CREST Certified Job Trends in the Midlands

CREST Certification
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 263 202
Rank change year-on-year +58 -61 +161
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 6 5 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.098% 0.059% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.18% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 14
10th Percentile £46,266 £52,478 £71,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £56,945 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £67,155 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.97% -20.99% +6.25%
75th Percentile £53,951 £69,920 £89,688
90th Percentile £72,580 - £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,617 2,736 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.53% 32.03% 31.11%
Number of salaries quoted 776 790 1,143
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,405 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,485 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +4.97% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.68%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in the Midlands

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CREST Certified.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CREST Certified

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in the Midlands

CREST Certified
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
West Midlands +57 3 £65,000 -3.21% 5
East Midlands +28 3 £51,058 - 1
CREST Certified
England

CREST Certified
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Control Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Development Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Penetration Test Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Insider Threat
1 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 3 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 3 (50.00%) Open Source
2 3 (50.00%) Red Team
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Business Development
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Innovation
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) CCNA
2 3 (50.00%) CEH
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CISMP
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (50.00%) GIAC
2 3 (50.00%) GPEN
2 3 (50.00%) MCP
2 3 (50.00%) MCSE
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) OSCP
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Rockwell
2 1 (16.67%) Siemens