Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Trends in Merseyside

Cyber Essentials PLUS
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.072% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.70% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,967 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,934 - -
75th Percentile £27,900 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £27,500 £58,250
% change year-on-year +63.64% -52.79% +37.06%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 142 76 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 10.21% 12.60% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 89 21 72
10th Percentile £31,000 £25,455 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £25,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -17.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £54,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £57,500 £108,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Cyber Essentials PLUS job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Cyber Essentials PLUS

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Liverpool - 1 £26,934 - 1
Cyber Essentials PLUS
North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft