CREST Certified Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

CREST Certification
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 542 573
Rank change year-on-year +116 +31 +208
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 12 52 85
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.55% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10 42 30
10th Percentile £51,500 £45,175 £49,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £48,750 £63,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -9.68% +19.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,188 £90,625
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £113,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £58,875 £77,500
% change year-on-year +18.90% -24.03% +19.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,805 9,525 10,420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.34% 28.17% 25.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,125 5,909 6,417
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,250
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.86% +7.73%

CREST Certified
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CREST Certified trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CREST Certified
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CREST Certified.

CREST Certified salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CREST Certified over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

CREST Certified salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Games
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (33.33%) Tester
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Service Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Red Team
3 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Application Security
5 3 (25.00%) Blue Team
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (25.00%) Information Security
5 3 (25.00%) Offensive Security
5 3 (25.00%) Social Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Business Development
6 2 (16.67%) Coaching
6 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
6 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (8.33%) API Design
7 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (8.33%) Security Auditing
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CCSAS
2 4 (33.33%) CHECK Team Leader
2 4 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
2 4 (33.33%) OSCP
3 3 (25.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CISSP
4 1 (8.33%) CSSLP
4 1 (8.33%) GIAC
4 1 (8.33%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (16.67%) NCSC
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory