CREST Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 632 950 971
Rank change year-on-year +318 +21 -278
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 105 133 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.11% 0.090%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% 0.36% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 91 70 95
10th Percentile £48,750 £39,461 £40,700
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +17.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £86,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CREST Certified 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 17,393 37,176 32,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.66% 24.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,886 17,163 17,940
10th Percentile £31,229 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the UK

CREST Certified
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in the UK

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in the UK

CREST Certified
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the UK over the 6 months to 2 December 2023. 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 +314 91 £65,000 -7.14% 47
Work from Home +269 86 £75,000 -3.23% 40
UK excluding London +219 58 £62,500 -3.85% 31
London +279 34 £75,000 -11.76% 16
South West +100 27 £62,500 +63.28% 7
Midlands +144 15 £85,000 +6.25% 6
West Midlands +135 15 £85,000 +6.25% 2
South East +151 7 £60,000 +33.33% 3
North of England +101 6 £57,500 -12.88% 6
North West +79 4 £52,500 -19.23% 3
Yorkshire +84 2 £75,000 +3.45% 3
East of England +124 1 £75,000 - 3
Scotland +48 1 £47,610 -42.29% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £80,000 -

CREST Certified
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.86%) AWS
1 3 (2.86%) Azure
2 2 (1.90%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (0.95%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.14%) Network Security
2 17 (16.19%) Firewall
2 17 (16.19%) HTTP
3 15 (14.29%) SMTP
3 15 (14.29%) SSL
4 7 (6.67%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.81%) DNS
5 4 (3.81%) Wireless
6 3 (2.86%) DHCP
6 3 (2.86%) Internet
6 3 (2.86%) Wireless Security
7 2 (1.90%) HTTPS
7 2 (1.90%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 6 (5.71%) Burp Suite
2 4 (3.81%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.90%) SoapUI
General
1 16 (15.24%) Law
2 15 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 11 (10.48%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.81%) Finance
6 3 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Aeronautics
7 2 (1.90%) Automotive
8 1 (0.95%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (29.52%) Consultant
2 24 (22.86%) Security Consultant
3 23 (21.90%) Penetration Tester
3 23 (21.90%) Tester
4 15 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager
4 15 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Manager
4 15 (14.29%) Penetration Test Consultant
4 15 (14.29%) Senior
4 15 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Manager
5 13 (12.38%) Analyst
5 13 (12.38%) Lead
5 13 (12.38%) Senior Consultant
6 12 (11.43%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 12 (11.43%) Senior Security Consultant
7 9 (8.57%) Security Manager
8 7 (6.67%) Information Manager
8 7 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
8 7 (6.67%) Lead Tester
8 7 (6.67%) Principal Consultant
9 5 (4.76%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (30.48%) Cybercrime
2 21 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (9.52%) Operational Technology
4 7 (6.67%) SCADA
5 6 (5.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (5.71%) Mobile App
6 5 (4.76%) Cyberattack
6 5 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (3.81%) PKI
8 3 (2.86%) Replication
9 2 (1.90%) IoT
10 1 (0.95%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.05%) Windows
2 14 (13.33%) Linux
3 4 (3.81%) Unix
4 3 (2.86%) Kali Linux
4 3 (2.86%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.86%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.90%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.95%) Android
6 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.95%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (51.43%) Penetration Testing
3 41 (39.05%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 35 (33.33%) Information Security
5 32 (30.48%) OSINT
6 23 (21.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 23 (21.90%) Threat Intelligence
7 21 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
7 21 (20.00%) Security Testing
8 20 (19.05%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 18 (17.14%) Application Security
9 18 (17.14%) Open Source
10 17 (16.19%) Red Team
10 17 (16.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (15.24%) Server Building
12 15 (14.29%) People Management
12 15 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
13 12 (11.43%) Cryptography
14 11 (10.48%) Incident Response
15 10 (9.52%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.67%) Python
2 6 (5.71%) C#
3 5 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.81%) Bash
5 2 (1.90%) Go
Qualifications
1 49 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 42 (40.00%) CISSP
3 33 (31.43%) CISMP
4 31 (29.52%) OSCP
4 31 (29.52%) SC Cleared
5 18 (17.14%) GIAC
6 16 (15.24%) Degree
7 15 (14.29%) Cyber Scheme
8 13 (12.38%) CHECK Team Leader
9 7 (6.67%) CCSAS
10 6 (5.71%) CESG Certified Professional
10 6 (5.71%) CHECK Team Member
10 6 (5.71%) Master's Degree
11 5 (4.76%) CEH
12 4 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (3.81%) DV Cleared
13 3 (2.86%) GPEN
13 3 (2.86%) MCSA
13 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (2.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (18.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (9.52%) ISO 9001
4 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (3.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (2.86%) NIST
6 1 (0.95%) NCSC
6 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (10.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.81%) Nmap
2 1 (0.95%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (4.76%) Cisco
2 3 (2.86%) Bloomberg
2 3 (2.86%) FactSet
2 3 (2.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.86%) MobileIron
2 3 (2.86%) Refinitiv
2 3 (2.86%) VMware
3 2 (1.90%) Intel
3 2 (1.90%) Meraki
3 2 (1.90%) Palo Alto