CREST Certified Jobs in England

CREST Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 829 1060
Rank change year-on-year +103 +231 -220
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 115 86 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.097% 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.30% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 96 42 71
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £57,313 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £85,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.94% +25.93% -3.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £99,563 £81,875
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £58,750 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -24.19% +19.23% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CREST Certified is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,480 29,085 36,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.30% 32.85% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15,745 13,288 16,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,680 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in England.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
London +125 67 £70,000 -22.22% 9
North of England +52 16 £50,000 +42.86% 11
North West +10 13 £50,000 -3.38% 5
South East -5 13 £52,500 -38.24%
South West -10 9 £48,750 -50.00% 4
West Midlands +13 5 £100,000 - 3
Midlands -1 5 £100,000 - 5
Yorkshire +80 2 - - 6
North East - 1 - -
CREST Certified
UK

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (11.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (11.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (13.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.78%) Azure
2 14 (12.17%) AWS
3 8 (6.96%) GCP
4 7 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.22%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.74%) SaaS
7 1 (0.87%) IaaS
7 1 (0.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.78%) TCP/IP
1 17 (14.78%) Wireless
2 16 (13.91%) Firewall
3 15 (13.04%) DNS
4 13 (11.30%) DHCP
5 6 (5.22%) HTTP
5 6 (5.22%) SMTP
6 5 (4.35%) Network Security
7 4 (3.48%) Internet
7 4 (3.48%) SSL
8 3 (2.61%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (2.61%) Wireless Security
9 2 (1.74%) DMZ
9 2 (1.74%) tcpdump
9 2 (1.74%) VPN
9 2 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.74%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 9 (7.83%) Burp Suite
1 9 (7.83%) Metasploit
General
1 18 (15.65%) Public Sector
2 17 (14.78%) Retail
3 15 (13.04%) Finance
4 14 (12.17%) Social Skills
5 13 (11.30%) Telecoms
6 10 (8.70%) Law
6 10 (8.70%) Marketing
7 9 (7.83%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.74%) Police
11 1 (0.87%) Automotive
11 1 (0.87%) Games
11 1 (0.87%) Local Government
11 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 41 (35.65%) Senior
2 39 (33.91%) Penetration Tester
2 39 (33.91%) Tester
3 27 (23.48%) Lead
4 20 (17.39%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 20 (17.39%) Senior Tester
5 19 (16.52%) Team Leader
6 18 (15.65%) Consultant
6 18 (15.65%) Test Team Leader
7 17 (14.78%) Security Consultant
8 10 (8.70%) Analyst
8 10 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 8 (6.96%) IT Support
10 7 (6.09%) Security Penetration Tester
10 7 (6.09%) Security Tester
11 6 (5.22%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (5.22%) Senior Security Consultant
11 6 (5.22%) Senior Testing Consultant
11 6 (5.22%) Testing Consultant
12 5 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 22 (19.13%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (14.78%) Mobile App
4 13 (11.30%) Replication
5 9 (7.83%) Management Information System
6 8 (6.96%) Onboarding
6 8 (6.96%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (6.09%) IoT
8 4 (3.48%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.61%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.61%) PKI
10 2 (1.74%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.74%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.87%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.87%) Cybercrime
11 1 (0.87%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.78%) Windows
2 13 (11.30%) Windows 10
2 13 (11.30%) Windows Server
2 13 (11.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (7.83%) Kali Linux
4 4 (3.48%) Linux
4 4 (3.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.87%) Android
5 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.87%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (76.52%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (61.74%) Penetration Testing
3 33 (28.70%) Security Testing
4 31 (26.96%) Red Team
5 25 (21.74%) Incident Response
5 25 (21.74%) Mentoring
6 23 (20.00%) Data Privacy
7 21 (18.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 21 (18.26%) Threat Intelligence
8 19 (16.52%) Presales
8 19 (16.52%) Purple Team
8 19 (16.52%) Threat Modelling
9 18 (15.65%) Cryptography
10 16 (13.91%) Computer Science
10 16 (13.91%) Information Security
10 16 (13.91%) OWASP
11 15 (13.04%) Decision-Making
11 15 (13.04%) Project Delivery
11 15 (13.04%) Social Engineering
12 14 (12.17%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.83%) Python
3 4 (3.48%) Bash
3 4 (3.48%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.61%) Java
5 2 (1.74%) C#
6 1 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 39 (33.91%) Degree
2 30 (26.09%) Security Cleared
3 28 (24.35%) OSCP
4 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
5 16 (13.91%) GIAC
6 14 (12.17%) CISSP
6 14 (12.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (11.30%) MCSA
7 13 (11.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (10.43%) CHECK Team Member
9 11 (9.57%) CHECK Team Leader
10 10 (8.70%) CESG Certified Professional
10 10 (8.70%) CISMP
11 9 (7.83%) Cyber Scheme
11 9 (7.83%) OSCE
12 7 (6.09%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (6.09%) Master's Degree
13 6 (5.22%) PCI QSA
13 6 (5.22%) Tigerscheme
14 5 (4.35%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (12.17%) QA
3 13 (11.30%) GRC
4 10 (8.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 10 (8.70%) NIST
5 9 (7.83%) PCI DSS
6 7 (6.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.87%) GDPR
7 1 (0.87%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.87%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (11.30%) Active Directory
1 13 (11.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.87%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (7.83%) Nmap
2 7 (6.09%) Nessus
3 4 (3.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.74%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.87%) FTK
Vendors
1 14 (12.17%) VMware
2 13 (11.30%) Bloomberg
2 13 (11.30%) Cisco
2 13 (11.30%) FactSet
2 13 (11.30%) MobileIron
2 13 (11.30%) Refinitiv
3 11 (9.57%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.96%) Qualys
5 7 (6.09%) Google
6 2 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.87%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.87%) IBM
7 1 (0.87%) Red Hat