Cyber Essentials
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 68 | 63 | 40 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | -23 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire | 0.30% | 0.18% | 1.98% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 2.26% | 0.84% | 11.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £31,209 |
| 25th Percentile | £61,500 | £97,500 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £63,000 | £100,000 | £32,691 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.00% | +205.90% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £64,500 | £102,500 | £51,896 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £59,202 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -4.55% | -10.82% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 133 | 119 | 70 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 13.50% | 21.21% | 17.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 56 | 94 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,290 | £27,750 | £26,600 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,580 | £28,119 | £27,300 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £30,000 | £35,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -14.29% | -35.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £50,922 | £53,688 | £55,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,750 | £61,975 | £61,500 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.87% | +9.18% |
Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Staffordshire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Cyber Essentials.
Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in Staffordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent | - | 1 | £63,000 | - | 1 |
| Cyber Essentials West Midlands |
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Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: