Cyber Essentials Jobs in London

Cyber Essentials
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 389 417
Rank change year-on-year +92 +28 +247
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 96 118 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.76% 0.49% 0.59%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.58% 3.50% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 75 109 110
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,850 £41,181
25th Percentile £58,250 £48,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £56,247
Median % change year-on-year - +15.56% -13.47%
75th Percentile £75,625 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,000 £98,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 2,097 3,370 5,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.52% 14.06% 16.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 2,450 3,444
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £39,748
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +1.85% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £112,500 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in London.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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 +21 19 £70,000 +3.70% 5
West London +19 2 £47,000 -10.48% 12
South London -3 2 £73,750 +20.41%
North London - 2 £60,000 -
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.04%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.04%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (28.13%) Azure
1 27 (28.13%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (12.50%) AWS
3 10 (10.42%) Entra ID
4 8 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.25%) GCP
6 5 (5.21%) Power Automate
6 5 (5.21%) Snowflake
7 4 (4.17%) IaaS
7 4 (4.17%) SaaS
8 3 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.13%) Fivetran
8 3 (3.13%) Google Analytics
8 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (3.13%) PaaS
8 3 (3.13%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.13%) Zapier
9 2 (2.08%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 24 (25.00%) Firewall
2 11 (11.46%) VPN
3 3 (3.13%) DNS
3 3 (3.13%) VLAN
3 3 (3.13%) WAN
4 2 (2.08%) DHCP
4 2 (2.08%) DKIM
4 2 (2.08%) DMARC
4 2 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.08%) NAS
4 2 (2.08%) SAN
4 2 (2.08%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.04%) LAN
5 1 (1.04%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.25%) Power BI
2 3 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.04%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.04%) Metadata
3 1 (1.04%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.04%) Metasploit
1 1 (1.04%) Postman
1 1 (1.04%) REST Assured
1 1 (1.04%) SoapUI
General
1 46 (47.92%) Social Skills
2 25 (26.04%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (23.96%) Finance
4 18 (18.75%) Legal
4 18 (18.75%) Public Sector
5 16 (16.67%) Marketing
6 15 (15.63%) Electronics
6 15 (15.63%) Manufacturing
6 15 (15.63%) Telecoms
7 10 (10.42%) Law
8 8 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.08%) Local Government
11 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 17 (17.71%) IT Support
3 16 (16.67%) IT Operations Manager
3 16 (16.67%) Operations Manager
4 15 (15.63%) Analyst
4 15 (15.63%) IT Support Manager
4 15 (15.63%) Security Manager
4 15 (15.63%) Support Manager
5 14 (14.58%) Security Analyst
6 10 (10.42%) Information Manager
6 10 (10.42%) Information Security Manager
7 9 (9.38%) Head of Security
8 7 (7.29%) Architect
8 7 (7.29%) Security Engineer
9 6 (6.25%) Head of Cybersecurity
9 6 (6.25%) Information Analyst
9 6 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
10 5 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (5.21%) Security Architect
10 5 (5.21%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.21%) EDI
2 3 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (2.08%) Middleware
3 2 (2.08%) RESTful
4 1 (1.04%) JWT
4 1 (1.04%) OAuth
4 1 (1.04%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.54%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.33%) PKI
2 8 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 5 (5.21%) Cloud Native
3 5 (5.21%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.13%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.13%) Social Media
6 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.08%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.08%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.08%) Replication
7 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.04%) Housing Association
7 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.04%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.46%) Windows
2 5 (5.21%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.08%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (61.46%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (37.50%) Information Security
3 30 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (28.13%) SIEM
5 24 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 21 (21.88%) Incident Response
6 21 (21.88%) ITIL
7 19 (19.79%) Collaborative Working
7 19 (19.79%) Incident Management
7 19 (19.79%) ITSM
7 19 (19.79%) Project Management
8 18 (18.75%) Project Delivery
8 18 (18.75%) Service Management
9 17 (17.71%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (17.71%) Root Cause Analysis
9 17 (17.71%) Strategic Planning
10 16 (16.67%) Service Delivery
11 15 (15.63%) Digital Marketing
11 15 (15.63%) High Availability
11 15 (15.63%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.21%) SQL
3 4 (4.17%) Python
4 3 (3.13%) R
4 3 (3.13%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.08%) Bash
6 1 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (37.50%) CISSP
2 18 (18.75%) CISM
3 15 (15.63%) PMI Certification
3 15 (15.63%) PMP
4 9 (9.38%) Degree
5 7 (7.29%) CISA
6 6 (6.25%) CRISC
7 4 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.17%) SSCP
8 3 (3.13%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.04%) CCNA
10 1 (1.04%) CCNP
10 1 (1.04%) CCSP
10 1 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (52.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 47 (48.96%) GDPR
3 46 (47.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (28.13%) NIST
5 15 (15.63%) PCI DSS
5 15 (15.63%) QA
6 10 (10.42%) NCSC
7 9 (9.38%) GRC
8 5 (5.21%) SOC 2
9 3 (3.13%) Data Quality
9 3 (3.13%) HIPAA
9 3 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (2.08%) ISO 9001
11 1 (1.04%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 14 (14.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.08%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.25%) Terraform
3 4 (4.17%) Nessus
4 3 (3.13%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (2.08%) Ansible
6 1 (1.04%) CASB
Vendors
1 37 (38.54%) Microsoft
2 18 (18.75%) SAP
3 6 (6.25%) Google
3 6 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 6 (6.25%) VMware
4 4 (4.17%) Palo Alto
4 4 (4.17%) Splunk
5 3 (3.13%) Cisco
5 3 (3.13%) Oracle
5 3 (3.13%) Xero
6 2 (2.08%) Aderant
6 2 (2.08%) ConnectWise
6 2 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.08%) Dell
6 2 (2.08%) EMC
6 2 (2.08%) FireEye
6 2 (2.08%) Intapp
6 2 (2.08%) N-able
6 2 (2.08%) SonicWALL
6 2 (2.08%) Tenable