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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 380 401
Rank change year-on-year +76 +21 +231
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 65 43 48
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.47% 0.27% 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.63% 1.58% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 54 24 39
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,200
25th Percentile £62,500 £64,063 £57,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% +10.22% +14.17%
75th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 2,472 2,717 2,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 17.99% 17.08% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,594 1,312 2,199
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,514 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,750 £111,897
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +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 26 December 2025.

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 26 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 +34 12 £70,000 -6.67% 8
West London - 6 £95,000 - 5
South London +34 1 £46,000 -16.36%
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 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (27.69%) Azure
2 12 (18.46%) AWS
2 12 (18.46%) GCP
3 10 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 10 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (13.85%) Nutanix
5 8 (12.31%) Cloud Functions
5 8 (12.31%) Cloud Run
5 8 (12.31%) Datadog
5 8 (12.31%) GitHub
5 8 (12.31%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (12.31%) Google Compute Engine
6 4 (6.15%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.08%) IaaS
8 2 (3.08%) Mimecast
8 2 (3.08%) PaaS
8 2 (3.08%) Tessian
9 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.38%) Firewall
1 10 (15.38%) WAN
2 8 (12.31%) SD-WAN
3 7 (10.77%) Network Security
4 6 (9.23%) VPN
5 3 (4.62%) LAN
6 2 (3.08%) DKIM
6 2 (3.08%) DMARC
7 1 (1.54%) Internet
7 1 (1.54%) NAS
7 1 (1.54%) SAN
7 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.54%) VLAN
7 1 (1.54%) VoIP
7 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.31%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.54%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.54%) Metadata
2 1 (1.54%) MS Access
2 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 24 (36.92%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (32.31%) Finance
4 16 (24.62%) Legal
5 13 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 13 (20.00%) Marketing
5 13 (20.00%) Public Sector
6 12 (18.46%) Electronics
6 12 (18.46%) Telecoms
7 9 (13.85%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (4.62%) Law
9 3 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (3.08%) Retail
11 1 (1.54%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (24.62%) Operations Manager
2 15 (23.08%) IT Manager
3 13 (20.00%) IT Operations Manager
4 12 (18.46%) Analyst
5 11 (16.92%) IT Support
6 10 (15.38%) IT Support Manager
6 10 (15.38%) Support Manager
7 9 (13.85%) Head of Security
7 9 (13.85%) Security Manager
8 8 (12.31%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (12.31%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (12.31%) GCP DevOps
8 8 (12.31%) GCP DevOps Engineer
8 8 (12.31%) GCP Engineer
8 8 (12.31%) Information Manager
8 8 (12.31%) Information Security Manager
9 7 (10.77%) Information Analyst
9 7 (10.77%) Security Analyst
10 6 (9.23%) Head of Cybersecurity
11 4 (6.15%) Information Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) EDI
2 1 (1.54%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Data Protection Act
1 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
1 7 (10.77%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.15%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (4.62%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.08%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.08%) PKI
5 1 (1.54%) CMDB
5 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.54%) IoT
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.54%) NHS
5 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Windows
2 2 (3.08%) Mac OS
2 2 (3.08%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.54%) Linux
3 1 (1.54%) VMS
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (55.38%) Cybersecurity
1 36 (55.38%) Incident Response
2 28 (43.08%) Information Security
3 22 (33.85%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 19 (29.23%) Service Delivery
6 18 (27.69%) Roadmaps
7 16 (24.62%) Project Management
7 16 (24.62%) Vulnerability Management
8 15 (23.08%) Data Protection
9 14 (21.54%) High Availability
9 14 (21.54%) ITIL
9 14 (21.54%) Project Delivery
9 14 (21.54%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (20.00%) ITSM
10 13 (20.00%) Service Management
10 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.92%) Python
2 8 (12.31%) Bash
3 4 (6.15%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (52.31%) CISSP
2 21 (32.31%) CISM
3 14 (21.54%) PMP
4 13 (20.00%) PMI Certification
5 8 (12.31%) CISA
6 7 (10.77%) CRISC
7 6 (9.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (6.15%) CEH
9 2 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 39 (60.00%) GDPR
3 32 (49.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (24.62%) NIST
5 15 (23.08%) QA
6 13 (20.00%) PCI DSS
7 7 (10.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (3.08%) GRC
8 2 (3.08%) ISO 14001
8 2 (3.08%) ISO 22301
8 2 (3.08%) ISO 9001
8 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.54%) HL7
9 1 (1.54%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (12.31%) Docker
2 3 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (12.31%) Kubernetes
2 8 (12.31%) Prometheus
2 8 (12.31%) Terraform
3 7 (10.77%) CASB
4 6 (9.23%) SCCM
5 3 (4.62%) ZENworks
6 1 (1.54%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.54%) SCOM
6 1 (1.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 19 (29.23%) Microsoft
2 12 (18.46%) SAP
3 8 (12.31%) Google
4 5 (7.69%) VMware
5 4 (6.15%) Meraki
6 2 (3.08%) Citrix
6 2 (3.08%) Commvault
6 2 (3.08%) Veeam
7 1 (1.54%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco
7 1 (1.54%) Dell
7 1 (1.54%) IBM
7 1 (1.54%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.54%) SolarWinds