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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 233 249
Rank change year-on-year -46 +16 +63
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 57 172 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.48% 0.85% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.35% 6.85% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 33 133 57
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.58% -12.73%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -7.50%

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 1,704 2,510 3,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.49% 12.43% 19.91%
Number of salaries quoted 717 1,672 1,118
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,441 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.66% -7.12% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,375 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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 14 June 2025.

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 14 June 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 -36 29 £55,021 +0.04% 14
Yorkshire +31 24 £51,250 -6.82% 13
North East +28 4 £80,000 +89.35% 2
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 2 (3.51%) IIS
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (52.63%) Azure
3 3 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.75%) AWS
4 1 (1.75%) GCP
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) DNS
2 7 (12.28%) Firewall
2 7 (12.28%) VPN
3 5 (8.77%) DHCP
3 5 (8.77%) VLAN
4 4 (7.02%) LAN
4 4 (7.02%) WAN
5 3 (5.26%) SAN
5 3 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.51%) DMZ
6 2 (3.51%) Network Security
7 1 (1.75%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.75%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (31.58%) Law
2 14 (24.56%) Legal
3 8 (14.04%) Manufacturing
4 6 (10.53%) Social Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Local Government
7 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (17.54%) Lead
2 7 (12.28%) Analyst
2 7 (12.28%) Azure Specialist
2 7 (12.28%) Cloud Specialist
2 7 (12.28%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 7 (12.28%) Senior
2 7 (12.28%) Support Engineer
3 6 (10.53%) Consultant
3 6 (10.53%) Information Security Consultant
3 6 (10.53%) Security Consultant
4 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (8.77%) IT Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) IT Support
4 5 (8.77%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Senior IT Support
4 5 (8.77%) Senior IT Support Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Senior Support Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Support Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Enterprise Cloud
2 8 (14.04%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (14.04%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (10.53%) Cyberattack
4 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.75%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.75%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (1.75%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) PKI
5 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Windows
2 7 (12.28%) Linux
3 5 (8.77%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.02%) Windows 10
5 3 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (49.12%) ITIL
2 23 (40.35%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (26.32%) Information Security
4 12 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (17.54%) Business Continuity
5 10 (17.54%) Coaching
5 10 (17.54%) Data Protection
5 10 (17.54%) Incident Response
5 10 (17.54%) Mentoring
5 10 (17.54%) Roadmaps
6 9 (15.79%) Incident Management
7 8 (14.04%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (14.04%) Project Management
8 7 (12.28%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (12.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 7 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (12.28%) Security Operations
8 7 (12.28%) Threat Intelligence
8 7 (12.28%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (10.53%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (14.04%) CISSP
3 7 (12.28%) CISM
3 7 (12.28%) Degree
4 4 (7.02%) A+ Certification
4 4 (7.02%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (5.26%) CEH
5 3 (5.26%) CISA
6 2 (3.51%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.51%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.75%) GCIA
7 1 (1.75%) GIAC
7 1 (1.75%) MCSA
7 1 (1.75%) MCSE
7 1 (1.75%) SANS
7 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (21.05%) GDPR
3 9 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 8 (14.04%) NIST
5 6 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (7.02%) PCI DSS
7 3 (5.26%) NCSC
8 1 (1.75%) GRC
8 1 (1.75%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.75%) Nessus
2 1 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.30%) Cisco
3 7 (12.28%) VMware
4 1 (1.75%) arcserve
4 1 (1.75%) Forcepoint
4 1 (1.75%) Google
4 1 (1.75%) Qualys
4 1 (1.75%) Sophos