Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in the North of England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 350 390
Rank change year-on-year +20 +40 0
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 9 40 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.077% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.49% 1.68% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 32 16
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £44,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,432 £50,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -9.26% +22.73%
75th Percentile £69,063 £75,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,125 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £64,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +16.36% -12.00% -3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,827 2,374 3,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.71% 13.54% 21.80%
Number of salaries quoted 801 1,644 1,142
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £79,925
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North of England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North of England.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North of England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North of England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North West -19 5 £55,000 +17.02% 10
North East +45 3 £58,000 -27.50% 5
Yorkshire +62 1 £72,500 +18.37% 7
Cyber Essentials PLUS
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Information Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Information Risk Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Junior
1 2 (22.22%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Security Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Information Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Risk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
2 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (11.11%) Learning Management System
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (66.67%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Impact Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Cyber Assurance
4 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (22.22%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 2 (22.22%) ISMS
4 2 (22.22%) Resilience Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Register
5 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
5 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
5 1 (11.11%) Energy Management
5 1 (11.11%) Offensive Security
5 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CISM
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) CISMP
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) CRISC
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
4 1 (11.11%) GIAC
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (88.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (77.78%) NIST
4 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
5 3 (33.33%) Def Stans
6 2 (22.22%) GDPR
6 2 (22.22%) GRC
7 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft