Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 519 598
Rank change year-on-year +142 +79 +163
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 40 65 79
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.40% 1.52% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 31 61 68
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £47,850
25th Percentile £50,625 £43,000 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -17.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68,125 £76,250 £75,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,750
UK median annual salary £61,750 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.39% -11.54% +8.33%

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 2,863 4,282 6,271
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.87% 12.66% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,750 3,254 4,244
10th Percentile £37,170 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Essentials PLUS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.50%) AWS
4 4 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.50%) SaaS
6 2 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (5.00%) IaaS
7 1 (2.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (37.50%) Firewall
2 8 (20.00%) Network Security
2 8 (20.00%) VPN
3 4 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (10.00%) Wireless
4 2 (5.00%) BGP
4 2 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (5.00%) EIGRP
4 2 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (5.00%) LAN
4 2 (5.00%) MPLS
4 2 (5.00%) OSPF
4 2 (5.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (5.00%) VLAN
4 2 (5.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.50%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Legal
3 5 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Marketing
4 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Advertising
5 1 (2.50%) Automotive
5 1 (2.50%) Finance
5 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Information Analyst
3 6 (15.00%) Security Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Information Security Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
5 4 (10.00%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Architect
6 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) PowerShell Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Security Architect
6 3 (7.50%) Security Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Information Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Head of Security
7 2 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (5.00%) IT Support
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (10.00%) PKI
3 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Insider Threat
5 1 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (55.00%) Information Security
2 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (30.00%) SIEM
3 10 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 9 (22.50%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 6 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (12.50%) Business Continuity
6 5 (12.50%) Data Privacy
6 5 (12.50%) ITIL
6 5 (12.50%) Security Architecture
6 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (10.00%) Cloud Security
7 4 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 4 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 4 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 4 (10.00%) Risk Register
7 4 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) Bash
2 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) CISM
2 8 (20.00%) Degree
3 6 (15.00%) CISSP
3 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.00%) CRISC
4 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.50%) CCNA
5 3 (7.50%) CEH
5 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (7.50%) OSCP
6 2 (5.00%) CCNP
6 2 (5.00%) CHECK Team Leader
6 2 (5.00%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (5.00%) CISA
6 2 (5.00%) CISMP
6 2 (5.00%) CREST Certified
6 2 (5.00%) GIAC
6 2 (5.00%) ISSAP
6 2 (5.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 26 (65.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (40.00%) NIST
4 12 (30.00%) PCI DSS
5 6 (15.00%) GDPR
5 6 (15.00%) GRC
6 4 (10.00%) Def Stans
6 4 (10.00%) SOC 2
7 2 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (5.00%) COBIT
7 2 (5.00%) ISO 9001
8 1 (2.50%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.00%) Nessus
3 3 (7.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.50%) Ansible
4 1 (2.50%) Nmap
4 1 (2.50%) Terraform
4 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 4 (10.00%) Cisco
3 4 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (7.50%) Aderant
4 3 (7.50%) iManage
4 3 (7.50%) Intapp
5 2 (5.00%) ConnectWise
5 2 (5.00%) Juniper
5 2 (5.00%) Meraki
5 2 (5.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.50%) FireEye
6 1 (2.50%) Netskope
6 1 (2.50%) OneTrust
6 1 (2.50%) Splunk
6 1 (2.50%) Tenable
6 1 (2.50%) VMware