Cyber Essentials PLUS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.068% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.08% +4.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 301 47 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 20.38% 14.87% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22 15 24
10th Percentile - £36,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £44,375 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +3.70% +35.00%
75th Percentile £50,625 £113,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £64,975 £132,500 £87,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +0.88% -5.00%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. 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
County Antrim - 1 £47,500 - 2
Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft