Cyber Essentials Jobs in the Midlands

Cyber Essentials
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 282 248
Rank change year-on-year +73 -34 -1
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 112 44 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.96% 0.46% 0.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.68% 1.62% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 104 28 50
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,475 £33,917
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,447 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +25.14% -18.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,905 £82,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

Cyber Essentials is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,677 2,719 2,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.40% 28.25% 19.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 997 1,328
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the Midlands

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the Midlands

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the Midlands

Cyber Essentials
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 Cyber Essentials within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +89 99 £55,000 +3.77% 6
East Midlands -9 13 £45,000 -20.35% 9
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 20 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 56 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (49.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (33.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (25.89%) Azure
3 22 (19.64%) Entra ID
4 20 (17.86%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.57%) IaaS
6 3 (2.68%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.79%) AWS
7 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.79%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.79%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.18%) Firewall
2 16 (14.29%) Intranet
3 12 (10.71%) Wireless
4 10 (8.93%) LAN
5 6 (5.36%) DHCP
5 6 (5.36%) DNS
5 6 (5.36%) MPLS
5 6 (5.36%) SD-WAN
6 4 (3.57%) NAS
6 4 (3.57%) NGFW
6 4 (3.57%) VPN
6 4 (3.57%) WAN
7 3 (2.68%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.79%) Internet
8 2 (1.79%) IP Telephony
8 2 (1.79%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (1.79%) VoIP
8 2 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.79%) WLAN
9 1 (0.89%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (17.86%) Power BI
2 6 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 69 (61.61%) Social Skills
2 40 (35.71%) Public Sector
3 27 (24.11%) Finance
4 9 (8.04%) Law
5 8 (7.14%) Automotive
5 8 (7.14%) Local Government
6 5 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Legal
8 2 (1.79%) Digital Healthcare
8 2 (1.79%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.89%) Advertising
9 1 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (16.96%) IT Manager
2 16 (14.29%) IT Support
3 11 (9.82%) Support Engineer
4 10 (8.93%) IT Engineer
4 10 (8.93%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (8.04%) Analyst
6 6 (5.36%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (5.36%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 6 (5.36%) First Line Help Desk Support
6 6 (5.36%) Help Desk Support
6 6 (5.36%) Help Desk Support Technician
6 6 (5.36%) Help Desk Technician
6 6 (5.36%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (5.36%) IT Technician
6 6 (5.36%) Support Technician
7 5 (4.46%) Information Analyst
7 5 (4.46%) Information Security Analyst
7 5 (4.46%) Security Analyst
7 5 (4.46%) Security Manager
7 5 (4.46%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.89%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (36.61%) Driving Licence
2 10 (8.93%) Data Centre
3 9 (8.04%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 6 (5.36%) CCTV
6 2 (1.79%) BYOD
6 2 (1.79%) IoT
6 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.79%) NHS
6 2 (1.79%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.89%) Clustering
7 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 26 (23.21%) Windows
2 10 (8.93%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.46%) Android
3 5 (4.46%) Apple iOS
3 5 (4.46%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.57%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.79%) Unix
5 2 (1.79%) VMS
5 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (48.21%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (39.29%) Incident Response
4 38 (33.93%) ITIL
5 37 (33.04%) Data Collection
6 24 (21.43%) Digital Strategy
7 18 (16.07%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (15.18%) Information Governance
8 17 (15.18%) Service Delivery
9 16 (14.29%) Data Governance
9 16 (14.29%) Line Management
10 13 (11.61%) Information Security
11 11 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (8.04%) Break/Fix
13 8 (7.14%) Agile
14 6 (5.36%) Data Security
15 5 (4.46%) Change Management
15 5 (4.46%) Data Protection
15 5 (4.46%) ITSM
15 5 (4.46%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.36%) SQL
2 2 (1.79%) Bash
2 2 (1.79%) Bicep
2 2 (1.79%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (33.04%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.14%) Degree
3 7 (6.25%) CISM
3 7 (6.25%) CISSP
3 7 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.68%) CITP
4 3 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.68%) MCSE
4 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.79%) MCSA
6 1 (0.89%) AAT
6 1 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.89%) CRISC
6 1 (0.89%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (33.93%) ISO 9001
3 37 (33.04%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 24 (21.43%) GDPR
5 14 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (12.50%) NIST
6 8 (7.14%) QA
7 3 (2.68%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.79%) GRC
8 2 (1.79%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.89%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.89%) NCSC
9 1 (0.89%) TickIT
System Software
1 20 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.79%) pfSense
4 2 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (33.04%) EnCase
2 20 (17.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 92 (82.14%) Microsoft
2 22 (19.64%) Sophos
3 6 (5.36%) Veeam
4 5 (4.46%) VMware
5 4 (3.57%) Aruba
5 4 (3.57%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (3.57%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.79%) Apple
6 2 (1.79%) Cisco
6 2 (1.79%) Citrix
6 2 (1.79%) Dell
6 2 (1.79%) Draytek
6 2 (1.79%) ESET
6 2 (1.79%) Google
6 2 (1.79%) Meraki
6 2 (1.79%) Synology
6 2 (1.79%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (0.89%) CA