Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 573 930 811
Rank change year-on-year +357 -119 -101
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 160 160 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.13% 0.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.01% 0.72% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 135 129 133
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,452 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,128 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.79% +20.00% +1.01%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,965 22,144 20,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.72% 17.60% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,839 12,086 12,512
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,625 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +1.72%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,050
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 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 +307 141 £62,500 +4.17% 34
UK excluding London +272 98 £51,128 -14.79% 23
Work from Home +258 59 £54,000 -15.43% 15
London +237 52 £70,000 +16.67% 12
North of England +154 35 £54,000 -16.92% 3
South West +76 32 £61,250 +0.41% 3
Yorkshire +104 20 £62,500 -10.71%
North West +121 15 £43,500 -24.35% 3
Midlands +137 13 £49,878 +7.84% 6
Scotland +68 10 £45,240 - 1
West Midlands +121 9 £51,128 +20.30% 5
South East +147 8 £43,250 -27.92% 7
East Midlands - 4 £48,628 - 1

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 18 (11.25%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 11 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.88%) 1Password
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 62 (38.75%) Azure
2 54 (33.75%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (13.75%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.38%) Mimecast
5 13 (8.13%) OneDrive
6 11 (6.88%) IaaS
7 10 (6.25%) AWS
8 8 (5.00%) SaaS
9 5 (3.13%) PaaS
10 2 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.25%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.25%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.25%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 31 (19.38%) Firewall
2 18 (11.25%) LAN
3 17 (10.63%) DNS
4 16 (10.00%) DHCP
5 10 (6.25%) VPN
5 10 (6.25%) WAN
6 9 (5.63%) Cisco IPT
7 7 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (3.75%) SAN
9 5 (3.13%) MPLS
10 4 (2.50%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.88%) VLAN
11 3 (1.88%) Wireless
12 2 (1.25%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.25%) NGFW
12 2 (1.25%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (1.25%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.63%) DKIM
13 1 (0.63%) DMARC
13 1 (0.63%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.25%) Data Hub
2 2 (1.25%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.25%) Power BI
3 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.63%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.25%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.75%) Law
4 12 (7.50%) Legal
5 11 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.25%) Military
7 9 (5.63%) Finance
8 8 (5.00%) Local Government
9 7 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.75%) Retail
11 5 (3.13%) Banking
11 5 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.50%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.50%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.88%) Marketing
14 2 (1.25%) Advertising
14 2 (1.25%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.25%) Automotive
14 2 (1.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (15.63%) Analyst
2 21 (13.13%) IT Manager
3 18 (11.25%) Security Analyst
4 15 (9.38%) Lead
4 15 (9.38%) Security Manager
5 13 (8.13%) Security Officer
6 12 (7.50%) Architect
6 12 (7.50%) Compliance Manager
7 11 (6.88%) Senior
8 10 (6.25%) IT Support
9 9 (5.63%) Consultant
9 9 (5.63%) Information Analyst
9 9 (5.63%) Information Security Analyst
9 9 (5.63%) Service Manager
10 8 (5.00%) Audit Manager
10 8 (5.00%) Compliance Analyst
10 8 (5.00%) IT Audit Manager
10 8 (5.00%) Risk Analyst
11 7 (4.38%) Information Manager
11 7 (4.38%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.63%) ModSecurity
2 2 (1.25%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.25%) Web Services
3 1 (0.63%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.63%) ADSI
3 1 (0.63%) LDAP
3 1 (0.63%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 37 (23.13%) Management Information System
2 18 (11.25%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.75%) Freedom of Information
3 6 (3.75%) IoT
4 5 (3.13%) Cyberattack
4 5 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (3.13%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.50%) NHS
6 3 (1.88%) Replication
7 2 (1.25%) Clustering
7 2 (1.25%) CMDB
7 2 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.25%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.25%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.63%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 36 (22.50%) Windows
2 25 (15.63%) Windows Server
3 14 (8.75%) Windows Server 2019
4 10 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (4.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (3.13%) Linux
7 4 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (56.88%) Information Security
2 85 (53.13%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (19.38%) Risk Management
4 23 (14.38%) Security Operations
5 22 (13.75%) Roadmaps
6 21 (13.13%) Security Management
7 20 (12.50%) Data Protection
8 19 (11.88%) Information Security Management
8 19 (11.88%) ISMS
8 19 (11.88%) IT Audit
8 19 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (11.88%) SIEM
9 18 (11.25%) Penetration Testing
10 17 (10.63%) Cloud Security
11 16 (10.00%) ITIL
11 16 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (9.38%) Risk Register
13 14 (8.75%) Coaching
13 14 (8.75%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.00%) SQL
3 1 (0.63%) Bash
3 1 (0.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (25.63%) CISSP
2 32 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 28 (17.50%) CISM
4 25 (15.63%) SC Cleared
5 24 (15.00%) CISA
6 20 (12.50%) Degree
7 13 (8.13%) CEH
8 12 (7.50%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (5.00%) Azure Certification
9 8 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (4.38%) DBS Check
11 6 (3.75%) AWS Certification
11 6 (3.75%) CompTIA CySA+
11 6 (3.75%) CRISC
11 6 (3.75%) GIAC
11 6 (3.75%) ISACA
11 6 (3.75%) ISSAP
11 6 (3.75%) OSCP
11 6 (3.75%) SANS
12 5 (3.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 111 (69.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (14.38%) NIST
4 20 (12.50%) PCI DSS
5 12 (7.50%) GDPR
5 12 (7.50%) NCSC
6 10 (6.25%) GRC
6 10 (6.25%) IASME
7 6 (3.75%) QA
7 6 (3.75%) SLA
8 5 (3.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (2.50%) ISO 9001
9 4 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (2.50%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.25%) Def Stans
10 2 (1.25%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.63%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 42 (26.25%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.50%) Hyper-V
3 10 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.25%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.25%) Docker
5 2 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.00%) SCCM
3 3 (1.88%) WSUS
4 2 (1.25%) Ansible
4 2 (1.25%) Cacti
4 2 (1.25%) Grafana
4 2 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.25%) Nagios
4 2 (1.25%) Puppet
4 2 (1.25%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.63%) Nessus
5 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 77 (48.13%) Microsoft
2 22 (13.75%) Cisco
3 19 (11.88%) VMware
4 11 (6.88%) Meraki
5 9 (5.63%) Google
6 7 (4.38%) ESET
7 5 (3.13%) iManage
7 5 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 5 (3.13%) Varonis
8 3 (1.88%) Citrix
9 2 (1.25%) arcserve
9 2 (1.25%) Aruba
9 2 (1.25%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (1.25%) Dell
9 2 (1.25%) Foundry
9 2 (1.25%) HP
9 2 (1.25%) Veeam
9 2 (1.25%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.63%) Juniper
10 1 (0.63%) Splunk