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 13 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 184 255
Rank change year-on-year +14 +71 -63
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 29 11 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.67% 0.30% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.25% 1.79% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 13
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,750 £39,000
25th Percentile £44,375 £48,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,749 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £60,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%

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 464 616 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.69% 16.75% 18.70%
Number of salaries quoted 229 308 599
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £33,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,272 £55,025 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% +7.16% +2.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +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 13 November 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 13 November 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 -11 11 £32,500 -42.73% 3
Berkshire +19 9 £59,749 -4.40% 5
Buckinghamshire -8 9 £90,000 +81.82% 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 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.24%) WhatsApp
3 4 (13.79%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (10.34%) OneDrive
5 2 (6.90%) Azure
6 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) DHCP
1 6 (20.69%) DNS
2 5 (17.24%) Firewall
3 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
4 3 (10.34%) Network Security
5 1 (3.45%) NAS
5 1 (3.45%) SAN
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Retail
3 5 (17.24%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Advertising
4 3 (10.34%) Aviation
5 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.90%) Publishing
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Support Technician
2 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 5 (17.24%) IT Director
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) IT Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Security Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) IT Security Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) IT Support
4 3 (10.34%) Security Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Governance Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Information Governance Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Information Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.69%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (13.79%) IoT
4 2 (6.90%) CMDB
4 2 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.90%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (6.90%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (3.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
2 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (37.93%) Information Security
3 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (27.59%) Customer Service
5 7 (24.14%) Computer Science
5 7 (24.14%) Data Protection
5 7 (24.14%) SIEM
6 6 (20.69%) ITIL
6 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
7 5 (17.24%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
7 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) Risk Management
8 4 (13.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 4 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (13.79%) ERP
8 4 (13.79%) People Management
8 4 (13.79%) Project Management
8 4 (13.79%) Strategic Planning
8 4 (13.79%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) CISSP
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (13.79%) Master's Degree
4 4 (13.79%) MCITP
4 4 (13.79%) MCP
4 4 (13.79%) MCSE
4 4 (13.79%) MCTS
5 3 (10.34%) CCNA
5 3 (10.34%) CCNP
5 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (10.34%) CISM
5 3 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (10.34%) GCIA
5 3 (10.34%) SANS
5 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
6 2 (6.90%) CISA
6 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (68.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (62.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (17.24%) SLA
4 4 (13.79%) NIST
5 3 (10.34%) GDPR
6 2 (6.90%) HIPAA
7 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (3.45%) GRC
7 1 (3.45%) ISO 9001
7 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (3.45%) NCSC
7 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
7 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) SCCM
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) arcserve
1 5 (17.24%) Sophos
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco
3 2 (6.90%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.90%) Meraki
3 2 (6.90%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Veeam