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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 654 643
Rank change year-on-year +137 -11 -128
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 54 111 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.84% 1.15% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 31 99 71
10th Percentile - £30,550 £36,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,125 £68,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 -
UK median annual salary £63,250 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -15.38% +3.66%

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 6,443 9,660 11,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.57% 13.12% 20.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,027 6,325 4,520
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
South East +98 36 £55,000 +19.77% 16
North of England +7 6 £70,000 +16.67% 15
South West +105 4 £68,750 +37.50% 7
Scotland +123 3 £37,500 -16.67% 7
Midlands +49 3 £45,000 +8.11% 9
North East +48 3 £75,000 -6.25% 4
Yorkshire +57 2 £63,750 +4.08% 4
East Midlands +40 2 £40,000 -5.88% 1
West Midlands +52 1 £50,000 +22.70% 8
East of England +36 1 - - 4
North West -28 1 £55,000 +17.65% 8
Wales - 1 £55,000 - 2
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 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.26%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.85%) IIS
3 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.22%) Azure
1 12 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (14.81%) AWS
3 7 (12.96%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (38.89%) Firewall
2 12 (22.22%) Network Security
3 7 (12.96%) SAN
3 7 (12.96%) VLAN
3 7 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (11.11%) LAN
4 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 6 (11.11%) WAN
5 3 (5.56%) DNS
5 3 (5.56%) VPN
6 2 (3.70%) DHCP
6 2 (3.70%) Wireless
7 1 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.85%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.85%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.85%) Metasploit
General
1 26 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Legal
4 6 (11.11%) Aviation
4 6 (11.11%) Publishing
5 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Advertising
7 1 (1.85%) Automotive
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (16.67%) Security Engineer
1 9 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 7 (12.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 7 (12.96%) Information Manager
2 7 (12.96%) Information Officer
2 7 (12.96%) Information Security Manager
2 7 (12.96%) Lead
2 7 (12.96%) Risk Officer
3 6 (11.11%) Governance Manager
3 6 (11.11%) Information Governance Manager
4 5 (9.26%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (9.26%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) Support Technician
5 4 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Architect
6 3 (5.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) IT Manager
6 3 (5.56%) IT Support
6 3 (5.56%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 20 (37.04%) Management Information System
2 15 (27.78%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 7 (12.96%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (11.11%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (11.11%) Freedom of Information Act
5 6 (11.11%) Robotics
6 5 (9.26%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (9.26%) Replication
7 1 (1.85%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.85%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.85%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (31.48%) Windows
2 9 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 8 (14.81%) Apple iOS
4 6 (11.11%) Android
5 2 (3.70%) Linux
5 2 (3.70%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (74.07%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (66.67%) Information Security
3 17 (31.48%) Data Protection
4 16 (29.63%) Agile
5 14 (25.93%) GAP Analysis
5 14 (25.93%) Roadmaps
6 12 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (22.22%) Risk Management
7 11 (20.37%) Incident Response
7 11 (20.37%) ITIL
8 10 (18.52%) SIEM
8 10 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (16.67%) Cloud Security
9 9 (16.67%) Coaching
9 9 (16.67%) ISMS
9 9 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 9 (16.67%) OWASP
10 8 (14.81%) Security Patching
11 7 (12.96%) Due Diligence
11 7 (12.96%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) CISSP
2 20 (37.04%) CISM
3 13 (24.07%) Degree
4 10 (18.52%) CISA
5 9 (16.67%) CRISC
6 7 (12.96%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
8 3 (5.56%) CEH
8 3 (5.56%) GIAC
9 2 (3.70%) CCNA
9 2 (3.70%) CCNP
9 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (3.70%) ISSAP
9 2 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (3.70%) OSCP
9 2 (3.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 46 (85.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (24.07%) GDPR
4 10 (18.52%) NIST
5 9 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (12.96%) PCI DSS
7 6 (11.11%) HIPAA
8 2 (3.70%) COBIT
8 2 (3.70%) GRC
8 2 (3.70%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
1 8 (14.81%) Hyper-V
1 8 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (12.96%) SCCM
3 6 (11.11%) ArcSight ESM
3 6 (11.11%) QRadar
4 2 (3.70%) Nessus
5 1 (1.85%) Nmap
5 1 (1.85%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.67%) VMware
3 6 (11.11%) arcserve
3 6 (11.11%) ArcSight
3 6 (11.11%) LogLogic
3 6 (11.11%) McAfee
3 6 (11.11%) Splunk
4 3 (5.56%) Sophos
5 2 (3.70%) Apple
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco
5 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.70%) Meraki
5 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.85%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.85%) Netskope