Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Computer Emergency Response Teams skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Emergency Response Teams over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 731 | 893 | 878 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +162 | -15 | +388 |
| Permanent jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams | 9 | 21 | 19 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.020% | 0.021% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.15% | 0.22% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 16 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £63,000 | £37,688 |
| 25th Percentile | £68,750 | £65,000 | £46,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £72,500 | £48,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.34% | +49.48% | -38.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £83,750 | £58,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £135,000 | - | £75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | £66,000 | £48,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.85% | +36.08% | -25.38% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
Computer Emergency Response Teams falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 6,055 | 9,632 | 12,679 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.17% | 9.01% | 14.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,308 | 6,755 | 8,575 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,533 | £32,500 | £35,400 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £44,250 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £62,500 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.00% | -7.41% | -0.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £86,250 | £83,750 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £100,000 | £105,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £59,526 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -7.60% | +3.52% |
Computer Emergency Response Teams
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Computer Emergency Response Teams as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Computer Emergency Response Teams
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams.
Computer Emergency Response Teams
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.
Computer Emergency Response Teams
Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Emergency Response Teams within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +150 | 9 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 21 |
| London | +100 | 5 | £85,000 | +21.43% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +112 | 3 | £72,500 | -12.12% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +162 | 1 | £72,500 | +9.85% | 13 |
| East of England | - | 1 | £72,500 | - |
Computer Emergency Response Teams
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: