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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 741 787 741
Rank change year-on-year +46 -46 +86
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 169 194 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.19% 0.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.25% 1.00% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 149 129 172
10th Percentile £32,250 £42,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,111 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,750 £85,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +25.00%

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 13,548 19,488 26,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.71% 18.84% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,268 9,077 13,252
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +76 145 £57,500 -8.00% 45
UK excluding London -14 106 £50,000 -20.00% 30
Work from Home +66 66 £57,500 -17.86% 15
London +106 43 £68,000 +8.37% 12
North of England +53 38 £62,500 -10.71% 8
North West +28 29 £47,000 +1.08% 4
South East +18 27 £44,345 -40.87% 8
South West -51 15 £50,000 -20.00% 5
Midlands +20 14 £41,625 -16.75% 5
West Midlands +31 13 £40,750 -1.21% 4
East of England +21 8 £48,750 -27.78% 4
Yorkshire +84 7 £61,250 -12.50% 3
Scotland -62 4 £45,000 +1.43%
North East -7 2 £80,000 +5.61% 1
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 - 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 8 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.59%) Apache
2 1 (0.59%) CMS
2 1 (0.59%) Drupal
2 1 (0.59%) IIS
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.59%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 66 (39.05%) Azure
2 48 (28.40%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (14.79%) Entra ID
4 18 (10.65%) AWS
5 12 (7.10%) SaaS
6 9 (5.33%) IaaS
7 8 (4.73%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (3.55%) PaaS
9 1 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.59%) GCP
9 1 (0.59%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.59%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 46 (27.22%) Firewall
2 15 (8.88%) LAN
3 12 (7.10%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (5.92%) SD-WAN
5 9 (5.33%) MPLS
5 9 (5.33%) Network Security
5 9 (5.33%) VPN
6 8 (4.73%) Cisco IPT
7 7 (4.14%) Wireless
8 6 (3.55%) DHCP
8 6 (3.55%) DNS
9 5 (2.96%) VLAN
10 4 (2.37%) WAN
10 4 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.78%) BGP
11 3 (1.78%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (1.78%) DKIM
11 3 (1.78%) DMARC
11 3 (1.78%) EIGRP
11 3 (1.78%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (3.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.59%) GitLab
General
1 43 (25.44%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.02%) Law
3 21 (12.43%) Finance
4 18 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 15 (8.88%) Legal
7 10 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.55%) Local Government
8 6 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.55%) Military
8 6 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.96%) Automotive
9 5 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.78%) Publishing
10 3 (1.78%) Retail
11 2 (1.18%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (20.71%) Analyst
2 31 (18.34%) Security Analyst
2 31 (18.34%) Security Manager
3 17 (10.06%) Information Manager
3 17 (10.06%) Information Security Manager
4 16 (9.47%) Lead
5 15 (8.88%) Information Analyst
5 15 (8.88%) Information Security Analyst
6 14 (8.28%) Security Officer
6 14 (8.28%) Senior
7 12 (7.10%) IT Manager
7 12 (7.10%) IT Technician
8 10 (5.92%) Compliance Analyst
9 9 (5.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 9 (5.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.33%) Security Compliance Analyst
10 8 (4.73%) IT Support
11 7 (4.14%) IT Support Technician
11 7 (4.14%) Support Technician
12 6 (3.55%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.73%) ModSecurity
2 5 (2.96%) SAML
3 4 (2.37%) OAuth
4 2 (1.18%) EDI
4 2 (1.18%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.59%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 23 (13.61%) Data Centre
3 9 (5.33%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.73%) Security Posture
5 7 (4.14%) Cyberattack
6 6 (3.55%) CCTV
7 5 (2.96%) IoT
7 5 (2.96%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.18%) Anti-Spyware
9 2 (1.18%) NHS
10 1 (0.59%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.59%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.59%) Life Science
10 1 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.02%) Windows
2 12 (7.10%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.92%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.96%) Android
4 5 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.18%) Linux
6 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.59%) Unix
6 1 (0.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (59.76%) Information Security
2 79 (46.75%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (15.98%) Penetration Testing
4 25 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.61%) Security Management
6 22 (13.02%) Business Continuity
6 22 (13.02%) Risk Management
7 21 (12.43%) SIEM
8 20 (11.83%) Data Protection
8 20 (11.83%) ISMS
9 19 (11.24%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (11.24%) Information Security Management
9 19 (11.24%) ITIL
10 18 (10.65%) Incident Response
10 18 (10.65%) Security Operations
11 17 (10.06%) Mentoring
12 16 (9.47%) Data Security
12 16 (9.47%) Vulnerability Management
13 14 (8.28%) OWASP
13 14 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.73%) SQL
2 4 (2.37%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.59%) Bash
3 1 (0.59%) PHP
3 1 (0.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (27.81%) CISSP
2 40 (23.67%) CISM
3 30 (17.75%) CISA
3 30 (17.75%) Security Cleared
4 23 (13.61%) SC Cleared
5 19 (11.24%) Degree
6 13 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 10 (5.92%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (5.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 9 (5.33%) CRISC
9 8 (4.73%) CEH
9 8 (4.73%) DV Cleared
10 7 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (4.14%) DBS Check
11 6 (3.55%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (2.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.96%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.96%) CCSP
12 5 (2.96%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 117 (69.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (19.53%) NIST
4 24 (14.20%) GDPR
5 20 (11.83%) PCI DSS
6 19 (11.24%) NCSC
7 13 (7.69%) GRC
8 11 (6.51%) SOC 2
9 7 (4.14%) IASME
9 7 (4.14%) ISO 9001
10 5 (2.96%) QA
11 4 (2.37%) TickIT
12 3 (1.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (1.18%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.59%) FISMA
14 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.59%) HITRUST
14 1 (0.59%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.14%) Hyper-V
2 7 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.18%) Docker
3 2 (1.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.78%) Ansible
2 3 (1.78%) Terraform
3 2 (1.18%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.18%) Nessus
3 2 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.18%) WSUS
4 1 (0.59%) Cacti
4 1 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.59%) Grafana
4 1 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.59%) Nagios
4 1 (0.59%) Puppet
4 1 (0.59%) SCCM
4 1 (0.59%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (27.22%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.69%) Cisco
3 10 (5.92%) VMware
4 5 (2.96%) Citrix
4 5 (2.96%) Fortinet
4 5 (2.96%) Meraki
5 4 (2.37%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (2.37%) Dell
5 4 (2.37%) ESET
5 4 (2.37%) Qualys
5 4 (2.37%) Varonis
6 3 (1.78%) Juniper
6 3 (1.78%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.78%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.18%) arcserve
7 2 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.18%) Facebook
7 2 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.18%) Veeam
8 1 (0.59%) CA