Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 737 719
Rank change year-on-year +131 -18 +118
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 123 156 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.29% 1.20% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 94 130 139
10th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £39,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -1.92% +3.66%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £76,688 £92,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £52,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.19% -16.80% +4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,500 12,993 13,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.73% 13.05% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,984 8,372 7,958
10th Percentile £30,580 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,448 £37,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £47,500 £50,139
% change year-on-year +17.89% -5.26% +0.28%

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 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Top 15 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 19 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 +107 116 £65,000 +6.12% 71
London +129 63 £65,000 -12.46% 23
UK excluding London +80 56 £41,500 -20.19% 59
Work from Home +54 35 £55,000 -2.22% 35
South East +73 34 £41,500 -12.63% 20
North of England +5 7 £55,000 -15.38% 19
Midlands +66 6 £35,000 -41.67% 6
South West +72 4 £58,750 +17.50% 8
Scotland +92 3 £37,500 -16.67% 3
West Midlands +50 3 £41,250 -38.57% 5
East Midlands +40 3 £35,000 -15.15% 1
North East +33 3 £75,000 -6.25%
Yorkshire +32 3 £55,000 +5.77% 6
East of England +7 2 £76,000 +90.00% 1
North West -14 1 £55,000 -15.38% 13

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 21 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (8.94%) Exchange Server 2013
3 10 (8.13%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.63%) IIS
5 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (35.77%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (25.20%) Azure
3 17 (13.82%) AWS
3 17 (13.82%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.25%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (3.25%) IaaS
4 4 (3.25%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.63%) Asana
6 2 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.63%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.63%) PaaS
7 1 (0.81%) GCP
7 1 (0.81%) GitHub
7 1 (0.81%) Google Compute Engine
7 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (29.27%) Firewall
2 17 (13.82%) SAN
3 15 (12.20%) WAN
4 14 (11.38%) VPN
5 13 (10.57%) LAN
6 11 (8.94%) VLAN
6 11 (8.94%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (7.32%) Network Security
8 6 (4.88%) DNS
8 6 (4.88%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.25%) DHCP
10 2 (1.63%) DKIM
10 2 (1.63%) DMARC
10 2 (1.63%) NAS
10 2 (1.63%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.63%) Unified Communications
10 2 (1.63%) WLAN
11 1 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) BigQuery
1 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (0.81%) Power BI
1 1 (0.81%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.81%) Metasploit
General
1 76 (61.79%) Social Skills
2 39 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (24.39%) Finance
4 26 (21.14%) Manufacturing
4 26 (21.14%) Marketing
5 25 (20.33%) Electronics
5 25 (20.33%) Public Sector
5 25 (20.33%) Telecoms
6 20 (16.26%) Legal
7 17 (13.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (8.94%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (5.69%) Law
10 6 (4.88%) Aviation
11 4 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.63%) Back Office
12 2 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.81%) Advertising
13 1 (0.81%) Automotive
13 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (26.02%) IT Manager
1 32 (26.02%) IT Support
2 29 (23.58%) Operations Manager
3 26 (21.14%) IT Support Manager
3 26 (21.14%) Support Manager
4 25 (20.33%) IT Operations Manager
5 16 (13.01%) Analyst
6 14 (11.38%) Security Manager
7 11 (8.94%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (8.94%) 3rd Line Support Technician
7 11 (8.94%) Information Manager
7 11 (8.94%) Information Security Manager
7 11 (8.94%) Support Technician
8 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (8.13%) Security Analyst
9 9 (7.32%) Lead
10 8 (6.50%) Support Engineer
11 7 (5.69%) Information Analyst
11 7 (5.69%) IT Engineer
11 7 (5.69%) Risk Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.32%) EDI
2 1 (0.81%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.63%) Management Information System
2 13 (10.57%) Replication
3 9 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (7.32%) Security Posture
3 9 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.50%) PKI
5 7 (5.69%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.69%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (4.88%) Robotics
7 5 (4.07%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.63%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.81%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.81%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.81%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.81%) NHS
10 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (26.02%) Windows
2 22 (17.89%) Windows Server
3 11 (8.94%) Apple iOS
4 6 (4.88%) Android
4 6 (4.88%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.25%) Linux
5 4 (3.25%) Unix
6 2 (1.63%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (69.11%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (52.03%) Information Security
3 54 (43.90%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (42.28%) ITIL
5 41 (33.33%) Incident Response
6 31 (25.20%) Collaborative Working
7 29 (23.58%) Project Management
7 29 (23.58%) Risk Management
8 28 (22.76%) Agile
8 28 (22.76%) Project Delivery
9 27 (21.95%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (21.95%) Incident Management
9 27 (21.95%) Programme Management
9 27 (21.95%) Root Cause Analysis
9 27 (21.95%) Service Management
9 27 (21.95%) Strategic Planning
10 26 (21.14%) Digital Marketing
10 26 (21.14%) Service Delivery
11 25 (20.33%) High Availability
11 25 (20.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.25%) SQL
3 3 (2.44%) Python
4 1 (0.81%) Bash
4 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 45 (36.59%) CISSP
2 26 (21.14%) PMP
3 25 (20.33%) PMI Certification
4 18 (14.63%) CISM
5 17 (13.82%) Degree
6 9 (7.32%) CRISC
7 7 (5.69%) CISA
7 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.69%) Security Cleared
8 6 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.88%) SC Cleared
9 5 (4.07%) CEH
10 4 (3.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (3.25%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (2.44%) GIAC
11 3 (2.44%) MCP
12 2 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.63%) ISSAP
12 2 (1.63%) MCSE
12 2 (1.63%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 54 (43.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 48 (39.02%) GDPR
4 28 (22.76%) NIST
5 26 (21.14%) QA
6 17 (13.82%) PCI DSS
7 12 (9.76%) GRC
8 9 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (2.44%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.63%) COBIT
10 2 (1.63%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.63%) NCSC
11 1 (0.81%) HL7
11 1 (0.81%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (15.45%) Active Directory
1 19 (15.45%) Hyper-V
1 19 (15.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.81%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (21.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (12.20%) SCCM
3 6 (4.88%) ArcSight ESM
3 6 (4.88%) QRadar
4 3 (2.44%) Terraform
4 3 (2.44%) ZENworks
5 2 (1.63%) Nessus
5 2 (1.63%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.81%) Nmap
6 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.81%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (41.46%) Microsoft
2 25 (20.33%) SAP
3 20 (16.26%) VMware
4 13 (10.57%) arcserve
5 6 (4.88%) ArcSight
5 6 (4.88%) LogLogic
5 6 (4.88%) McAfee
5 6 (4.88%) Sophos
5 6 (4.88%) Splunk
6 5 (4.07%) Cisco
7 4 (3.25%) Apple
7 4 (3.25%) Meraki
7 4 (3.25%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.63%) ConnectWise
8 2 (1.63%) Dell
8 2 (1.63%) EMC
8 2 (1.63%) Forcepoint
8 2 (1.63%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.63%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (1.63%) SonicWALL