Cyber Essentials Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 203 256
Rank change year-on-year +51 +53 -1
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 27 40 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.80% 0.59% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.60% 4.24% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 18 31 7
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £40,779
25th Percentile £40,125 £43,125 £48,149
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.29% +1.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £73,125 £58,750 £64,625
90th Percentile £78,375 £71,250 £82,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 482 943 1,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.21% 14.03% 22.08%
Number of salaries quoted 209 547 513
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.74% -2.06% -11.82%
75th Percentile £83,750 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £84,750
South East median annual salary £62,000 £46,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +34.78% -9.80% -2.86%

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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
Berkshire +41 16 £65,000 +13.04% 12
Buckinghamshire +31 6 £66,250 +31.19% 3
Oxfordshire +22 5 £41,500 -12.63% 6
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 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) AWS
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.41%) WhatsApp
4 1 (3.70%) IaaS
4 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.70%) PaaS
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) Firewall
2 6 (22.22%) Network Security
3 5 (18.52%) LAN
3 5 (18.52%) WAN
4 4 (14.81%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (14.81%) SAN
4 4 (14.81%) VLAN
4 4 (14.81%) VPN
4 4 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.70%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Publishing
3 6 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 4 (14.81%) Retail
5 3 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Security Manager
2 7 (25.93%) Governance Manager
2 7 (25.93%) Information Governance Manager
2 7 (25.93%) Information Manager
3 6 (22.22%) Information Security Manager
4 5 (18.52%) IT Manager
5 4 (14.81%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (14.81%) 3rd Line Support Technician
5 4 (14.81%) Support Technician
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Senior
7 2 (7.41%) Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Head of Cybersecurity
7 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (7.41%) IT Security Manager
7 2 (7.41%) Principal Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 7 (25.93%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (25.93%) Freedom of Information
2 7 (25.93%) Freedom of Information Act
3 4 (14.81%) Operational Technology
3 4 (14.81%) Replication
3 4 (14.81%) Security Posture
4 2 (7.41%) CMDB
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (29.63%) Windows
1 8 (29.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (51.85%) Information Security
3 9 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 8 (29.63%) ITIL
5 7 (25.93%) Data Protection
5 7 (25.93%) Incident Management
5 7 (25.93%) Information Security Management
5 7 (25.93%) ISMS
5 7 (25.93%) Psychology
5 7 (25.93%) Security Management
6 5 (18.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (14.81%) Agile
7 4 (14.81%) Analytics
7 4 (14.81%) Business Analytics
7 4 (14.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
7 4 (14.81%) High Availability
7 4 (14.81%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
7 4 (14.81%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) CISSP
2 10 (37.04%) CISA
2 10 (37.04%) CISM
3 7 (25.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 4 (14.81%) Degree
5 3 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (7.41%) CCNA
6 2 (7.41%) CCNP
6 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.41%) CRISC
6 2 (7.41%) GCIA
6 2 (7.41%) SANS
7 1 (3.70%) CEH
7 1 (3.70%) MCSE
7 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.70%) OSCP
7 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (51.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (25.93%) HIPAA
4 3 (11.11%) NIST
5 2 (7.41%) GDPR
5 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.70%) NCSC
6 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (29.63%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) FortiGate
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (14.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
1 10 (37.04%) VMware
2 4 (14.81%) arcserve
2 4 (14.81%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto