Cyber Essentials Jobs in England

Cyber Essentials
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 423 526
Rank change year-on-year +45 +103 +50
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 594 617 884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.71% 0.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.97% 3.77% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 518 342 467
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,585 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,156 £43,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,938 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £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
England

Cyber Essentials 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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,958 16,365 23,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.46% 18.90% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 8,285 7,718 12,004
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £76,250 £73,813
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.75%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North of England +18 161 £53,750 +15.59% 29
South East +43 121 £55,000 - 29
London +69 118 £65,000 +15.06% 30
Midlands +49 100 £45,000 -19.64% 24
North West -40 87 £55,000 +22.22% 15
West Midlands +63 86 £45,000 -10.00% 16
South West -48 60 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Yorkshire +81 51 £55,000 - 11
East of England +8 31 £52,500 -4.55% 9
North East +13 23 £42,000 -19.04% 3
East Midlands -12 14 £45,982 -18.62% 8
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
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 36 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.35%) WordPress
4 6 (1.01%) Confluence
4 6 (1.01%) nginx
5 2 (0.34%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Drupal
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 57 (9.60%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.51%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.34%) Farmplan
1 2 (0.34%) KEYPrime
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
2 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 209 (35.19%) Microsoft 365
2 198 (33.33%) Azure
3 80 (13.47%) Entra ID
4 52 (8.75%) AWS
5 31 (5.22%) Cloud Computing
6 30 (5.05%) Power Platform
7 28 (4.71%) SaaS
8 23 (3.87%) IaaS
9 15 (2.53%) Google Workspace
10 14 (2.36%) PaaS
11 12 (2.02%) GCP
12 9 (1.52%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.01%) npm
13 6 (1.01%) Serverless
13 6 (1.01%) Yarn
14 5 (0.84%) Nutanix
14 5 (0.84%) WhatsApp
15 4 (0.67%) Power Automate
16 3 (0.51%) Mimecast
16 3 (0.51%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 152 (25.59%) Firewall
2 44 (7.41%) DNS
3 40 (6.73%) WAN
4 33 (5.56%) NAS
5 32 (5.39%) LAN
6 27 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (4.04%) Wireless
8 23 (3.87%) MPLS
9 21 (3.54%) DHCP
10 20 (3.37%) Network Security
11 17 (2.86%) 4G
11 17 (2.86%) 5G
12 16 (2.69%) Intranet
13 15 (2.53%) TCP/IP
13 15 (2.53%) VPN
14 14 (2.36%) VLAN
15 13 (2.19%) Intrusion Detection
16 11 (1.85%) Broadband
16 11 (1.85%) Internet
17 10 (1.68%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.21%) Power BI
2 12 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.01%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.01%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.17%) Lumira
6 1 (0.17%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (1.35%) JIRA
2 6 (1.01%) Cypress.io
2 6 (1.01%) Mocha
3 4 (0.67%) GitLab
4 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 220 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 87 (14.65%) Finance
3 55 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (8.25%) Law
5 45 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 33 (5.56%) Legal
7 29 (4.88%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.86%) Games
9 14 (2.36%) Retail
10 13 (2.19%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.35%) Automotive
15 8 (1.35%) Local Government
16 6 (1.01%) Advertising
16 6 (1.01%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.01%) Military
17 5 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (16.16%) Analyst
2 75 (12.63%) Security Analyst
3 66 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 65 (10.94%) Security Manager
5 45 (7.58%) Lead
6 39 (6.57%) Senior
7 37 (6.23%) Consultant
7 37 (6.23%) Information Analyst
7 37 (6.23%) Information Security Analyst
8 36 (6.06%) Service Manager
9 31 (5.22%) IT Support
10 30 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 29 (4.88%) Information Security Manager
12 27 (4.55%) Information Manager
13 25 (4.21%) Technical Manager
14 22 (3.70%) Architect
14 22 (3.70%) IT Engineer
15 21 (3.54%) Administrator
15 21 (3.54%) Security Officer
16 19 (3.20%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.68%) OAuth
2 9 (1.52%) ModSecurity
3 7 (1.18%) SAML
4 6 (1.01%) .NET
4 6 (1.01%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.01%) Express.js
4 6 (1.01%) GraphQL
4 6 (1.01%) gRPC
