Cyber Essentials Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cyber Essentials
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 357 363
Rank change year-on-year +62 +6 +208
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 104 249 346
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.70% 0.74% 0.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.81% 5.79% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 75 222 194
10th Percentile £41,300 £36,300 £40,150
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -3.93% -4.58%
75th Percentile £68,125 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £87,375 £86,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,731 4,300 6,301
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.26% 12.71% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,721 3,268 4,262
10th Percentile £37,170 £34,675 £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
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Essentials salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cyber Essentials salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
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 1 (0.96%) Confluence
1 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (8.65%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (3.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (24.04%) Azure
2 23 (22.12%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.62%) AWS
4 9 (8.65%) Google Workspace
5 7 (6.73%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.77%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.77%) SaaS
7 5 (4.81%) Power Automate
8 4 (3.85%) Fivetran
8 4 (3.85%) Google Analytics
8 4 (3.85%) IaaS
8 4 (3.85%) Snowflake
8 4 (3.85%) Zapier
9 3 (2.88%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.92%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (24.04%) Firewall
2 15 (14.42%) Network Security
3 9 (8.65%) Intranet
4 8 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (7.69%) VPN
5 5 (4.81%) Wireless
6 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 4 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.92%) BGP
7 2 (1.92%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (1.92%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (1.92%) EIGRP
7 2 (1.92%) LAN
7 2 (1.92%) MPLS
7 2 (1.92%) OSPF
7 2 (1.92%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.92%) VLAN
7 2 (1.92%) WAN
8 1 (0.96%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) Power BI
2 5 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.92%) ERwin
2 1 (0.96%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.96%) Git
2 1 (0.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Metasploit
General
1 42 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 37 (35.58%) Legal
3 17 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.42%) Retail
5 14 (13.46%) Law
6 10 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (8.65%) Finance
8 4 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.88%) Local Government
9 3 (2.88%) Marketing
9 3 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.96%) Advertising
11 1 (0.96%) Automotive
11 1 (0.96%) Aviation
11 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (16.35%) Security Manager
2 14 (13.46%) Senior
3 12 (11.54%) IT Manager
4 11 (10.58%) Analyst
4 11 (10.58%) Information Manager
4 11 (10.58%) Security Engineer
5 9 (8.65%) Compliance Advisor
5 9 (8.65%) Data Manager
5 9 (8.65%) Security Advisor
5 9 (8.65%) Security Analyst
6 8 (7.69%) IT Security Manager
7 7 (6.73%) Architect
7 7 (6.73%) Information Analyst
8 6 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
8 6 (5.77%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (5.77%) IT Engineer
9 5 (4.81%) Data Governance Analyst
9 5 (4.81%) Data Governance Manager
9 5 (4.81%) Data Protection Manager
9 5 (4.81%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) AWS CDK
1 1 (0.96%) Middleware
1 1 (0.96%) RESTful
1 1 (0.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.35%) Data Protection Act
1 17 (16.35%) Management Information System
2 13 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (8.65%) e-Learning
4 6 (5.77%) PKI
5 5 (4.81%) Cyberattack
5 5 (4.81%) Freedom of Information
5 5 (4.81%) Freedom of Information Act
5 5 (4.81%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.85%) Social Media
7 3 (2.88%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.92%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.96%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.81%) Windows
2 2 (1.92%) Linux
3 1 (0.96%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (63.46%) Information Security
2 50 (48.08%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (29.81%) SIEM
4 21 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 18 (17.31%) Data Protection
7 17 (16.35%) Risk Management
8 16 (15.38%) ITIL
9 15 (14.42%) Impact Assessments
9 15 (14.42%) Information Governance
10 14 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (13.46%) Penetration Testing
11 13 (12.50%) Data Privacy
11 13 (12.50%) Data Security
11 13 (12.50%) Incident Response
12 11 (10.58%) Application Security
12 11 (10.58%) Security Management
12 11 (10.58%) Vulnerability Management
13 10 (9.62%) Data Loss Prevention
13 10 (9.62%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.62%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.77%) SQL
3 4 (3.85%) Python
3 4 (3.85%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (1.92%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.96%) Bash
5 1 (0.96%) Bicep
5 1 (0.96%) Go
5 1 (0.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (26.92%) CISM
2 27 (25.96%) CISSP
3 19 (18.27%) Degree
4 8 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (7.69%) CRISC
4 8 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 7 (6.73%) CCNA
6 6 (5.77%) CCNP
6 6 (5.77%) CEH
6 6 (5.77%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (5.77%) ISEB
6 6 (5.77%) SANS
6 6 (5.77%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.81%) CISA
7 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (4.81%) OSCP
8 4 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.85%) GCIA
9 3 (2.88%) CHECK Team Leader
9 3 (2.88%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (75.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (39.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 34 (32.69%) GDPR
4 30 (28.85%) NIST
4 30 (28.85%) PCI DSS
5 9 (8.65%) PERC
6 8 (7.69%) GRC
7 6 (5.77%) COBIT
7 6 (5.77%) NCSC
8 5 (4.81%) SOC 2
9 4 (3.85%) Data Quality
9 4 (3.85%) Def Stans
10 3 (2.88%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.92%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.96%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 12 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.96%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (3.85%) Nessus
3 3 (2.88%) Terraform
4 1 (0.96%) Ansible
4 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.96%) Nmap
4 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.46%) Google
3 10 (9.62%) OneTrust
4 9 (8.65%) Adobe
5 6 (5.77%) Palo Alto
6 5 (4.81%) Cisco
6 5 (4.81%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.85%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.85%) Xero
8 3 (2.88%) Aderant
8 3 (2.88%) iManage
8 3 (2.88%) Intapp
8 3 (2.88%) VMware
9 2 (1.92%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.92%) Databricks
9 2 (1.92%) Juniper
9 2 (1.92%) Meraki
9 2 (1.92%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.92%) Splunk
10 1 (0.96%) Netskope