CHECK Team Member Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CHECK Team Member (CTM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CHECK Team Member qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 561 535
Rank change year-on-year +54 -26 +241
Permanent jobs citing CHECK Team Member 8 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.016% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.056% 0.043% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £40,125 - £51,375
25th Percentile £49,688 £75,000 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £90,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +60.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £105,000 £62,188
90th Percentile £62,000 - £63,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CHECK Team Member falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,212 13,989 9,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.87% 37.38% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,146 5,446 6,454
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,436 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

CHECK Team Member
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CHECK Team Member relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CHECK Team Member job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CHECK Team Member
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CHECK Team Member.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CHECK Team Member

CHECK Team Member
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CHECK Team Member in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CHECK Team Member in the UK excluding London

CHECK Team Member
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CHECK Team Member within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East - 4 - - 31
South West +14 3 £55,000 -38.89% 21
East Midlands - 1 £37,500 - 17
Midlands - 1 £37,500 - 33
CHECK Team Member
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CHECK Team Member
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
1 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
1 1 (12.50%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Tester
2 4 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
3 3 (37.50%) Consultant
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 3 (37.50%) Security Consultant
4 2 (25.00%) Junior
4 2 (25.00%) Junior Penetration Tester
4 2 (25.00%) Junior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Red Team
3 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) OWASP
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
5 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Static Application Security Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) OSCP
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) CHECK Team Leader
5 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (12.50%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GRC
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
1 1 (12.50%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Qualys