Cyber Essentials Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 384 357
Rank change year-on-year +39 -27 +130
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 502 454 670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.72% 0.73% 0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.26% 3.50% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 431 240 304
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,794
% change year-on-year - -6.45% +10.93%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,548 12,989 11,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.63% 21.02% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,334 4,763 6,935
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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 +26 155 £50,000 +9.29% 29
South East +70 114 £57,500 +4.55% 29
Midlands +73 112 £50,000 -10.71% 15
West Midlands +89 99 £55,000 +3.77% 6
North West -35 80 £48,000 +6.67% 14
South West -26 66 £55,000 - 11
Yorkshire +101 51 £55,000 -8.33% 12
East of England +22 29 £42,500 -29.17% 8
North East +15 24 £41,000 -25.45% 3
Scotland -63 21 £45,000 -18.18% 4
East Midlands -9 13 £45,000 -20.35% 9
Wales -6 5 £40,500 -32.50% 3
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 34 (6.77%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.39%) WordPress
4 4 (0.80%) Confluence
5 2 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (13.55%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (11.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (8.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Shopify
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.20%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 172 (34.26%) Microsoft 365
2 162 (32.27%) Azure
3 81 (16.14%) Entra ID
4 32 (6.37%) Cloud Computing
5 31 (6.18%) AWS
6 25 (4.98%) Power Platform
7 20 (3.98%) SaaS
8 16 (3.19%) IaaS
9 9 (1.79%) WhatsApp
10 8 (1.59%) PaaS
11 5 (1.00%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.00%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.00%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.80%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.80%) Slack
13 3 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.60%) OCI
14 2 (0.40%) GCP
14 2 (0.40%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.20%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 96 (19.12%) Firewall
2 42 (8.37%) WAN
3 39 (7.77%) LAN
4 27 (5.38%) DNS
5 22 (4.38%) NAS
6 18 (3.59%) MPLS
6 18 (3.59%) Network Security
6 18 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (3.39%) VoIP
8 16 (3.19%) Intranet
9 15 (2.99%) TCP/IP
10 14 (2.79%) VLAN
10 14 (2.79%) VPN
11 13 (2.59%) DHCP
12 12 (2.39%) 4G
12 12 (2.39%) 5G
12 12 (2.39%) Wireless
13 9 (1.79%) Intrusion Detection
14 8 (1.59%) SD-WAN
15 7 (1.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.98%) Power BI
2 6 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.20%) Lumira
5 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 214 (42.63%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.55%) Finance
3 48 (9.56%) Public Sector
4 40 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (5.78%) Law
6 25 (4.98%) Legal
7 22 (4.38%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.79%) Retail
10 8 (1.59%) Automotive
10 8 (1.59%) Local Government
10 8 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.00%) Games
13 5 (1.00%) Military
13 5 (1.00%) Publishing
14 4 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.60%) Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (14.74%) Analyst
2 71 (14.14%) IT Manager
3 60 (11.95%) Security Analyst
4 42 (8.37%) Security Manager
5 33 (6.57%) Service Manager
6 31 (6.18%) Lead
7 27 (5.38%) Consultant
7 27 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (5.38%) IT Support
8 24 (4.78%) Technical Manager
9 22 (4.38%) Security Consultant
9 22 (4.38%) Senior
10 21 (4.18%) Administrator
11 20 (3.98%) Information Analyst
11 20 (3.98%) Information Security Analyst
12 19 (3.78%) Support Engineer
13 18 (3.59%) Architect
13 18 (3.59%) IT Engineer
13 18 (3.59%) Systems Engineer
14 17 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.39%) ModSecurity
2 4 (0.80%) SAML
3 3 (0.60%) EDI
4 2 (0.40%) CSS
4 2 (0.40%) HTML
4 2 (0.40%) LDAP
4 2 (0.40%) OAuth
4 2 (0.40%) OpenID
5 1 (0.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 75 (14.94%) Management Information System
2 64 (12.75%) Driving Licence
