Cyber Essentials Jobs with Work from Home 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 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 308 371 622
Rank change year-on-year +63 +251 -131
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 246 222 300
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.88% 0.68% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.75% 4.74% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 201 157 232
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £35,350
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 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
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Essentials trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
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.

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 a work from home option citing Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 15 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (6.10%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.03%) nginx
3 4 (1.63%) Confluence
4 2 (0.81%) WordPress
5 1 (0.41%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) Trello
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.41%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (39.84%) Azure
2 88 (35.77%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (15.04%) Entra ID
4 23 (9.35%) Cloud Computing
5 21 (8.54%) AWS
6 14 (5.69%) SaaS
7 12 (4.88%) IaaS
8 11 (4.47%) Power Platform
9 9 (3.66%) Google Workspace
10 8 (3.25%) PaaS
11 7 (2.85%) GCP
11 7 (2.85%) WhatsApp
12 6 (2.44%) OneDrive
13 5 (2.03%) Mimecast
13 5 (2.03%) npm
13 5 (2.03%) Serverless
13 5 (2.03%) Yarn
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.81%) Dropbox
15 2 (0.81%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 68 (27.64%) Firewall
2 21 (8.54%) DNS
3 20 (8.13%) WAN
4 18 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (6.10%) Wireless
6 11 (4.47%) Internet
6 11 (4.47%) MPLS
6 11 (4.47%) NAS
6 11 (4.47%) Network Security
7 10 (4.07%) Broadband
7 10 (4.07%) LAN
8 8 (3.25%) 4G
8 8 (3.25%) 5G
8 8 (3.25%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (3.25%) SD-WAN
8 8 (3.25%) VLAN
9 7 (2.85%) PBX
10 6 (2.44%) Cisco IPT
10 6 (2.44%) DHCP
10 6 (2.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (2.03%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.03%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.22%) Power BI
5 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.03%) Cypress.io
1 5 (2.03%) Mocha
2 4 (1.63%) JIRA
3 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 74 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (10.16%) Finance
3 25 (10.16%) Law
4 15 (6.10%) Legal
4 15 (6.10%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.07%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.66%) Games
6 9 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.44%) Military
8 5 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.03%) Retail
9 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.81%) Automotive
11 1 (0.41%) Advertising
11 1 (0.41%) Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (14.23%) Analyst
2 34 (13.82%) Security Manager
3 25 (10.16%) Security Analyst
3 25 (10.16%) Senior
4 23 (9.35%) Service Manager
5 21 (8.54%) IT Manager
5 21 (8.54%) Security Officer
6 20 (8.13%) Consultant
6 20 (8.13%) Information Analyst
6 20 (8.13%) Information Security Analyst
7 18 (7.32%) Information Security Manager
8 17 (6.91%) Information Manager
9 16 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (6.10%) Information Officer
10 15 (6.10%) Information Security Officer
11 14 (5.69%) IT Support
11 14 (5.69%) Lead
11 14 (5.69%) Technical Manager
12 12 (4.88%) IT Consultant
12 12 (4.88%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.44%) ModSecurity
2 5 (2.03%) .NET
2 5 (2.03%) AngularJS
2 5 (2.03%) Express.js
2 5 (2.03%) GraphQL
2 5 (2.03%) gRPC
2 5 (2.03%) Jest
2 5 (2.03%) JWT
2 5 (2.03%) Kafka
2 5 (2.03%) MEAN Stack
2 5 (2.03%) MERN Stack
2 5 (2.03%) Mongoose
2 5 (2.03%) NestJS
2 5 (2.03%) Node.js
2 5 (2.03%) OAuth
2 5 (2.03%) OAuth2
2 5 (2.03%) OpenAPI
2 5 (2.03%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (2.03%) React
3 2 (0.81%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.16%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.50%) Data Protection Act
3 15 (6.10%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (5.69%) Driving Licence
5 12 (4.88%) Data Centre
6 11 (4.47%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (4.07%) IoT
7 10 (4.07%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.66%) Onboarding
9 8 (3.25%) Replication
10 7 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.44%) Freedom of Information
11 6 (2.44%) Virtual Team
12 5 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (2.03%) Product Ownership
12 5 (2.03%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.63%) Cyber Security Posture
13 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (1.22%) e-Learning
14 3 (1.22%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 52 (21.14%) Windows
2 26 (10.57%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.69%) Apple iOS
4 13 (5.28%) Android
4 13 (5.28%) Mac OS
5 10 (4.07%) Windows 10
6 9 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.03%) Linux
8 3 (1.22%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 108 (43.90%) Information Security
3 56 (22.76%) ITIL
4 52 (21.14%) Business Continuity
4 52 (21.14%) Data Protection
5 38 (15.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 35 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (12.60%) Disaster Recovery
8 30 (12.20%) ISMS
8 30 (12.20%) Risk Management
9 29 (11.79%) Incident Management
10 27 (10.98%) Penetration Testing
10 27 (10.98%) SIEM
11 22 (8.94%) Incident Response
11 22 (8.94%) Risk Assessment
11 22 (8.94%) Security Management
12 20 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (7.72%) Project Management
14 18 (7.32%) Security Operations
15 17 (6.91%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.66%) Bash
2 8 (3.25%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.44%) Java
4 5 (2.03%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.03%) Kotlin
4 5 (2.03%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.63%) SQL
6 3 (1.22%) Python
7 2 (0.81%) Go
8 1 (0.41%) C#
8 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 55 (22.36%) CISSP
2 51 (20.73%) CISM
3 32 (13.01%) CISA
4 20 (8.13%) Azure Certification
4 20 (8.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 19 (7.72%) CCNA
5 19 (7.72%) CCNP
5 19 (7.72%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (7.32%) Degree
7 16 (6.50%) Security Cleared
8 10 (4.07%) PMI Certification
8 10 (4.07%) PMP
8 10 (4.07%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 6 (2.44%) CEH
10 6 (2.44%) CRISC
10 6 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (65.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (25.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 50 (20.33%) GDPR
4 40 (16.26%) NIST
5 35 (14.23%) GRC
6 29 (11.79%) PCI DSS
7 21 (8.54%) SOC 2
8 20 (8.13%) SLA
9 17 (6.91%) NCSC
10 5 (2.03%) COBIT
10 5 (2.03%) ISO 9001
11 4 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 42 (17.07%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.91%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.44%) Docker
5 3 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.81%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.41%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 42 (17.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (3.25%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.85%) PaperCut
4 7 (2.85%) SCCM
5 6 (2.44%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.03%) Grafana
6 5 (2.03%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.81%) Nessus
8 2 (0.81%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.81%) Terraform
9 1 (0.41%) Ansible
9 1 (0.41%) QRadar
Vendors
1 97 (39.43%) Microsoft
2 37 (15.04%) Cisco
3 28 (11.38%) Fortinet
4 22 (8.94%) VMware
5 13 (5.28%) Apple
6 12 (4.88%) Darktrace
7 10 (4.07%) Veeam
8 9 (3.66%) Google
9 8 (3.25%) HP
9 8 (3.25%) NEC
10 7 (2.85%) BT
10 7 (2.85%) Canon
11 5 (2.03%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.22%) Aruba
12 3 (1.22%) Barracuda Networks
12 3 (1.22%) Juniper
12 3 (1.22%) Sage
12 3 (1.22%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.22%) Sophos
13 2 (0.81%) Forcepoint