Cyber Essentials Jobs in the South West

Cyber Essentials
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 169 273
Rank change year-on-year -33 +104 -2
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 61 91 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.69% 1.46% 0.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.75% 9.62% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 45 81 25
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,750 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 - £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,250
% change year-on-year - -11.65% +13.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,060 946 1,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.05% 15.20% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 651 687 905
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,075 £29,954
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,294 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,500 £83,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the South West

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the South West

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the South West

Cyber Essentials
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Bristol +25 32 £67,500 +12.50% 7
Wiltshire -19 15 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Devon -8 9 £67,500 +80.00%
Gloucestershire -7 2 £43,750 -37.50% 1
Somerset -16 1 £65,500 +0.77% 3
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.28%) Confluence
3 1 (1.64%) IIS
3 1 (1.64%) SAS
3 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 16 (26.23%) Azure
2 13 (21.31%) AWS
3 7 (11.48%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.20%) Nutanix
4 5 (8.20%) SaaS
5 4 (6.56%) Mimecast
6 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.92%) IaaS
6 3 (4.92%) WhatsApp
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.28%) PaaS
7 2 (3.28%) Slack
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.64%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.75%) Cisco IPT
2 7 (11.48%) Firewall
3 5 (8.20%) DNS
3 5 (8.20%) NAS
4 4 (6.56%) TCP/IP
4 4 (6.56%) VLAN
5 3 (4.92%) DHCP
5 3 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.28%) LAN
6 2 (3.28%) VPN
6 2 (3.28%) WAN
7 1 (1.64%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.64%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 15 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.11%) Finance
3 7 (11.48%) Military
4 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.20%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.64%) Aviation
8 1 (1.64%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (1.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (19.67%) Security Officer
2 7 (11.48%) Consultant
2 7 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (11.48%) Linux Engineer
2 7 (11.48%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 7 (11.48%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Analyst
4 5 (8.20%) Technical Consultant
5 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (6.56%) Lead
5 4 (6.56%) Security Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Head of IT
6 3 (4.92%) Information Officer
6 3 (4.92%) Information Security Officer
6 3 (4.92%) IT Security Officer
6 3 (4.92%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.92%) Security Specialist
7 2 (3.28%) Administrator
7 2 (3.28%) Governance Consultant
7 2 (3.28%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.75%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.20%) Mobile App
3 4 (6.56%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.28%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.64%) CSOC
6 1 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.64%) Replication
6 1 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.31%) Linux
1 13 (21.31%) Windows
2 10 (16.39%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.48%) Debian
3 7 (11.48%) Ubuntu
4 5 (8.20%) VMS
4 5 (8.20%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.28%) Android
5 2 (3.28%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.64%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (47.54%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (39.34%) Information Security
3 18 (29.51%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (19.67%) Data Protection
4 12 (19.67%) DevOps
4 12 (19.67%) ITIL
5 10 (16.39%) Data Governance
6 9 (14.75%) Incident Response
6 9 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (13.11%) Computer Science
8 7 (11.48%) B2B
8 7 (11.48%) Coaching
8 7 (11.48%) Configuration Management
8 7 (11.48%) Continuous Delivery
8 7 (11.48%) Mathematics
8 7 (11.48%) OWASP
8 7 (11.48%) Physics
8 7 (11.48%) Release Management
8 7 (11.48%) Security Patching
8 7 (11.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) Python
2 7 (11.48%) Bash
3 5 (8.20%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (34.43%) CISSP
2 18 (29.51%) CISM
3 14 (22.95%) CISA
4 12 (19.67%) Degree
4 12 (19.67%) Security Cleared
5 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
6 7 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (8.20%) AWS Certification
7 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (8.20%) PCI QSA
8 4 (6.56%) CEH
9 2 (3.28%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.64%) CRISC
10 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (59.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (36.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 9 (14.75%) NCSC
4 8 (13.11%) NIST
5 7 (11.48%) GRC
5 7 (11.48%) PCI DSS
5 7 (11.48%) PMO
6 5 (8.20%) GDPR
7 2 (3.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (24.59%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (14.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.64%) DFS Replication
4 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (3.28%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (3.28%) SCCM
2 2 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (24.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.75%) VMware
3 2 (3.28%) Apple
3 2 (3.28%) Mitel
3 2 (3.28%) MobileIron
3 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.28%) Symantec
3 2 (3.28%) Zscaler
4 1 (1.64%) Cognos
4 1 (1.64%) Draytek
4 1 (1.64%) Sage
4 1 (1.64%) WatchGuard