Cyber Essentials Job Trends in London

Cyber Essentials
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 337 335
Rank change year-on-year +85 -2 +166
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 130 96 124
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.91% 0.62% 0.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.26% 3.73% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 106 58 107
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,950 £40,300
25th Percentile £56,063 £48,479 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -0.76% +14.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,125 £93,750 £112,900
England median annual salary £57,370 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.31% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,470 2,573 2,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 17.26% 16.72% 15.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,595 1,233 2,278
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £118,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% -

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in London over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in London

Cyber Essentials
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 20 January 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 +35 21 £75,000 - 9
West London +11 8 £95,000 +65.22% 2
South London +29 1 £46,000 -16.36% 1
North London - 1 £70,000 -
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
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 11 (8.46%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (26.15%) Azure
2 21 (16.15%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (10.77%) AWS
4 12 (9.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (9.23%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.23%) GCP
4 12 (9.23%) Nutanix
5 11 (8.46%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (6.15%) Cloud Functions
6 8 (6.15%) Cloud Run
6 8 (6.15%) Datadog
6 8 (6.15%) GitHub
6 8 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (6.15%) Google Compute Engine
7 3 (2.31%) IaaS
8 2 (1.54%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.54%) PaaS
8 2 (1.54%) Tessian
9 1 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.00%) Firewall
2 16 (12.31%) VPN
3 14 (10.77%) Network Security
3 14 (10.77%) WAN
4 12 (9.23%) SD-WAN
5 6 (4.62%) VoIP
6 3 (2.31%) LAN
7 2 (1.54%) DKIM
7 2 (1.54%) DMARC
7 2 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.54%) Wireless
8 1 (0.77%) DHCP
8 1 (0.77%) DNS
8 1 (0.77%) Internet
8 1 (0.77%) NAS
8 1 (0.77%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.77%) SAN
8 1 (0.77%) VLAN
8 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.15%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.77%) Metadata
2 1 (0.77%) MS Access
2 1 (0.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.92%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.62%) Legal
3 23 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (16.92%) Finance
5 20 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (8.46%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (8.46%) Law
6 11 (8.46%) Telecoms
7 10 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (6.15%) Manufacturing
8 8 (6.15%) Marketing
8 8 (6.15%) Public Sector
9 7 (5.38%) Electronics
10 5 (3.85%) Retail
11 4 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.54%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (16.15%) Analyst
1 21 (16.15%) Auditor
2 17 (13.08%) Head of Security
3 15 (11.54%) IT Support
4 14 (10.77%) Operations Manager
5 12 (9.23%) Security Manager
6 11 (8.46%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 11 (8.46%) IT Manager
6 11 (8.46%) Security Analyst
6 11 (8.46%) Senior
7 9 (6.92%) IT Operations Manager
8 8 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (6.15%) GCP DevOps
8 8 (6.15%) GCP DevOps Engineer
8 8 (6.15%) GCP Engineer
8 8 (6.15%) Lead
9 7 (5.38%) Senior Manager
9 7 (5.38%) Senior Risk Manager
9 7 (5.38%) Technology Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.31%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (10.77%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.38%) Algorithms
3 7 (5.38%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.85%) CCTV
5 5 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.85%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.08%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.54%) PKI
9 1 (0.77%) CMDB
9 1 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.77%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.62%) Windows
2 7 (5.38%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.54%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.77%) Linux
4 1 (0.77%) VMS
4 1 (0.77%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (39.23%) Incident Response
3 42 (32.31%) Information Security
4 32 (24.62%) Risk Management
5 26 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (18.46%) Data Protection
6 24 (18.46%) SIEM
6 24 (18.46%) Vulnerability Management
7 22 (16.92%) Roadmaps
8 21 (16.15%) Service Delivery
9 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (13.08%) Cloud Security
12 16 (12.31%) Root Cause Analysis
13 15 (11.54%) Decision-Making
13 15 (11.54%) Technology Strategy
14 14 (10.77%) Creative Thinking
14 14 (10.77%) Due Diligence
14 14 (10.77%) Incident Management
14 14 (10.77%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.54%) Python
2 11 (8.46%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.15%) Bash
4 5 (3.85%) SQL
5 4 (3.08%) Java
6 2 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 53 (40.77%) CISSP
2 45 (34.62%) CISM
3 19 (14.62%) CISA
4 15 (11.54%) CRISC
5 12 (9.23%) Degree
6 9 (6.92%) PMI Certification
6 9 (6.92%) PMP
7 6 (4.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 3 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.31%) CCSP
8 3 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.54%) CEH
9 2 (1.54%) CISMP
10 1 (0.77%) CCNA
10 1 (0.77%) CCNP
10 1 (0.77%) MCITP
10 1 (0.77%) MCSE
10 1 (0.77%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.77%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 63 (48.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (35.38%) GDPR
4 38 (29.23%) NIST
5 16 (12.31%) PCI DSS
6 11 (8.46%) QA
7 8 (6.15%) Data Quality
8 7 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (2.31%) GRC
10 2 (1.54%) ISO 14001
10 2 (1.54%) ISO 22301
10 2 (1.54%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.77%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.77%) NCSC
11 1 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.15%) Active Directory
1 8 (6.15%) Docker
2 5 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.69%) CASB
3 9 (6.92%) Terraform
4 8 (6.15%) Kubernetes
4 8 (6.15%) Prometheus
4 8 (6.15%) SCCM
5 1 (0.77%) Ansible
5 1 (0.77%) Autotask
5 1 (0.77%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.77%) Nessus
5 1 (0.77%) SCOM
5 1 (0.77%) VxRail
Vendors
1 45 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.92%) Google
3 8 (6.15%) VMware
4 7 (5.38%) SAP
5 5 (3.85%) Cisco
6 3 (2.31%) Juniper
7 2 (1.54%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.54%) Citrix
7 2 (1.54%) Commvault
7 2 (1.54%) Veeam
8 1 (0.77%) Apple
8 1 (0.77%) Aruba
8 1 (0.77%) Dell
8 1 (0.77%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.77%) IBM
8 1 (0.77%) Meraki
8 1 (0.77%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.77%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.77%) Splunk
8 1 (0.77%) Stonesoft