12.18%) Degree
4 49 (10.29%) CISA
5 34 (7.14%) Security Cleared
6 28 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 27 (5.67%) Azure Certification
8 26 (5.46%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (3.99%) CCNA
9 19 (3.99%) CCNP
10 18 (3.78%) SC Cleared
11 16 (3.36%) DBS Check
11 16 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (3.15%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (3.15%) CRISC
13 13 (2.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 11 (2.31%) PMI Certification
14 11 (2.31%) PMP
15 9 (1.89%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (59.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 121 (25.42%) GDPR
3 120 (25.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 89 (18.70%) NIST
5 56 (11.76%) GRC
5 56 (11.76%) PCI DSS
6 32 (6.72%) NCSC
7 24 (5.04%) SOC 2
8 22 (4.62%) SLA
9 12 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 12 (2.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (1.89%) ISO 9001
11 8 (1.68%) COBIT
12 7 (1.47%) COSHH
12 7 (1.47%) PMO
13 4 (0.84%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.84%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 82 (17.23%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (5.67%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.89%) Docker
6 6 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.42%) pfSense
8 2 (0.42%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.21%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 54 (11.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (3.15%) FortiGate
4 11 (2.31%) Terraform
5 9 (1.89%) SCCM
6 7 (1.47%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.47%) PaperCut
7 5 (1.05%) Grafana
7 5 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.05%) Nessus
7 5 (1.05%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.05%) WSUS
8 4 (0.84%) Ansible
9 3 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.42%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.42%) QRadar
11 1 (0.21%) CASB
Vendors
1 199 (41.81%) Microsoft
2 52 (10.92%) Cisco
3 46 (9.66%) VMware
4 27 (5.67%) Fortinet
5 23 (4.83%) Veeam
6 17 (3.57%) Darktrace
7 15 (3.15%) Apple
8 14 (2.94%) HP
8 14 (2.94%) NEC
9 12 (2.52%) Dell
9 12 (2.52%) Google
9 12 (2.52%) Meraki
10 10 (2.10%) Sophos
11 8 (1.68%) BT
11 8 (1.68%) Citrix
11 8 (1.68%) Mitel
12 7 (1.47%) Barracuda Networks
12 7 (1.47%) Canon
13 6 (1.26%) ESET
13 6 (1.26%) Ribbon