Cyber Essentials Jobs in the North of England

Cyber Essentials
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 235 286 308
Rank change year-on-year +51 +22 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 135 92 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.83% 0.71% 0.87%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.60% 4.63% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 100 50 127
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,938 £39,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -18.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £60,875 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,825 £72,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,250
% change year-on-year - -11.65% +13.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,044 1,988 3,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.54% 15.32% 18.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 1,096 1,871
10th Percentile £25,450 £28,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,648 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the North of England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the North of England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the North of England

Cyber Essentials
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
North West +5 72 £55,000 +15.79% 9
Yorkshire +78 52 £55,000 +5.77% 12
North East -1 11 £42,500 +70.00% 1
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.44%) Confluence
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (0.74%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (40.74%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (27.41%) Azure
3 19 (14.07%) Cloud Computing
4 13 (9.63%) SaaS
5 7 (5.19%) AWS
6 4 (2.96%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.96%) IaaS
6 4 (2.96%) PaaS
7 3 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (2.22%) GCP
7 3 (2.22%) GitHub
8 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.74%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.63%) Firewall
2 11 (8.15%) Network Security
3 4 (2.96%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.22%) DNS
4 3 (2.22%) WAN
5 2 (1.48%) Internet
5 2 (1.48%) LAN
6 1 (0.74%) DHCP
6 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.74%) VLAN
6 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.44%) JIRA
2 3 (2.22%) Bitbucket
2 3 (2.22%) GitLab
General
1 54 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.15%) Finance
4 9 (6.67%) Law
4 9 (6.67%) Legal
5 6 (4.44%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.70%) Games
7 4 (2.96%) Retail
8 3 (2.22%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Publishing
10 1 (0.74%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 26 (19.26%) Service Manager
3 22 (16.30%) Security Manager
4 20 (14.81%) Analyst
5 16 (11.85%) Security Analyst
6 15 (11.11%) Technical Manager
7 13 (9.63%) Information Manager
7 13 (9.63%) Information Security Manager
8 12 (8.89%) IT Services Manager
9 11 (8.15%) Consultant
9 11 (8.15%) Information Security Consultant
9 11 (8.15%) Security Consultant
9 11 (8.15%) Technical Services Manager
10 10 (7.41%) Information Analyst
10 10 (7.41%) Information Security Analyst
11 9 (6.67%) Senior
12 7 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 6 (4.44%) Lead
13 6 (4.44%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
13 6 (4.44%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.22%) AWS CDK
2 2 (1.48%) Laravel
2 2 (1.48%) SAML
3 1 (0.74%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.85%) Data Protection Act
2 13 (9.63%) Management Information System
3 12 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.19%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (5.19%) Security Posture
6 6 (4.44%) Data Centre
6 6 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.44%) Freedom of Information
6 6 (4.44%) Virtual Team
7 5 (3.70%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.96%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.96%) NHS
9 3 (2.22%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.48%) Anti-Spyware
10 2 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.48%) FMCG
10 2 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.74%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.67%) Windows
2 7 (5.19%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.48%) Linux
4 2 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (48.89%) Information Security
2 62 (45.93%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (26.67%) ITIL
4 34 (25.19%) Data Protection
5 28 (20.74%) Business Continuity
6 24 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (17.04%) ISMS
8 22 (16.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (15.56%) Security Operations
10 18 (13.33%) Customer Service
10 18 (13.33%) Incident Response
11 17 (12.59%) Risk Management
11 17 (12.59%) Risk Register
12 16 (11.85%) Security Testing
12 16 (11.85%) Vulnerability Management
12 16 (11.85%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 15 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
14 14 (10.37%) Business Continuity Planning
14 14 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (9.63%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.19%) Python
3 6 (4.44%) Go
4 5 (3.70%) SQL
5 3 (2.22%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.74%) C#
7 1 (0.74%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (14.81%) Azure Certification
2 17 (12.59%) CCNA
2 17 (12.59%) CCNP
2 17 (12.59%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (8.15%) Degree
4 9 (6.67%) CISSP
5 7 (5.19%) CISM
6 6 (4.44%) CRISC
6 6 (4.44%) PMI Certification
6 6 (4.44%) PMP
6 6 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (2.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (2.96%) ISSMP
9 3 (2.22%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.48%) CISA
10 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 26 (19.26%) NIST
4 25 (18.52%) GDPR
5 21 (15.56%) SLA
6 16 (11.85%) PCI DSS
7 12 (8.89%) GRC
8 11 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (5.19%) NCSC
10 6 (4.44%) SOC 2
11 5 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (2.96%) ISO 9001
13 3 (2.22%) Accessibility
13 3 (2.22%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.48%) Docker
3 1 (0.74%) Firmware
3 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 19 (14.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.67%) Terraform
3 3 (2.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.48%) Ansible
4 2 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.48%) Nessus
4 2 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 68 (50.37%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.04%) Cisco
3 18 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 9 (6.67%) Dell
5 6 (4.44%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.96%) Citrix
7 3 (2.22%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.74%) Meraki
9 1 (0.74%) Oracle
9 1 (0.74%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.74%) Progress
9 1 (0.74%) Qualys
9 1 (0.74%) VMware