Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 524 824
Rank change year-on-year +53 +300 -216
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 62 55 88
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.70% 1.17% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 54 51 81
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £43,438 £61,125 £37,795
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £94,250 £78,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +19.05%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,644 4,686 12,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.04% 14.28% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,573 3,463 6,469
10th Percentile £35,050 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,457 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Essentials PLUS trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cyber Essentials PLUS.

Cyber Essentials PLUS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Cyber Essentials PLUS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (35.48%) Azure
2 12 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (17.74%) AWS
4 9 (14.52%) SaaS
5 7 (11.29%) Entra ID
6 6 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.23%) IaaS
7 2 (3.23%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.23%) PaaS
7 2 (3.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.58%) Firewall
2 7 (11.29%) Network Security
3 6 (9.68%) Cisco IPT
3 6 (9.68%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (8.06%) LAN
4 5 (8.06%) WAN
5 3 (4.84%) BGP
5 3 (4.84%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (4.84%) DKIM
5 3 (4.84%) DMARC
5 3 (4.84%) EIGRP
5 3 (4.84%) MPLS
5 3 (4.84%) OSPF
5 3 (4.84%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.84%) VPN
5 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.61%) ADSL
6 1 (1.61%) Broadband
6 1 (1.61%) Internet
6 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Law
3 7 (11.29%) Finance
4 6 (9.68%) Legal
4 6 (9.68%) Military
5 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Automotive
7 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Security Officer
2 9 (14.52%) Security Manager
3 7 (11.29%) Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) IT Manager
4 6 (9.68%) Lead
5 5 (8.06%) Compliance Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Information Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Information Security Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Security Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Administrator
6 4 (6.45%) Head of Information Security
6 4 (6.45%) Head of Security
6 4 (6.45%) Information Manager
6 4 (6.45%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (6.45%) Information Security Officer
6 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Security Administrator
6 4 (6.45%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) ModSecurity
2 2 (3.23%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (8.06%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.06%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.23%) Anti-Spyware
4 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.61%) IoT
5 1 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Windows
2 9 (14.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (53.23%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (53.23%) Information Security
2 12 (19.35%) Data Protection
2 12 (19.35%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.74%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (17.74%) Risk Management
4 7 (11.29%) Business Continuity
4 7 (11.29%) Data Security
4 7 (11.29%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (11.29%) SIEM
5 6 (9.68%) Data Governance
5 6 (9.68%) Incident Management
5 6 (9.68%) Incident Response
5 6 (9.68%) ITIL
5 6 (9.68%) Risk Register
5 6 (9.68%) Security Management
6 5 (8.06%) ISMS
7 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (35.48%) CISSP
2 21 (33.87%) CISM
3 13 (20.97%) CISA
4 12 (19.35%) Security Cleared
5 9 (14.52%) SC Cleared
6 6 (9.68%) Degree
7 3 (4.84%) CEH
7 3 (4.84%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (4.84%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (4.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (3.23%) CASP
8 2 (3.23%) CREST Certified
8 2 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.61%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.61%) CRISC
9 1 (1.61%) MCP
9 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 45 (72.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (17.74%) NIST
4 8 (12.90%) GRC
4 8 (12.90%) NCSC
4 8 (12.90%) SOC 2
5 5 (8.06%) PCI DSS
6 4 (6.45%) GDPR
6 4 (6.45%) ISO 9001
7 2 (3.23%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (1.61%) COBIT
8 1 (1.61%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 7 (11.29%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.23%) Nessus
2 2 (3.23%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (3.23%) SCCM
3 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.68%) VMware
3 5 (8.06%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.84%) Cisco
4 3 (4.84%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.84%) Juniper
4 3 (4.84%) SolarWinds
5 2 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (3.23%) Mitel
5 2 (3.23%) MobileIron
5 2 (3.23%) Symantec
6 1 (1.61%) Aderant
6 1 (1.61%) iManage
6 1 (1.61%) Intapp