Cyber Essentials Jobs in England

Cyber Essentials
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 441 518
Rank change year-on-year +78 +77 +75
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 608 623 858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.71% 0.69% 0.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.09% 3.59% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 532 347 454
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,150 £35,145
25th Percentile £41,125 £42,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £86,250
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 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,956 17,350 22,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.91% 19.24% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8,382 8,042 11,754
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +2.80%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +26 159 £52,250 +12.37% 30
London +55 124 £65,000 +14.04% 36
South East +47 116 £55,000 - 35
Midlands +62 109 £47,500 -15.18% 17
West Midlands +89 96 £55,000 +10.00% 8
North West -44 83 £55,000 +22.22% 15
South West -44 65 £55,000 - 15
Yorkshire +88 52 £55,000 -12.00% 12
East of England +25 31 £52,500 -4.55% 8
North East +12 24 £41,000 -25.45% 3
East Midlands -7 13 £45,000 -20.35% 9
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 36 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.32%) WordPress
4 6 (0.99%) nginx
5 4 (0.66%) Confluence
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Drupal
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 67 (11.02%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (9.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.33%) Farmplan
1 2 (0.33%) KEYPrime
1 2 (0.33%) Shopify
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.16%) Magento
2 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.16%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 214 (35.20%) Microsoft 365
2 197 (32.40%) Azure
3 81 (13.32%) Entra ID
4 47 (7.73%) AWS
5 31 (5.10%) Cloud Computing
6 28 (4.61%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.28%) SaaS
8 23 (3.78%) IaaS
9 15 (2.47%) Google Workspace
10 14 (2.30%) PaaS
11 9 (1.48%) GCP
12 8 (1.32%) WhatsApp
13 7 (1.15%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.99%) npm
14 6 (0.99%) Serverless
14 6 (0.99%) Yarn
15 5 (0.82%) Nutanix
16 4 (0.66%) Power Automate
16 4 (0.66%) Slack
17 3 (0.49%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 150 (24.67%) Firewall
2 45 (7.40%) DNS
3 39 (6.41%) WAN
4 36 (5.92%) LAN
5 33 (5.43%) NAS
6 27 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (4.28%) Wireless
8 21 (3.45%) DHCP
9 20 (3.29%) MPLS
10 18 (2.96%) Network Security
11 17 (2.80%) TCP/IP
12 16 (2.63%) Intranet
13 14 (2.30%) 4G
13 14 (2.30%) 5G
13 14 (2.30%) VLAN
13 14 (2.30%) VPN
14 13 (2.14%) Intrusion Detection
14 13 (2.14%) VoIP
15 11 (1.81%) Broadband
15 11 (1.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.11%) Power BI
2 12 (1.97%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.99%) MongoDB
3 6 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.99%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.16%) Lumira
6 1 (0.16%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Cypress.io
1 6 (0.99%) JIRA
1 6 (0.99%) Mocha
2 1 (0.16%) GitLab
2 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.16%) Vagrant
General
1 239 (39.31%) Social Skills
2 85 (13.98%) Finance
3 57 (9.38%) Public Sector
4 54 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (8.55%) Law
6 40 (6.58%) Legal
7 25 (4.11%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.80%) Games
9 14 (2.30%) Retail
10 13 (2.14%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.32%) Automotive
14 8 (1.32%) Local Government
15 6 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.99%) Military
16 5 (0.82%) Publishing
17 4 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 101 (16.61%) Analyst
2 77 (12.66%) Security Analyst
3 71 (11.68%) IT Manager
4 70 (11.51%) Security Manager
5 43 (7.07%) Lead
6 41 (6.74%) Consultant
6 41 (6.74%) Senior
7 36 (5.92%) Information Analyst
7 36 (5.92%) Information Security Analyst
7 36 (5.92%) Service Manager
8 32 (5.26%) IT Support
9 29 (4.77%) Information Security Manager
10 28 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (4.44%) Information Manager
12 25 (4.11%) Technical Manager
13 23 (3.78%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.62%) Administrator
14 22 (3.62%) Security Consultant
15 20 (3.29%) Architect
15 20 (3.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.64%) OAuth
2 8 (1.32%) ModSecurity
3 6 (0.99%) .NET
3 6 (0.99%) AngularJS
3 6 (0.99%) Express.js
3 6 (0.99%) GraphQL
3 6 (0.99%) gRPC
3 6 (0.99%) Jest
3 6 (0.99%) JWT
3 6 (0.99%) Kafka
3 6 (0.99%) MEAN Stack
3 6 (0.99%) MERN Stack
3 6 (0.99%) Mongoose
3 6 (0.99%) NestJS
3 6 (0.99%) Node.js
