Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials PLUS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 597 753
Rank change year-on-year +74 +156 -217
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 67 78 78
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.18% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.56% 1.22% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 63 66 74
10th Percentile £41,250 £49,375 £34,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £58,125 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £71,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +26.67% +26.40%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,250 £87,500 £74,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +23.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

Cyber Essentials PLUS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,295 6,380 10,480
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.70% 14.75% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,273 4,301 5,983
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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 April 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 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) CMS
2 1 (1.49%) Drupal
2 1 (1.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 24 (35.82%) Azure
2 10 (14.93%) AWS
2 10 (14.93%) Entra ID
3 9 (13.43%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (8.96%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (5.97%) SaaS
6 2 (2.99%) IaaS
6 2 (2.99%) PaaS
7 1 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.49%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 18 (26.87%) Firewall
2 8 (11.94%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (8.96%) Network Security
4 5 (7.46%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (4.48%) BGP
5 3 (4.48%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (4.48%) DKIM
5 3 (4.48%) DMARC
5 3 (4.48%) EIGRP
5 3 (4.48%) LAN
5 3 (4.48%) MPLS
5 3 (4.48%) OSPF
5 3 (4.48%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.48%) VPN
5 3 (4.48%) WAN
5 3 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) GitLab
General
1 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.45%) Law
4 5 (7.46%) Automotive
4 5 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (7.46%) Legal
4 5 (7.46%) Military
5 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.99%) Finance
6 2 (2.99%) Publishing
7 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (19.40%) Analyst
1 13 (19.40%) Security Analyst
1 13 (19.40%) Security Manager
2 9 (13.43%) Compliance Analyst
2 9 (13.43%) Information Analyst
2 9 (13.43%) Information Security Analyst
2 9 (13.43%) Security Compliance Analyst
3 7 (10.45%) Security Officer
4 6 (8.96%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 6 (8.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Information Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Information Security Manager
5 5 (7.46%) IT Manager
5 5 (7.46%) Security Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Senior
6 4 (5.97%) Administrator
6 4 (5.97%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Security Administrator
7 3 (4.48%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) ModSecurity
2 2 (2.99%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.49%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Security Posture
2 6 (8.96%) Data Centre
3 5 (7.46%) IoT
4 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.99%) Anti-Spyware
6 2 (2.99%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.42%) Windows
2 10 (14.93%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.99%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (59.70%) Information Security
2 38 (56.72%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (22.39%) SIEM
4 14 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (19.40%) Penetration Testing
6 10 (14.93%) Risk Management
7 9 (13.43%) Data Protection
7 9 (13.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (13.43%) Security Management
8 7 (10.45%) Security Operations
9 6 (8.96%) Business Continuity
9 6 (8.96%) Data Security
9 6 (8.96%) Incident Response
10 5 (7.46%) Change Management
10 5 (7.46%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (7.46%) Incident Management
10 5 (7.46%) ISMS
10 5 (7.46%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (7.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.49%) Bash
2 1 (1.49%) PHP
2 1 (1.49%) Python
2 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (26.87%) CISSP
2 17 (25.37%) CISM
3 14 (20.90%) CISA
4 13 (19.40%) Security Cleared
5 10 (14.93%) SC Cleared
6 6 (8.96%) Degree
7 4 (5.97%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (5.97%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (5.97%) CRISC
7 4 (5.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (2.99%) CASP
8 2 (2.99%) CEH
8 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.49%) AAT
9 1 (1.49%) ACCA
9 1 (1.49%) CIMA
9 1 (1.49%) CIPD
9 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (79.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (23.88%) NIST
4 9 (13.43%) SOC 2
5 7 (10.45%) NCSC
5 7 (10.45%) PCI DSS
6 6 (8.96%) GRC
7 3 (4.48%) ISO 9001
8 2 (2.99%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (10.45%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.97%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.99%) Nessus
1 2 (2.99%) WSUS
2 1 (1.49%) Ansible
2 1 (1.49%) Cacti
2 1 (1.49%) Grafana
2 1 (1.49%) Nagios
2 1 (1.49%) Puppet
2 1 (1.49%) Terraform
2 1 (1.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) VMware
3 4 (5.97%) Cisco
4 3 (4.48%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.48%) Juniper
4 3 (4.48%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.48%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.99%) arcserve
5 2 (2.99%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.99%) Facebook
5 2 (2.99%) Veeam
6 1 (1.49%) Citrix