Cyber Essentials Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Cyber Essentials
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 59 129
Rank change year-on-year -11 +70 -30
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 16 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.22% 0.48% 0.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.49% 6.06% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 7
10th Percentile £39,000 £52,875 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,438 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +2.27% -9.84%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £58,625 £58,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 97 33 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 7.42% 7.88% 11.38%
Number of salaries quoted 71 24 126
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,725 £27,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £27,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £29,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +86.44% -18.06% -33.02%
75th Percentile £75,754 £49,188 £58,438
90th Percentile £78,750 £58,375 £75,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,396
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.74% -0.20%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in Gloucestershire

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 5 May 2026. 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
Gloucester - 8 £42,500 -
Filton - 4 £42,500 -
Stroud -10 2 £55,000 -4.35% 1
Cheltenham - 1 £65,000 -
Cyber Essentials
South West

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) Confluence
2 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (6.25%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (25.00%) AWS
3 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (25.00%) GCP
3 4 (25.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Firewall
2 6 (37.50%) VPN
3 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 4 (25.00%) WAN
3 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (12.50%) DNS
4 2 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Advertising
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Security Manager
3 4 (25.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 4 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Support
3 4 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Governance Manager
4 3 (18.75%) IT Governance Manager
4 3 (18.75%) IT Manager
4 3 (18.75%) IT Security Manager
5 2 (12.50%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Information Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) IoT
1 4 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 4 (25.00%) Video\Live Streaming
2 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
3 2 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) ITIL
2 6 (37.50%) Process Improvement
3 4 (25.00%) AI
3 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (25.00%) Password Management
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (25.00%) User Experience
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
4 3 (18.75%) Information Security
4 3 (18.75%) Information Security Management
4 3 (18.75%) ISMS
4 3 (18.75%) Security Management
5 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (12.50%) Network Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 2 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) GCIH
2 1 (6.25%) GIAC
2 1 (6.25%) SANS
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (68.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (37.50%) GDPR
3 5 (31.25%) NIST
4 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (12.50%) NIST 800
6 1 (6.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (6.25%) NCSC
6 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Google
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
3 2 (12.50%) Veeam
4 1 (6.25%) HubSpot
4 1 (6.25%) Xero