4 6 (1.01%) Jest
4 6 (1.01%) JWT
4 6 (1.01%) Kafka
4 6 (1.01%) MEAN Stack
4 6 (1.01%) MERN Stack
4 6 (1.01%) Mongoose
4 6 (1.01%) NestJS
4 6 (1.01%) Node.js
4 6 (1.01%) OAuth2
4 6 (1.01%) OpenAPI
4 6 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (1.01%) React
Miscellaneous
1 79 (13.30%) Management Information System
2 55 (9.26%) Driving Licence
3 46 (7.74%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (4.38%) Data Protection Act
4 26 (4.38%) Security Posture
5 25 (4.21%) IoT
6 24 (4.04%) NHS
7 20 (3.37%) Onboarding
8 19 (3.20%) Cyber Threat
9 18 (3.03%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (1.52%) ARM Cortex
12 9 (1.52%) CCTV
12 9 (1.52%) PKI
12 9 (1.52%) Replication
13 8 (1.35%) Cloud Native
14 7 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.18%) Product Ownership
15 6 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 138 (23.23%) Windows
2 89 (14.98%) Windows Server
3 37 (6.23%) Windows 10
4 27 (4.55%) Linux
5 21 (3.54%) Mac OS
6 18 (3.03%) Android
6 18 (3.03%) Apple iOS
7 17 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.35%) VMS
9 7 (1.18%) Debian
9 7 (1.18%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.51%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.51%) Unix
10 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (45.96%) Cybersecurity
2 237 (39.90%) Information Security
3 139 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (20.03%) ITIL
5 79 (13.30%) Data Protection
6 77 (12.96%) Incident Response
7 68 (11.45%) SIEM
8 66 (11.11%) Business Continuity
9 65 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 63 (10.61%) Risk Management
11 55 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (8.92%) Security Management
13 52 (8.75%) Security Operations
14 49 (8.25%) Customer Service
15 46 (7.74%) Penetration Testing
15 46 (7.74%) Service Delivery
16 43 (7.24%) ISMS
17 42 (7.07%) Data Security
18 41 (6.90%) Vulnerability Management
19 39 (6.57%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.21%) SQL
2 21 (3.54%) Bash
3 20 (3.37%) Python
4 14 (2.36%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.18%) Java
7 6 (1.01%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.01%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.51%) Go
9 2 (0.34%) Bicep
10 1 (0.17%) ABAP
10 1 (0.17%) C#
10 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 93 (15.66%) CISSP
2 72 (12.12%) Degree
3 68 (11.45%) Security Cleared
4 66 (11.11%) CISM
5 48 (8.08%) CISA
6 36 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (4.21%) Azure Certification
7 25 (4.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 21 (3.54%) DBS Check
8 21 (3.54%) SC Cleared
9 20 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (3.20%) CRISC
11 18 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 18 (3.03%) CCNA
11 18 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
12 17 (2.86%) CCNP
13 15 (2.53%) CCSP
13 15 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (2.02%) CCSK
15 10 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 331 (55.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 145 (24.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 142 (23.91%) GDPR
4 120 (20.20%) NIST
5 49 (8.25%) GRC
5 49 (8.25%) PCI DSS
6 37 (6.23%) NCSC
7 36 (6.06%) ISO 9001
8 26 (4.38%) SOC 2
9 23 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 23 (3.87%) SLA
10 20 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 17 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (1.68%) COSHH
13 9 (1.52%) COBIT
14 8 (1.35%) QA
15 7 (1.18%) PMO
16 6 (1.01%) Accessibility
17 5 (0.84%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.84%) TickIT
System Software
1 106 (17.85%) Active Directory
2 47 (7.91%) Hyper-V
3 23 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
3 23 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.03%) Docker
5 5 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.34%) pfSense
7 2 (0.34%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.17%) LXC
Systems Management
1 59 (9.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (6.23%) Single Sign-On
3 26 (4.38%) FortiGate
4 23 (3.87%) EnCase
5 12 (2.02%) Terraform
6 10 (1.68%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.01%) Grafana
7 6 (1.01%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.84%) SCCM
8 5 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.84%) WSUS
9 4 (0.67%) Ansible
9 4 (0.67%) Nessus
9 4 (0.67%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.34%) CASB
10 2 (0.34%) QRadar
11 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 260 (43.77%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.10%) Cisco
3 42 (7.07%) VMware
4 25 (4.21%) Fortinet
5 22 (3.70%) Sophos
6 21 (3.54%) Apple
6 21 (3.54%) Darktrace
7 20 (3.37%) HP
8 17 (2.86%) Google
8 17 (2.86%) NEC
9 16 (2.69%) Veeam
10 14 (2.36%) Dell
11 10 (1.68%) Meraki
12 9 (1.52%) Mitel
12 9 (1.52%) Ribbon
13 8 (1.35%) Barracuda Networks
13 8 (1.35%) Citrix
14 7 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
15 6 (1.01%) Draytek
15 6 (1.01%) ESET