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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 229 184
Rank change year-on-year +55 -45 +65
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 9 63 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.25% 0.68% 1.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.56% 5.03% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5 53 73
10th Percentile £54,000 £36,750 £30,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,649 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,750 £68,750
90th Percentile - £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 578 1,252 1,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.12% 13.53% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 267 827 620
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £65,688
90th Percentile £84,243 £80,000 £76,250
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 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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
Bristol +35 6 £80,000 +33.33% 7
Gloucestershire +61 2 £56,250 +2.27% 5
Devon +14 1 £67,500 - 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) AWS
3 4 (44.44%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) Network Security
2 4 (44.44%) VPN
2 4 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (22.22%) BGP
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (22.22%) DHCP
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
3 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (22.22%) LAN
3 2 (22.22%) MPLS
3 2 (22.22%) OSPF
3 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
3 2 (22.22%) VLAN
3 2 (22.22%) WAN
3 2 (22.22%) Wireless
General
1 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) AWS Architect
1 2 (22.22%) AWS Security Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Network Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Presales Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Presales Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Solutions Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
3 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Unix
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
3 5 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (44.44%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (44.44%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (44.44%) Cost Management
4 4 (44.44%) Cost Optimisation
4 4 (44.44%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
4 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
5 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 3 (33.33%) Information Security
5 3 (33.33%) Risk Register
5 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 2 (22.22%) Agile
6 2 (22.22%) Cryptography
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Bash
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) CEH
2 3 (33.33%) CISM
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
3 2 (22.22%) CCNP
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (22.22%) GIAC
3 2 (22.22%) ISSAP
3 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
3 2 (22.22%) PMP
3 2 (22.22%) SANS
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (66.67%) PCI DSS
4 5 (55.56%) GDPR
5 4 (44.44%) NIST
6 2 (22.22%) COBIT
6 2 (22.22%) SLA
6 2 (22.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
2 2 (22.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) Fortinet
1 4 (44.44%) Palo Alto
1 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds
2 2 (22.22%) Juniper
2 2 (22.22%) Meraki
2 2 (22.22%) Nimble Storage
2 2 (22.22%) Splunk
2 2 (22.22%) Veeam
2 2 (22.22%) Zscaler