Cyber Essentials Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Cyber Essentials
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 74 127
Rank change year-on-year -28 +53 +71
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 21 23 16
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 1.13% 1.60% 0.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.50% 9.96% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 16 10 16
10th Percentile - £48,025 £45,875
25th Percentile £26,250 £51,250 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £56,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,776 £68,125 £65,820
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Yorkshire

Cyber Essentials 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 in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 221 231 297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 11.92% 16.10% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 111 108 202
10th Percentile £26,520 £26,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £64,938 £71,250 £72,483
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,000 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,372 £50,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.97% +3.06%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in West Yorkshire

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Leeds -19 19 £52,500 - 2
Bradford - 2 £40,500 -
Cyber Essentials
Yorkshire

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) Drupal
1 5 (23.81%) nginx
1 5 (23.81%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Azure
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) MariaDB
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 13 (61.90%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 6 (28.57%) Legal
4 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (23.81%) Local Government
4 5 (23.81%) Police
5 3 (14.29%) Finance
6 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Electronics
7 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.76%) Marketing
7 1 (4.76%) Retail
7 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
1 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
1 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Support
1 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
1 5 (23.81%) Security Specialist
1 5 (23.81%) Support Specialist
2 3 (14.29%) Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Lead
2 3 (14.29%) Lead Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Lead Security Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Security Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Information Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Security Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Educational Technology
2 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.76%) NHS
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (38.10%) Security Patching
4 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (33.33%) Information Security
4 7 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 5 (23.81%) Change Management
5 5 (23.81%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (19.05%) Agile
6 4 (19.05%) Application Security
6 4 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
7 3 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 3 (14.29%) Problem Management
7 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 3 (14.29%) Supplier Management
7 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) AWS Certification
1 5 (23.81%) CISSP
2 2 (9.52%) CISM
2 2 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (76.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (28.57%) GDPR
4 5 (23.81%) ISO 9001
5 4 (19.05%) NIST
6 3 (14.29%) NCSC
7 2 (9.52%) GRC
7 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
7 2 (9.52%) QA
7 2 (9.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Okta
2 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
2 1 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Trend Micro