Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in the South West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 279 236
Rank change year-on-year +105 -43 +53
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 4 17 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.12% 0.18% 0.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.75% 1.37% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 33
10th Percentile £53,625 - £46,250
25th Percentile £55,313 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -23.08% +23.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - £92,500 -
England median annual salary £64,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +17.27% -12.00% -3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 531 1,242 1,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.29% 12.85% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 244 816 633
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £27,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £71,875 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the South West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Gloucestershire +68 2 £56,250 +2.27% 6
Bristol +57 2 £80,000 -11.11% 1
Cyber Essentials PLUS
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Architect
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Presales Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Presales Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Solutions Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) Network Design
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) CEH
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) GIAC
1 2 (50.00%) ISSAP
1 2 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) COBIT
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (50.00%) Meraki
1 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto