Cyber Essentials Jobs in the South East

Cyber Essentials
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 283 341
Rank change year-on-year +67 +58 +57
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 72 114 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.85% 0.68% 0.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.22% 4.69% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 38 98 51
10th Percentile £32,475 £32,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £43,813 £42,547 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,375 £72,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,706 2,432 2,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.16% 14.57% 18.57%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1,616 1,333
10th Percentile £34,525 £24,500 £29,400
25th Percentile £49,000 £31,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £46,000 £50,669
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -9.21% -3.49%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,650 £76,250 £81,850
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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 29 £60,000 +18.81% 16
Berkshire +66 20 £65,000 +13.04% 6
Surrey +77 14 £55,000 -31.25% 1
West Sussex +43 10 £65,000 -3.70% 3
Hampshire +34 8 £100,000 +66.67% 11
Middlesex - 7 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +39 5 £66,250 +31.19% 6
Oxfordshire +28 4 £41,500 -12.63% 6
East Sussex +38 3 £29,000 -61.33% 3
Kent +20 1 £47,500 -13.64% 8
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
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 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.17%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (12.50%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.39%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.89%) Azure
3 9 (12.50%) Google Workspace
4 7 (9.72%) AWS
5 2 (2.78%) IaaS
5 2 (2.78%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.39%) PaaS
6 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.00%) Firewall
2 15 (20.83%) Network Security
3 9 (12.50%) Intranet
3 9 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (5.56%) VPN
5 3 (4.17%) LAN
5 3 (4.17%) SAN
5 3 (4.17%) VLAN
5 3 (4.17%) WAN
5 3 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.39%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
General
1 38 (52.78%) Social Skills
2 18 (25.00%) Legal
3 15 (20.83%) Retail
4 11 (15.28%) Law
5 9 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (12.50%) Publishing
6 6 (8.33%) Aviation
6 6 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.17%) Finance
7 3 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.78%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.78%) Electronics
9 1 (1.39%) Local Government
9 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (15.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 11 (15.28%) Security Engineer
2 9 (12.50%) Compliance Advisor
2 9 (12.50%) Governance Manager
2 9 (12.50%) Information Governance Manager
2 9 (12.50%) Information Manager
2 9 (12.50%) Security Advisor
2 9 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 7 (9.72%) Information Officer
3 7 (9.72%) Risk Officer
4 6 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
4 6 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 6 (8.33%) Lead
4 6 (8.33%) Support Technician
5 5 (6.94%) Senior
6 4 (5.56%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 4 (5.56%) Head of Security
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Security Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) Head of IT
7 3 (4.17%) IT Director
Miscellaneous
1 26 (36.11%) Management Information System
2 25 (34.72%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (18.06%) Security Posture
4 9 (12.50%) e-Learning
4 9 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
4 9 (12.50%) Freedom of Information Act
5 7 (9.72%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (6.94%) Onboarding
6 5 (6.94%) Robotics
7 4 (5.56%) Operational Technology
8 3 (4.17%) Replication
9 2 (2.78%) CMDB
9 2 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.39%) PKI
10 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.44%) Windows
2 7 (9.72%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.94%) Android
3 5 (6.94%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.39%) Linux
4 1 (1.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (62.50%) Information Security
3 25 (34.72%) Data Protection
4 16 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
5 15 (20.83%) ITIL
6 13 (18.06%) Risk Management
7 12 (16.67%) Roadmaps
8 11 (15.28%) Agile
8 11 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (13.89%) Computer Science
9 10 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (13.89%) SIEM
9 10 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
10 9 (12.50%) Incident Management
10 9 (12.50%) Incident Response
10 9 (12.50%) ISMS
10 9 (12.50%) OWASP
10 9 (12.50%) Psychology
10 9 (12.50%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (34.72%) CISSP
2 22 (30.56%) CISM
3 15 (20.83%) Degree
4 12 (16.67%) CISA
5 10 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (12.50%) CRISC
6 9 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 8 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
8 7 (9.72%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (6.94%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (5.56%) CCNA
10 4 (5.56%) CCNP
10 4 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (5.56%) GCIA
10 4 (5.56%) SANS
11 3 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (1.39%) MCSE
12 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (1.39%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (80.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 22 (30.56%) GDPR
4 12 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 9 (12.50%) HIPAA
5 9 (12.50%) NIST
5 9 (12.50%) PERC
6 7 (9.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (4.17%) Def Stans
7 3 (4.17%) NCSC
7 3 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (9.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (6.94%) ArcSight ESM
1 5 (6.94%) QRadar
2 4 (5.56%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.17%) SCCM
4 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (31.94%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.50%) Adobe
2 9 (12.50%) Google
2 9 (12.50%) OneTrust
3 8 (11.11%) VMware
4 5 (6.94%) ArcSight
4 5 (6.94%) LogLogic
4 5 (6.94%) McAfee
4 5 (6.94%) Splunk
5 4 (5.56%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.17%) arcserve
7 2 (2.78%) Aderant
8 1 (1.39%) Cisco
8 1 (1.39%) Citrix
8 1 (1.39%) Palo Alto