Cyber Essentials Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 252 256
Rank change year-on-year +49 +4 -44
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 40 8 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.59% 0.13% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.20% 0.57% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 31 8 21
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,158 £55,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £49,074 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £51,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -31.33% +41.51%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,063 £78,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,125 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +13.21%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 952 1,406 1,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.11% 22.83% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 566 532 657
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £38,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,976 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -9.14% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £66,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Oxfordshire +27 19 £47,500 -5.00% 2
Buckinghamshire -5 12 £50,500 -4.72%
Berkshire +32 9 £57,500 +16.91% 11
Cyber Essentials
South East

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (7.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (47.50%) Azure
2 18 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.50%) Power Automate
4 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.50%) WhatsApp
5 2 (5.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) Network Security
2 2 (5.00%) Firewall
2 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Power BI
General
1 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Finance
3 6 (15.00%) Law
4 4 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Retail
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Architect
1 9 (22.50%) Security Architect
2 8 (20.00%) Information Architect
2 8 (20.00%) Information Security Architect
2 8 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Administrator
3 3 (7.50%) IT Assistant
3 3 (7.50%) IT Technician
3 3 (7.50%) Lead
3 3 (7.50%) Systems Administration Leader
3 3 (7.50%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (7.50%) Team Leader
4 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Operations Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Support Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Support
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Security Posture
2 5 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 5 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.50%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (7.50%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.50%) IoT
4 2 (5.00%) iPhone
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 11 (27.50%) Windows
2 6 (15.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (50.00%) Information Security
2 12 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 10 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 9 (22.50%) Regulatory Compliance
4 9 (22.50%) Security Architecture
4 9 (22.50%) Security Management
4 9 (22.50%) Technical Architecture
5 8 (20.00%) ITIL
6 7 (17.50%) Service Delivery
6 7 (17.50%) Technology Strategy
7 6 (15.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (15.00%) Mentoring
7 6 (15.00%) Security Operations
8 5 (12.50%) SIEM
9 3 (7.50%) Agile
9 3 (7.50%) Matrix Management
9 3 (7.50%) Network Architecture
9 3 (7.50%) Software Asset Management
9 3 (7.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (7.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Degree
2 11 (27.50%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (27.50%) CISSP
3 9 (22.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 9 (22.50%) CCSK
3 9 (22.50%) CCSP
4 2 (5.00%) CCNA
4 2 (5.00%) CCNP
4 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.00%) GCIA
4 2 (5.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (42.50%) GDPR
3 15 (37.50%) NIST
4 10 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (22.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (12.50%) ISO 9001
6 5 (12.50%) PCI DSS
7 2 (5.00%) GRC
7 2 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (5.00%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Ansible
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Cisco
3 2 (5.00%) Apple
3 2 (5.00%) Atlassian