3 46 (9.16%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (5.18%) Security Posture
5 23 (4.58%) IoT
6 22 (4.38%) NHS
7 17 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
9 15 (2.99%) Data Centre
10 12 (2.39%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.79%) ARM Cortex
11 9 (1.79%) CCTV
11 9 (1.79%) Cloud Native
11 9 (1.79%) PKI
12 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.00%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.80%) Clustering
13 4 (0.80%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.80%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 118 (23.51%) Windows
2 70 (13.94%) Windows Server
3 31 (6.18%) Windows 10
4 22 (4.38%) Linux
5 13 (2.59%) Android
5 13 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (2.39%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.99%) Mac OS
8 8 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.39%) Debian
9 7 (1.39%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.39%) VMS
10 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.40%) Unix
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (48.41%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (34.06%) Information Security
3 134 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (21.31%) ITIL
5 81 (16.14%) Incident Response
6 55 (10.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 54 (10.76%) Risk Management
8 49 (9.76%) SIEM
9 47 (9.36%) Data Protection
10 46 (9.16%) Security Operations
10 46 (9.16%) Service Delivery
11 44 (8.76%) Security Management
12 41 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (8.17%) Customer Service
12 41 (8.17%) Vulnerability Management
13 39 (7.77%) Business Continuity
14 37 (7.37%) Data Collection
15 33 (6.57%) Information Governance
15 33 (6.57%) ISMS
16 32 (6.37%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.18%) SQL
2 15 (2.99%) Python
3 11 (2.19%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.79%) Bash
5 5 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.40%) Bicep
7 1 (0.20%) ABAP
7 1 (0.20%) C#
7 1 (0.20%) Java
7 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 79 (15.74%) Security Cleared
2 76 (15.14%) Degree
3 56 (11.16%) CISSP
4 42 (8.37%) CISM
5 39 (7.77%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (4.98%) CISA
7 24 (4.78%) CCNA
8 22 (4.38%) Azure Certification
9 21 (4.18%) DBS Check
10 17 (3.39%) CCNP
11 16 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (2.99%) CRISC
12 15 (2.99%) SC Cleared
13 14 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (2.39%) CCSP
15 11 (2.19%) MCSE
16 10 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.99%) CTC Cleared
16 10 (1.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (53.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 128 (25.50%) GDPR
3 105 (20.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 93 (18.53%) NIST
5 47 (9.36%) ISO 9001
6 37 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 36 (7.17%) NCSC
7 36 (7.17%) PCI DSS
8 25 (4.98%) GRC
9 23 (4.58%) SLA
10 22 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (1.99%) COSHH
13 9 (1.79%) COBIT
13 9 (1.79%) QA
13 9 (1.79%) SOC 2
14 7 (1.39%) PMO
15 6 (1.20%) Accessibility
16 5 (1.00%) TickIT
17 2 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 83 (16.53%) Active Directory
2 39 (7.77%) Hyper-V
3 20 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.59%) Docker
6 5 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.60%) vSphere
9 2 (0.40%) pfSense
9 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 56 (11.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (7.37%) EnCase
3 26 (5.18%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (3.39%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.39%) Terraform
6 6 (1.20%) CASB
7 5 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.80%) Nessus
8 4 (0.80%) WSUS
9 2 (0.40%) Ansible
9 2 (0.40%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 236 (47.01%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.77%) Cisco
3 32 (6.37%) VMware
4 27 (5.38%) Sophos
5 20 (3.98%) Fortinet
6 15 (2.99%) HP
6 15 (2.99%) Veeam
7 14 (2.79%) Darktrace
8 13 (2.59%) Dell
8 13 (2.59%) Mitel
9 12 (2.39%) NEC
10 10 (1.99%) Apple
11 9 (1.79%) Aruba
11 9 (1.79%) Ribbon
12 8 (1.59%) Acronis
12 8 (1.59%) Barracuda Networks
12 8 (1.59%) Citrix
13 7 (1.39%) Draytek
13 7 (1.39%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.20%) ESET