Cyber Essentials Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 360 382
Rank change year-on-year -42 +22 -26
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 190 499 448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.70% 0.76%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.83% 5.18% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 123 426 233
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £71,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,710 9,642 12,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.83% 13.48% 20.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,234 6,323 4,541
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% +4.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £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
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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 +39 66 £55,000 - 62
North of England -45 64 £55,021 +0.04% 54
North West -52 35 £55,043 +0.08% 21
Midlands -9 27 £50,000 +6.47% 21
Yorkshire +40 25 £55,000 - 24
West Midlands -21 18 £57,500 +21.05% 19
East of England +22 13 £42,292 -19.44% 10
Scotland +104 11 £45,000 - 12
East Midlands +19 9 £35,000 -22.22% 2
South West +52 7 £67,500 +22.73% 23
North East +15 4 £80,000 +90.48% 11
Wales +33 2 £55,000 +35.80% 4
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
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 16 (8.42%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (8.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.05%) IIS
4 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.74%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (1.05%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 81 (42.63%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (34.21%) Azure
3 17 (8.95%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.42%) AWS
5 10 (5.26%) OneDrive
6 9 (4.74%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (2.63%) SaaS
8 4 (2.11%) IaaS
9 3 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.58%) PaaS
10 2 (1.05%) GCP
11 1 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.53%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.53%) Datadog
11 1 (0.53%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (20.53%) Firewall
2 26 (13.68%) Network Security
3 20 (10.53%) VPN
4 16 (8.42%) VLAN
5 10 (5.26%) LAN
5 10 (5.26%) TCP/IP
5 10 (5.26%) WAN
6 9 (4.74%) DNS
6 9 (4.74%) Intranet
7 8 (4.21%) Intrusion Detection
7 8 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (3.68%) DHCP
8 7 (3.68%) SAN
9 6 (3.16%) Wireless
10 5 (2.63%) VoIP
11 4 (2.11%) IPsec
11 4 (2.11%) SSL
12 2 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (1.05%) DMZ
12 2 (1.05%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.53%) DB2
2 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.53%) Power BI
2 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.05%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.53%) ERwin
2 1 (0.53%) Metasploit
General
1 58 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.05%) Legal
3 32 (16.84%) Law
4 16 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.42%) Manufacturing
5 14 (7.37%) Retail
6 8 (4.21%) Local Government
7 7 (3.68%) Aviation
7 7 (3.68%) Finance
8 6 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.16%) Publishing
9 3 (1.58%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.58%) Electronics
9 3 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.58%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.05%) Marketing
11 1 (0.53%) Advertising
11 1 (0.53%) Automotive
11 1 (0.53%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 29 (15.26%) Senior
2 21 (11.05%) Lead
2 21 (11.05%) Security Manager
3 15 (7.89%) IT Support
3 15 (7.89%) Security Engineer
4 14 (7.37%) Senior IT Support
5 13 (6.84%) Information Manager
6 12 (6.32%) Analyst
6 12 (6.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 12 (6.32%) Information Security Manager
6 12 (6.32%) IT Manager
7 11 (5.79%) Infrastructure Manager
7 11 (5.79%) Support Technician
8 9 (4.74%) Architect
8 9 (4.74%) Compliance Advisor
8 9 (4.74%) Consultant
8 9 (4.74%) Security Advisor
8 9 (4.74%) Security Consultant
9 8 (4.21%) Information Officer
9 8 (4.21%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) AWS CDK
1 1 (0.53%) Middleware
1 1 (0.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.42%) Data Protection Act
2 30 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 21 (11.05%) Security Posture
4 18 (9.47%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (7.37%) Enterprise Cloud
6 9 (4.74%) Cyberattack
6 9 (4.74%) e-Learning
6 9 (4.74%) Replication
7 7 (3.68%) Freedom of Information
7 7 (3.68%) Freedom of Information Act
7 7 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.16%) Robotics
9 5 (2.63%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.11%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.05%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.05%) CMDB
11 2 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 46 (24.21%) Windows
2 22 (11.58%) Windows Server
3 13 (6.84%) Linux
4 8 (4.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (3.16%) Android
5 6 (3.16%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.63%) Windows 10
7 4 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.05%) Unix
9 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (45.26%) Information Security
3 53 (27.89%) ITIL
4 40 (21.05%) Roadmaps
5 37 (19.47%) Data Protection
6 35 (18.42%) Incident Response
7 32 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (14.74%) Risk Management
9 27 (14.21%) Business Continuity
10 23 (12.11%) Mentoring
11 21 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (10.00%) Agile
12 19 (10.00%) Coaching
12 19 (10.00%) Customer Service
12 19 (10.00%) Project Management
12 19 (10.00%) SIEM
13 18 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (8.95%) Incident Management
15 16 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (7.89%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.95%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.11%) Python
3 3 (1.58%) SQL
4 2 (1.05%) Bash
4 2 (1.05%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.53%) Go
5 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (20.53%) CISM
2 38 (20.00%) CISSP
3 37 (19.47%) Degree
4 18 (9.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (6.84%) CISA
5 13 (6.84%) CRISC
6 12 (6.32%) CEH
7 11 (5.79%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (4.74%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.68%) GIAC
9 7 (3.68%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (3.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (2.11%) A+ Certification
11 4 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.11%) CREST Certified
11 4 (2.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (2.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (63.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (29.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 43 (22.63%) GDPR
4 36 (18.95%) NIST
5 30 (15.79%) PCI DSS
6 15 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 9 (4.74%) NCSC
7 9 (4.74%) PERC
8 6 (3.16%) HIPAA
9 4 (2.11%) Def Stans
9 4 (2.11%) GRC
10 3 (1.58%) COBIT
10 3 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (1.58%) SLA
11 2 (1.05%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.53%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 19 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.89%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.53%) Docker
5 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (11.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.21%) FortiGate
3 7 (3.68%) Nessus
3 7 (3.68%) QRadar
4 6 (3.16%) ArcSight ESM
5 4 (2.11%) Dell DRAC
5 4 (2.11%) SCCM
6 3 (1.58%) Terraform
7 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.53%) Ansible
7 1 (0.53%) Autotask
7 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.53%) Nmap
7 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 95 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.58%) VMware
3 19 (10.00%) Cisco
4 10 (5.26%) Google
5 9 (4.74%) Adobe
5 9 (4.74%) OneTrust
5 9 (4.74%) Splunk
6 8 (4.21%) Fortinet
7 7 (3.68%) Meraki
8 6 (3.16%) ArcSight
8 6 (3.16%) LogLogic
8 6 (3.16%) McAfee
8 6 (3.16%) Sage
8 6 (3.16%) Veeam
9 5 (2.63%) Qualys
10 4 (2.11%) arcserve
10 4 (2.11%) Palo Alto
10 4 (2.11%) Tenable
11 2 (1.05%) Aderant
11 2 (1.05%) IBM