CREST Certified Jobs

CREST Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 756 855
Rank change year-on-year +106 +99 +223
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 42 140 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.51% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 37 114 63
10th Percentile £42,012 £42,500 £45,102
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £57,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.45% -23.23% +19.23%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,938 £92,500
90th Percentile £108,000 £105,000 £111,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in the UK

CREST Certified
Top 9 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 1 May 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 +94 40 £67,500 +8.00% 59
London +67 26 £85,000 +21.43% 30
Work from Home +150 14 £82,500 +17.86% 52
UK excluding London +174 12 £60,000 +20.00% 42
South West +101 4 £68,750 +41.03% 2
East of England - 4 £42,085 - 4
Yorkshire +76 2 £51,250 - 2
North of England +70 2 £51,250 +2.50% 14
Scotland - 2 £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:

Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) AWS
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
1 7 (16.67%) Wireless
2 6 (14.29%) Firewall
3 2 (4.76%) Internet
3 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Metasploit
2 3 (7.14%) Burp Suite
General
1 13 (30.95%) Finance
2 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Local Government
3 4 (9.52%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.14%) Marketing
4 3 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.76%) Games
6 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Senior
2 13 (30.95%) Penetration Tester
2 13 (30.95%) Tester
3 10 (23.81%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 10 (23.81%) Senior Tester
4 8 (19.05%) Security Engineer
5 6 (14.29%) Lead
6 4 (9.52%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Presales Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Security Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Team Leader
7 3 (7.14%) Security Specialist
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Manager
8 2 (4.76%) Analyst
8 2 (4.76%) Lead Tester
8 2 (4.76%) Senior Service Manager
8 2 (4.76%) Service Manager
9 1 (2.38%) Cyber Threat Hunter
9 1 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 5 (11.90%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (85.71%) Penetration Testing
2 23 (54.76%) Red Team
3 21 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (47.62%) Security Testing
5 14 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
6 12 (28.57%) Application Security
7 11 (26.19%) Mentoring
7 11 (26.19%) Offensive Security
8 10 (23.81%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 10 (23.81%) Threat Intelligence
9 7 (16.67%) Incident Response
9 7 (16.67%) Information Security
9 7 (16.67%) Social Engineering
10 6 (14.29%) Risk Management
11 5 (11.90%) Presales
11 5 (11.90%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (11.90%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 4 (9.52%) ITIL
12 4 (9.52%) Roadmaps
12 4 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) Bash
1 2 (4.76%) C#
1 2 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) CHECK Team Leader
1 10 (23.81%) Degree
1 10 (23.81%) OSCP
2 9 (21.43%) CISSP
3 8 (19.05%) CCSAS
3 8 (19.05%) CHECK Team Member
4 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 5 (11.90%) GIAC
7 4 (9.52%) CEH
7 4 (9.52%) CISM
7 4 (9.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (9.52%) SANS
8 3 (7.14%) Cyber Scheme
8 3 (7.14%) OSWP
9 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
10 1 (2.38%) CSSLP
10 1 (2.38%) GWAPT
10 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (23.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (21.43%) NIST
4 7 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 6 (14.29%) NCSC
6 5 (11.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (9.52%) Accessibility
8 3 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (7.14%) GRC
9 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 2 (4.76%) QA
10 1 (2.38%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Nessus
2 4 (9.52%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.76%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Qualys
2 4 (9.52%) Tenable
3 1 (2.38%) Intel