CREST Certified Job Trends in London

CREST Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 410 401
Rank change year-on-year +49 -9 +284
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 14 21 43
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.10% 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.42% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 39
10th Percentile - £47,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £48,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £90,000 £88,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.12% -5.77% -8.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,026 4,964 4,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.32% 31.44% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,107 2,073 3,473
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.12%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,250 £112,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in London

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CREST Certified.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CREST Certified

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in London

CREST Certified
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Central London +44 5 £80,000 - 9
CREST Certified
England

CREST Certified
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) AWS
1 6 (42.86%) GCP
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Burp Suite
1 3 (21.43%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Banking
2 6 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (42.86%) Law
2 6 (42.86%) Retail
3 4 (28.57%) Financial Institution
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Lead
2 3 (21.43%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Digital Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 4 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (28.57%) Cyberattack
2 4 (28.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 4 (28.57%) Insider Threat
2 4 (28.57%) Mobile App
3 2 (14.29%) Blog
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Android
2 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Mentoring
1 9 (64.29%) Red Team
2 8 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (57.14%) Purple Team
3 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 6 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (42.86%) Application Security
4 6 (42.86%) Cloud Security
4 6 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (42.86%) Disruptive Innovation
4 6 (42.86%) Fintech
4 6 (42.86%) Reverse Engineering
4 6 (42.86%) Security Testing
4 6 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
4 6 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (35.71%) Business Strategy
5 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
5 5 (35.71%) Internal Audit
5 5 (35.71%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) Kotlin
3 3 (21.43%) Bash
3 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
3 3 (21.43%) Python
4 2 (14.29%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) OSCP
2 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 4 (28.57%) CCSAM
2 4 (28.57%) CHECK Team Leader
2 4 (28.57%) CHECK Team Member
2 4 (28.57%) OSCE
3 2 (14.29%) GIAC
4 1 (7.14%) CEH
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (28.57%) EU AI Act
1 4 (28.57%) GDPR
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Nessus
2 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes