Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in the South East

Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 371 371
Rank change year-on-year +96 0 +84
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 34 28 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.82% 1.15% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 14 24 12
10th Percentile - £25,075 £46,225
25th Percentile £39,750 £32,500 £57,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,922 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.77% -38.77% +13.21%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £64,500 £68,750 -
England median annual salary £64,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +16.36% -12.00% -3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,873 2,439 2,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.44% 14.46% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,120 1,603 1,244
10th Percentile £36,250 £24,500 £30,086
25th Percentile £51,250 £31,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £45,250 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.02% -11.27% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,600 £61,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South East

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South East.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South East

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South East

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Thames Valley +65 13 £41,500 -12.63% 9
Surrey +59 8 £55,000 -18.52%
Berkshire +29 8 £65,000 +36.84% 6
Middlesex - 7 - -
Hampshire +57 6 - - 9
Oxfordshire +45 4 £41,500 +10.67% 5
Buckinghamshire +35 1 - -
Cyber Essentials PLUS
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) AWS
1 4 (11.76%) Azure
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) Firewall
2 6 (17.65%) Network Security
2 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (11.76%) LAN
3 4 (11.76%) SAN
3 4 (11.76%) VLAN
3 4 (11.76%) WAN
3 4 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Legal
4 6 (17.65%) Aviation
4 6 (17.65%) Publishing
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.94%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 7 (20.59%) Information Officer
1 7 (20.59%) Risk Officer
1 7 (20.59%) Security Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Governance Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Information Governance Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Information Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Information Security Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Lead
2 6 (17.65%) Security Manager
3 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support Technician
3 4 (11.76%) Support Technician
4 2 (5.88%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 2 (5.88%) Head of Security
5 1 (2.94%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 19 (55.88%) Management Information System
2 13 (38.24%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (23.53%) Security Posture
4 7 (20.59%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (17.65%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (17.65%) Freedom of Information Act
5 6 (17.65%) Robotics
6 4 (11.76%) Replication
7 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 10 (29.41%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Android
2 6 (17.65%) Apple iOS
3 4 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (88.24%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (70.59%) Information Security
3 14 (41.18%) GAP Analysis
4 13 (38.24%) Data Protection
5 11 (32.35%) Agile
6 9 (26.47%) Roadmaps
7 7 (20.59%) Coaching
7 7 (20.59%) Compliance Audit
7 7 (20.59%) Due Diligence
7 7 (20.59%) Impact Analysis
7 7 (20.59%) Mentoring
7 7 (20.59%) OWASP
7 7 (20.59%) People Management
7 7 (20.59%) Performance Management
7 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (20.59%) Quantitative Risk Management
7 7 (20.59%) Risk Management
7 7 (20.59%) Security Patching
7 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (20.59%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) CISSP
2 15 (44.12%) CISM
3 9 (26.47%) CRISC
3 9 (26.47%) Degree
4 8 (23.53%) CISA
5 7 (20.59%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (17.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
6 6 (17.65%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 32 (94.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (20.59%) GDPR
3 7 (20.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 6 (17.65%) HIPAA
5 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.94%) Def Stans
6 1 (2.94%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Hyper-V
1 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) ArcSight ESM
1 6 (17.65%) QRadar
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) ArcSight
1 6 (17.65%) LogLogic
1 6 (17.65%) McAfee
1 6 (17.65%) Splunk
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.76%) arcserve
3 4 (11.76%) VMware