Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 609 584 612
Rank change year-on-year -25 +28 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 98 94 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.20% 0.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.18% 1.29% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 75 80 100
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,485 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.62% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £69,960 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +19.05%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,295 7,271 14,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.71% 15.10% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,000 4,151 7,367
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,290 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,996 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,139 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.28% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 Cyber Essentials PLUS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
North of England +24 30 £65,000 +20.37% 5
South West -28 22 £50,000 -24.53% 2
South East +5 21 £47,500 -26.92% 11
North West +5 19 £65,000 +59.51% 2
Midlands -20 14 £60,000 +71.43% 7
West Midlands -5 10 £67,155 +91.87% 6
East of England - 8 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +55 6 £50,000 -9.09% 2
North East - 5 £80,000 - 1
East Midlands -24 4 £41,250 -15.17% 1
Scotland -43 3 £45,000 +12.18% 1
Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (5.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (22.45%) Azure
3 11 (11.22%) SaaS
4 9 (9.18%) Entra ID
5 8 (8.16%) AWS
6 6 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (4.08%) IaaS
8 2 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.04%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.04%) PaaS
9 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.02%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.02%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.02%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (15.31%) Firewall
2 9 (9.18%) Cisco IPT
3 6 (6.12%) VPN
4 4 (4.08%) Network Security
4 4 (4.08%) VLAN
5 3 (3.06%) DKIM
5 3 (3.06%) DMARC
5 3 (3.06%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.04%) LAN
6 2 (2.04%) NAS
6 2 (2.04%) WAN
6 2 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.02%) ADSL
7 1 (1.02%) Broadband
7 1 (1.02%) DHCP
7 1 (1.02%) DNS
7 1 (1.02%) Internet
7 1 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.02%) SAN
7 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 25 (25.51%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.20%) Finance
4 9 (9.18%) Law
5 6 (6.12%) Military
6 4 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.08%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.08%) Retail
7 3 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Automotive
8 2 (2.04%) Legal
8 2 (2.04%) Publishing
9 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.02%) Local Government
9 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (13.27%) Analyst
2 12 (12.24%) Lead
2 12 (12.24%) Security Manager
2 12 (12.24%) Security Officer
3 11 (11.22%) IT Manager
3 11 (11.22%) Security Analyst
4 8 (8.16%) Information Analyst
4 8 (8.16%) Information Security Analyst
5 7 (7.14%) Information Manager
5 7 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
5 7 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.12%) Administrator
6 6 (6.12%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.10%) Security Administrator
8 4 (4.08%) Compliance Manager
8 4 (4.08%) Risk Manager
8 4 (4.08%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.08%) Security Specialist
8 4 (4.08%) Technical Leader
8 4 (4.08%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.18%) ModSecurity
2 2 (2.04%) Laravel
3 1 (1.02%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.12%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.12%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.08%) NHS
3 4 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.04%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (2.04%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.04%) Cybercrime
5 2 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.04%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.02%) IoT
6 1 (1.02%) Replication
6 1 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (22.45%) Windows
2 10 (10.20%) Windows 10
2 10 (10.20%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.10%) Android
3 5 (5.10%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (2.04%) Linux
4 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (54.08%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (48.98%) Information Security
3 18 (18.37%) Data Protection
4 16 (16.33%) ITIL
4 16 (16.33%) Risk Management
5 14 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (13.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (13.27%) SIEM
7 12 (12.24%) ISMS
7 12 (12.24%) Penetration Testing
7 12 (12.24%) Security Management
8 11 (11.22%) Incident Response
9 10 (10.20%) Data Governance
10 9 (9.18%) Data Security
10 9 (9.18%) IT Strategy
11 8 (8.16%) Information Security Management
12 7 (7.14%) Line Management
12 7 (7.14%) Risk Register
12 7 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.04%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 28 (28.57%) CISSP
2 25 (25.51%) CISM
3 16 (16.33%) CISA
4 14 (14.29%) Degree
4 14 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 11 (11.22%) SC Cleared
6 7 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 6 (6.12%) CRISC
7 6 (6.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (4.08%) ISSMP
9 2 (2.04%) CREST Certified
9 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.04%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.04%) OSCP
10 1 (1.02%) A+ Certification
10 1 (1.02%) AAT
10 1 (1.02%) CEH
10 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.02%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 68 (69.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (20.41%) GDPR
4 16 (16.33%) NCSC
5 15 (15.31%) NIST
6 10 (10.20%) GRC
7 9 (9.18%) PCI DSS
8 8 (8.16%) SOC 2
9 5 (5.10%) ISO 9001
10 2 (2.04%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (1.02%) COBIT
11 1 (1.02%) ISO 22301
11 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (13.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.04%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.04%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.06%) Nessus
3 2 (2.04%) Ansible
3 2 (2.04%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (2.04%) SCCM
3 2 (2.04%) Terraform
4 1 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (25.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.18%) Cisco
3 8 (8.16%) VMware
4 6 (6.12%) Fortinet
5 5 (5.10%) Meraki
6 4 (4.08%) Barracuda Networks
6 4 (4.08%) Citrix
6 4 (4.08%) Dell
6 4 (4.08%) ESET
7 3 (3.06%) Veeam
8 2 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (2.04%) Mitel
8 2 (2.04%) MobileIron
8 2 (2.04%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.04%) Sophos
8 2 (2.04%) Symantec
9 1 (1.02%) CA
9 1 (1.02%) Darktrace
9 1 (1.02%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.02%) Zscaler