3 6 (0.99%) OAuth2
3 6 (0.99%) OpenAPI
3 6 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (0.99%) React
4 5 (0.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (13.49%) Management Information System
2 63 (10.36%) Driving Licence
3 47 (7.73%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (4.77%) Security Posture
5 24 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (3.78%) IoT
6 23 (3.78%) Onboarding
7 22 (3.62%) NHS
8 21 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
9 18 (2.96%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (1.48%) ARM Cortex
12 9 (1.48%) CCTV
12 9 (1.48%) Cloud Native
12 9 (1.48%) PKI
13 8 (1.32%) Replication
14 7 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.15%) Public Cloud
15 6 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 138 (22.70%) Windows
2 90 (14.80%) Windows Server
3 38 (6.25%) Windows 10
4 28 (4.61%) Linux
5 22 (3.62%) Mac OS
6 16 (2.63%) Android
6 16 (2.63%) Apple iOS
6 16 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.32%) VMS
8 7 (1.15%) Debian
8 7 (1.15%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.49%) Unix
10 2 (0.33%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (39.64%) Information Security
3 150 (24.67%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (19.57%) ITIL
5 91 (14.97%) Incident Response
6 75 (12.34%) Data Protection
7 70 (11.51%) Risk Management
8 69 (11.35%) SIEM
9 64 (10.53%) Business Continuity
10 62 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 56 (9.21%) Security Operations
12 55 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (8.72%) Penetration Testing
13 53 (8.72%) Security Management
14 51 (8.39%) Customer Service
15 48 (7.89%) Service Delivery
16 47 (7.73%) Vulnerability Management
17 42 (6.91%) ISMS
18 41 (6.74%) Data Security
19 40 (6.58%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.11%) SQL
2 21 (3.45%) Bash
3 17 (2.80%) Python
4 14 (2.30%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.81%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.15%) Java
7 6 (0.99%) Kotlin
7 6 (0.99%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.33%) Bicep
9 1 (0.16%) ABAP
9 1 (0.16%) C#
9 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 90 (14.80%) CISSP
2 84 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 79 (12.99%) Degree
4 63 (10.36%) CISM
5 46 (7.57%) CISA
6 38 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (4.11%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.95%) SC Cleared
9 23 (3.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 21 (3.45%) DBS Check
10 21 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (3.29%) CCNA
11 20 (3.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 19 (3.13%) CRISC
13 18 (2.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (2.80%) CCNP
15 15 (2.47%) CCSP
15 15 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (1.97%) CCSK
17 11 (1.81%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 346 (56.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 145 (23.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 142 (23.36%) GDPR
4 120 (19.74%) NIST
5 47 (7.73%) ISO 9001
6 45 (7.40%) GRC
7 44 (7.24%) PCI DSS
8 35 (5.76%) NCSC
9 34 (5.59%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 26 (4.28%) SOC 2
11 23 (3.78%) SLA
12 20 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 15 (2.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (1.64%) COSHH
15 9 (1.48%) COBIT
15 9 (1.48%) QA
16 7 (1.15%) PMO
17 6 (0.99%) Accessibility
17 6 (0.99%) NIST 800
18 5 (0.82%) TickIT
System Software
1 107 (17.60%) Active Directory
2 46 (7.57%) Hyper-V
3 24 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (2.63%) Docker
6 5 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.33%) pfSense
8 2 (0.33%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.33%) vSphere
9 1 (0.16%) LXC
Systems Management
1 60 (9.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (6.09%) Single Sign-On
3 34 (5.59%) EnCase
4 25 (4.11%) FortiGate
5 9 (1.48%) Terraform
6 8 (1.32%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.99%) Grafana
7 6 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.99%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.99%) WSUS
8 5 (0.82%) SCCM
8 5 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.66%) Nessus
9 4 (0.66%) PaperCut
10 3 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.33%) Ansible
11 2 (0.33%) CASB
11 2 (0.33%) QRadar
12 1 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 274 (45.07%) Microsoft
2 55 (9.05%) Cisco
3 47 (7.73%) VMware
4 24 (3.95%) Fortinet
5 22 (3.62%) Apple
5 22 (3.62%) Sophos
6 18 (2.96%) Darktrace
6 18 (2.96%) HP
7 17 (2.80%) Google
7 17 (2.80%) Veeam
8 14 (2.30%) Dell
8 14 (2.30%) NEC
9 10 (1.64%) Meraki
10 9 (1.48%) Mitel
10 9 (1.48%) Ribbon
11 8 (1.32%) Barracuda Networks
11 8 (1.32%) Citrix
12 7 (1.15%) Draytek
12 7 (1.15%) Ubiquiti
13 6 (0.99%) ESET