Cyber Essentials Job Trends in Leeds

Cyber Essentials
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 67 94
Rank change year-on-year -21 +27 +63
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 17 20 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.27% 1.95% 1.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.90% 11.70% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 16
10th Percentile - £48,025 £45,875
25th Percentile £26,250 £51,250 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,569 £64,375 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,776 £65,250 £65,820
West Yorkshire median annual salary £49,750 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -13.48% +6.48% -10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 156 171 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 11.69% 16.67% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 79 87 139
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +9.26%
75th Percentile £64,875 £71,250 £81,875
90th Percentile £79,521 £82,850 £88,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,958 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.94% -8.70% +9.00%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in Leeds

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Leeds over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in Leeds

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 5 (29.41%) Drupal
1 5 (29.41%) nginx
1 5 (29.41%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) SaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) MariaDB
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Local Government
3 5 (29.41%) Police
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Legal
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Electronics
6 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
1 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Support
1 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
1 5 (29.41%) Security Specialist
1 5 (29.41%) Support Specialist
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Lead
2 3 (17.65%) Lead Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Lead Security Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Security Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Programme Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Security Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Educational Technology
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (47.06%) Security Patching
3 7 (41.18%) Project Delivery
4 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Change Management
5 5 (29.41%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (29.41%) Information Security
5 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (23.53%) Agile
7 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
7 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (17.65%) Incident Management
7 3 (17.65%) Problem Management
7 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
7 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
7 3 (17.65%) SABSA
7 3 (17.65%) Security Architecture
7 3 (17.65%) Supplier Management
7 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) AWS Certification
2 3 (17.65%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (82.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (47.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (29.41%) GDPR
3 5 (29.41%) ISO 9001
4 3 (17.65%) NCSC
5 2 (11.76%) GRC
5 2 (11.76%) NIST
5 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
5 2 (11.76%) QA
5 2 (11.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Okta
2 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.88%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Trend Micro