CESG Listed Adviser Scheme (CLAS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CLAS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered 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 887 954 1228
Rank change year-on-year +67 +274 -330
Permanent jobs citing CLAS 9 16 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.015% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.033% 0.047% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 4
10th Percentile - - £54,119
25th Percentile £45,000 £73,750 £69,953
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £94,313 £86,563
90th Percentile £83,500 £138,750 £87,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £90,750 -
% change year-on-year -50.41% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CLAS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

CLAS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CLAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CLAS.

Salary trend for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CLAS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CLAS in the UK

CLAS
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CLAS within the UK 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
England +116 9 £80,000 -31.62%
UK excluding London +17 5 £45,000 -50.41%
London +135 4 £80,000 +55.72%
East Midlands - 4 £45,000 -
Midlands - 4 £45,000 -
Work from Home +81 1 £80,000 +3.23%
South West - 1 £80,000 -

CLAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Coordinator
1 4 (44.44%) Product Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Security Assurance Coordinator
1 4 (44.44%) Security Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Security Product Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Information Assurance Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Product Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) CESG
1 4 (44.44%) CESG CLAS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (55.56%) Information Assurance
1 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Communications Security
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Security
2 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Key Management
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Register
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CESG Certified Professional
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (55.56%) JSP 440
1 5 (55.56%) RMADS
2 4 (44.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (11.11%) NCSC
3 1 (11.11%) NIST