Cyber Essentials
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 35 | 78 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +43 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 0.39% | 0.13% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 2.63% | 1.05% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | - | -8.33% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 38 | 95 | 68 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 14.90% | 12.23% | 8.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 28 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,125 | £27,500 | £32,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £66,507 | £31,622 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,151 | £48,454 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +75.74% | -3.09% | +22.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £122,813 | £69,375 | £56,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £132,500 | £94,875 | £76,925 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | +4.55% |
Cyber Essentials
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 within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Antrim | +43 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Cyber Essentials UK |
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Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:
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