CREST Certified Job Trends in Portsmouth

CREST Certification
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.53% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £54,875 - -
25th Percentile £56,563 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 - -
75th Percentile £64,063 - -
90th Percentile £64,625 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £61,250 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 226 150 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 59.47% 30.12% 36.07%
Number of salaries quoted 45 94 44
10th Percentile £41,000 £31,250 £35,450
25th Percentile £44,000 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,426 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -6.50% +15.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,438 £62,125
90th Percentile £76,100 £75,000 £82,125
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

CREST Certified
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (50.00%) SOC 3