Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Trends in London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 383 430
Rank change year-on-year +60 +47 +178
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 66 42 56
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.43% 0.28% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.63% 1.71% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 52 22 45
10th Percentile - £51,375 £39,650
25th Percentile £66,250 £52,813 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £93,125 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £98,625 £112,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,508 2,463 3,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.49% 16.39% 14.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,645 1,201 2,510
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £74,425 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +6.32% +3.70%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £117,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cyber Essentials PLUS job vacancy trend in London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cyber Essentials PLUS

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in London over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the London region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
Central London +27 16 £83,750 +24.07% 4
West London - 8 £95,000 -
North London - 5 £70,000 -
Cyber Essentials PLUS
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (31.82%) Azure
2 15 (22.73%) AWS
3 12 (18.18%) Nutanix
4 11 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 11 (16.67%) GCP
4 11 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (10.61%) Cloud Functions
5 7 (10.61%) Cloud Run
5 7 (10.61%) Datadog
5 7 (10.61%) GitHub
5 7 (10.61%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (10.61%) Google Compute Engine
6 5 (7.58%) Mimecast
7 4 (6.06%) IaaS
7 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (6.06%) PaaS
8 3 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.03%) SaaS
9 2 (3.03%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 16 (24.24%) WAN
2 13 (19.70%) Firewall
3 12 (18.18%) SD-WAN
4 11 (16.67%) VPN
5 9 (13.64%) Network Security
6 5 (7.58%) LAN
7 3 (4.55%) DKIM
7 3 (4.55%) DMARC
7 3 (4.55%) VLAN
7 3 (4.55%) VoIP
8 2 (3.03%) DHCP
8 2 (3.03%) DNS
8 2 (3.03%) Internet
8 2 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.03%) Wireless
9 1 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (1.52%) Kerberos
9 1 (1.52%) NAS
9 1 (1.52%) SAN
9 1 (1.52%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.61%) BigQuery
2 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.52%) Metadata
3 1 (1.52%) MS Access
3 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.27%) Legal
3 17 (25.76%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (15.15%) Finance
6 6 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (6.06%) Law
8 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.55%) Retail
9 2 (3.03%) Banking
9 2 (3.03%) Electronics
9 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.03%) Marketing
9 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (21.21%) Security Manager
2 13 (19.70%) Head of Security
3 9 (13.64%) Operations Manager
4 8 (12.12%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 8 (12.12%) IT Manager
5 7 (10.61%) Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) GCP DevOps
5 7 (10.61%) GCP DevOps Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) GCP Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) Infrastructure Manager
6 6 (9.09%) Information Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Information Manager
6 6 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Head of IT
7 5 (7.58%) Service Delivery Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Service Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Service Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) EDI
2 1 (1.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 6 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 6 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (6.06%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.03%) CMDB
4 2 (3.03%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.03%) PKI
4 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.52%) IoT
5 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.67%) Windows
2 8 (12.12%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.55%) Linux
4 2 (3.03%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (53.03%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (43.94%) Information Security
3 27 (40.91%) Incident Response
4 23 (34.85%) Risk Management
5 22 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 22 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 22 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 20 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (25.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (24.24%) Data Protection
9 13 (19.70%) Data Security
10 12 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (18.18%) Project Delivery
10 12 (18.18%) Zero Trust
11 11 (16.67%) SIEM
11 11 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
12 10 (15.15%) Cloud Security
12 10 (15.15%) Due Diligence
13 9 (13.64%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) Python
2 7 (10.61%) Bash
3 5 (7.58%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.03%) SQL
5 1 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 30 (45.45%) CISSP
2 25 (37.88%) CISM
3 12 (18.18%) CISA
4 6 (9.09%) CRISC
4 6 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 5 (7.58%) PMI Certification
5 5 (7.58%) PMP
6 2 (3.03%) CEH
7 1 (1.52%) CCNA
7 1 (1.52%) CCNP
7 1 (1.52%) CCSP
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.52%) Degree
7 1 (1.52%) MCITP
7 1 (1.52%) MCSA
7 1 (1.52%) MCSE
7 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.52%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 39 (59.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (53.03%) GDPR
4 17 (25.76%) NIST
5 15 (22.73%) PCI DSS
6 12 (18.18%) QA
7 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (3.03%) GRC
8 2 (3.03%) ISO 14001
8 2 (3.03%) ISO 22301
8 2 (3.03%) ISO 9001
8 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (10.61%) Docker
1 7 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.55%) vSphere
4 1 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (15.15%) CASB
2 10 (15.15%) SCCM
3 7 (10.61%) Kubernetes
3 7 (10.61%) Prometheus
3 7 (10.61%) Terraform
4 3 (4.55%) VxRail
5 1 (1.52%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.52%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.52%) SCOM
5 1 (1.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.64%) VMware
3 7 (10.61%) Google
4 5 (7.58%) Cisco
5 4 (6.06%) Citrix
6 3 (4.55%) Juniper
6 3 (4.55%) Meraki
6 3 (4.55%) Veeam
7 2 (3.03%) Commvault
7 2 (3.03%) Dell
7 2 (3.03%) IBM
7 2 (3.03%) SAP
8 1 (1.52%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.52%) Netskope
8 1 (1.52%) OneTrust
8 1 (1.52%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.52%) Sophos