Cyber Essentials Job Trends in Yorkshire

Cyber Essentials
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 135 138
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +33
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 54 18 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.71% 0.54% 0.93%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.09% 6.25% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 43 12 20
10th Percentile £29,000 £52,500 £40,475
25th Percentile £36,125 £54,375 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £63,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +21.43% -
75th Percentile £60,625 £90,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £91,125 £65,100
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +1.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 535 288 587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.05% 8.68% 11.83%
Number of salaries quoted 420 200 264
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,493 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,188 £30,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,988 £45,000 £46,965
Median % change year-on-year +6.64% -4.18% -6.07%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,875 £60,185
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,975 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.17%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Essentials relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Cyber Essentials job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Cyber Essentials.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in Yorkshire

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire +2 34 £45,000 -43.75% 3
South Yorkshire -27 9 £42,500 -22.73% 2
East Yorkshire -7 5 £27,000 -
North Yorkshire +7 4 £30,000 -50.00% 3
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (24.07%) SharePoint
2 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 44 (81.48%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (61.11%) Azure
3 29 (53.70%) Entra ID
4 15 (27.78%) Power Platform
5 14 (25.93%) Microsoft Copilot
6 8 (14.81%) NetDocuments
6 8 (14.81%) Power Automate
7 7 (12.96%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (9.26%) Mimecast
9 2 (3.70%) IaaS
9 2 (3.70%) PaaS
10 1 (1.85%) AWS
10 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (25.93%) Firewall
2 10 (18.52%) LAN
2 10 (18.52%) WAN
3 6 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (11.11%) Wireless
4 3 (5.56%) DHCP
4 3 (5.56%) DNS
4 3 (5.56%) Network Security
4 3 (5.56%) VLAN
5 2 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.81%) Power BI
2 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 19 (35.19%) Legal
3 14 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Law
5 4 (7.41%) Advertising
6 3 (5.56%) Aviation
6 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.85%) Aeronautics
7 1 (1.85%) Finance
7 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (38.89%) IT Support
2 17 (31.48%) Support Engineer
3 14 (25.93%) IT Engineer
3 14 (25.93%) IT Manager
3 14 (25.93%) IT Support Engineer
4 13 (24.07%) IT Operations Manager
4 13 (24.07%) Operations Manager
5 9 (16.67%) Analyst
6 6 (11.11%) Support Analyst
7 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Support
7 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 5 (9.26%) IT Analyst
7 5 (9.26%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Engineer
7 5 (9.26%) Security Manager
8 4 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
9 3 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (5.56%) Information Manager
9 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) HTML
1 4 (7.41%) JSON
2 1 (1.85%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.96%) Onboarding
3 6 (11.11%) Driving Licence
4 5 (9.26%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.56%) Robotics
6 2 (3.70%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (77.78%) Windows
2 21 (38.89%) Windows Server 2019
3 19 (35.19%) Windows Server
4 5 (9.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (7.41%) Linux
5 4 (7.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (46.30%) Disaster Recovery
3 21 (38.89%) Service Management
4 18 (33.33%) AI
5 17 (31.48%) ITSM
6 15 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (25.93%) Information Security
7 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (24.07%) Business Continuity
9 12 (22.22%) Risk Management
9 12 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (20.37%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (18.52%) Case Management
12 9 (16.67%) Incident Response
12 9 (16.67%) Service Delivery
12 9 (16.67%) User Experience
13 8 (14.81%) Anti-Money Laundering
13 8 (14.81%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 8 (14.81%) Business Forecasting
13 8 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.52%) PowerShell
1 10 (18.52%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) XAML
3 1 (1.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Azure Certification
1 6 (11.11%) CCNA
1 6 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.70%) A+ Certification
3 2 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.85%) CISA
4 1 (1.85%) CISM
4 1 (1.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 16 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (14.81%) GDPR
4 3 (5.56%) NCSC
5 2 (3.70%) GRC
5 2 (3.70%) QA
6 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.85%) NIST
6 1 (1.85%) SLA
6 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.41%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (48.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.96%) Cisco
2 7 (12.96%) Veeam
3 5 (9.26%) iManage
3 5 (9.26%) Meraki
4 4 (7.41%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.70%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.85%) IFS