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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 389 361
Rank change year-on-year +33 -28 +143
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 501 459 669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.75% 0.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.24% 3.63% 5.53%
Number of salaries quoted 430 245 301
10th Percentile £32,497 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +13.21%

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 9,556 12,654 12,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.58% 20.62% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 4,709 6,968
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +10 153 £50,000 +9.29% 34
South East +51 114 £55,000 - 29
Midlands +85 112 £50,000 -11.11% 18
West Midlands +81 99 £55,000 -1.79% 7
North West -39 78 £55,000 +22.22% 16
South West -48 66 £55,000 - 14
Yorkshire +97 51 £55,000 -8.33% 15
East of England +33 31 £42,500 -26.09% 7
North East +14 24 £41,000 -25.45% 3
Scotland -65 20 £45,000 -18.18% 5
East Midlands -8 13 £45,000 -20.35% 11
Wales -5 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 35 (6.99%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.40%) WordPress
4 4 (0.80%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (13.57%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (11.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (8.18%) 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 (34.33%) Microsoft 365
2 160 (31.94%) Azure
3 81 (16.17%) Entra ID
4 31 (6.19%) Cloud Computing
5 29 (5.79%) AWS
6 27 (5.39%) Power Platform
7 20 (3.99%) SaaS
8 15 (2.99%) IaaS
9 8 (1.60%) WhatsApp
10 7 (1.40%) PaaS
11 6 (1.20%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.00%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.00%) Nutanix
13 4 (0.80%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.80%) Slack
14 3 (0.60%) OCI
15 2 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.40%) GCP
15 2 (0.40%) Mimecast
16 1 (0.20%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (19.36%) Firewall
2 40 (7.98%) WAN
3 36 (7.19%) LAN
4 26 (5.19%) DNS
5 22 (4.39%) NAS
6 19 (3.79%) MPLS
7 17 (3.39%) Network Security
7 17 (3.39%) VoIP
7 17 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (3.19%) Intranet
9 14 (2.79%) TCP/IP
10 13 (2.59%) 4G
10 13 (2.59%) 5G
10 13 (2.59%) VLAN
10 13 (2.59%) VPN
11 12 (2.40%) DHCP
11 12 (2.40%) Wireless
12 9 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
13 8 (1.60%) Cisco IPT
14 7 (1.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.99%) Power BI
2 6 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.80%) 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
1 212 (42.32%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.57%) Finance
3 49 (9.78%) Public Sector
4 39 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (5.79%) Law
6 24 (4.79%) Legal
6 24 (4.79%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.20%) Retail
8 10 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.60%) Automotive
10 8 (1.60%) Local Government
10 8 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.20%) Military
13 5 (1.00%) Games
13 5 (1.00%) Publishing
14 4 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.60%) Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (14.17%) Analyst
2 70 (13.97%) IT Manager
3 57 (11.38%) Security Analyst
4 41 (8.18%) Security Manager
5 32 (6.39%) Service Manager
6 31 (6.19%) Lead
7 27 (5.39%) Consultant
7 27 (5.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (5.39%) IT Support
8 23 (4.59%) Technical Manager
9 22 (4.39%) Administrator
9 22 (4.39%) Security Consultant
9 22 (4.39%) Senior
10 20 (3.99%) Architect
10 20 (3.99%) Information Analyst
10 20 (3.99%) Information Security Analyst
10 20 (3.99%) IT Engineer
11 19 (3.79%) Support Engineer
12 18 (3.59%) Systems Engineer
13 17 (3.39%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.60%) 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 73 (14.57%) Management Information System
2 65 (12.97%) Driving Licence
3 46 (9.18%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (5.19%) Security Posture
5 24 (4.79%) IoT
6 21 (4.19%) NHS
7 18 (3.59%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (2.99%) Data Centre
9 14 (2.79%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (2.20%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.80%) ARM Cortex
11 9 (1.80%) CCTV
11 9 (1.80%) Cloud Native
12 8 (1.60%) PKI
13 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.00%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.80%) Clustering
14 4 (0.80%) Operational Technology
14 4 (0.80%) Replication
15 3 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 113 (22.55%) Windows
2 67 (13.37%) Windows Server
3 30 (5.99%) Windows 10
4 20 (3.99%) Linux
5 15 (2.99%) Android
6 14 (2.79%) Apple iOS
7 12 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.00%) Mac OS
9 7 (1.40%) Debian
9 7 (1.40%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.40%) VMS
9 7 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
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
1 242 (48.30%) Cybersecurity
2 167 (33.33%) Information Security
3 133 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (21.16%) ITIL
5 81 (16.17%) Incident Response
6 57 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 54 (10.78%) Risk Management
8 49 (9.78%) Data Protection
9 47 (9.38%) SIEM
10 45 (8.98%) Service Delivery
11 43 (8.58%) Customer Service
11 43 (8.58%) Security Management
12 42 (8.38%) Security Operations
13 41 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (7.98%) Business Continuity
14 40 (7.98%) Vulnerability Management
15 37 (7.39%) Data Collection
16 33 (6.59%) ISMS
17 31 (6.19%) Coaching
17 31 (6.19%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.19%) SQL
2 15 (2.99%) Python
3 11 (2.20%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.80%) 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 (15.77%) Security Cleared
2 71 (14.17%) Degree
3 55 (10.98%) CISSP
4 41 (8.18%) CISM
5 39 (7.78%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (4.79%) CCNA
6 24 (4.79%) CISA
7 22 (4.39%) Azure Certification
8 20 (3.99%) DBS Check
9 17 (3.39%) CCNP
9 17 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (3.19%) SC Cleared
11 15 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 15 (2.99%) CRISC
12 13 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.40%) CCSP
14 11 (2.20%) MCSE
15 10 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (2.00%) CTC Cleared
15 10 (2.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (54.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 129 (25.75%) GDPR
3 106 (21.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 91 (18.16%) NIST
5 47 (9.38%) ISO 9001
6 37 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 36 (7.19%) NCSC
8 35 (6.99%) PCI DSS
9 25 (4.99%) GRC
10 23 (4.59%) SLA
11 22 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 13 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (2.00%) COSHH
13 10 (2.00%) SOC 2
14 9 (1.80%) COBIT
14 9 (1.80%) QA
15 7 (1.40%) PMO
16 6 (1.20%) Accessibility
17 5 (1.00%) TickIT
18 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
System Software
1 80 (15.97%) Active Directory
2 39 (7.78%) Hyper-V
3 20 (3.99%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.60%) Docker
6 5 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.40%) pfSense
8 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (11.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (7.39%) EnCase
3 26 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (3.59%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.40%) Terraform
6 5 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.80%) CASB
7 4 (0.80%) WSUS
8 3 (0.60%) Nessus
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
10 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 233 (46.51%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.18%) Cisco
3 30 (5.99%) VMware
4 26 (5.19%) Sophos
5 22 (4.39%) Fortinet
6 16 (3.19%) HP
7 15 (2.99%) Darktrace
7 15 (2.99%) Veeam
8 13 (2.59%) Dell
8 13 (2.59%) Mitel
8 13 (2.59%) NEC
9 10 (2.00%) Apple
10 9 (1.80%) Aruba
10 9 (1.80%) Ribbon
11 8 (1.60%) Acronis
11 8 (1.60%) Barracuda Networks
11 8 (1.60%) Citrix
12 7 (1.40%) Draytek
12 7 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
13 6 (1.20%) ESET