Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 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 663 639 512
Rank change year-on-year -24 -127 +110
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 112 115 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.20% 0.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.16% 0.99% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 99 70 98
10th Percentile £30,550 £35,900 £34,850
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68,125 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 - £77,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,708
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.06% +37.07%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,665 11,641 12,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.06% 20.04% 17.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,306 4,497 7,008
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £35,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,825
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.55% +0.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,950 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.75%

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS within the UK excluding London 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 +49 40 £60,000 -7.69% 13
North West +17 30 £46,750 +0.54% 6
South East +1 28 £45,922 -38.77% 12
South West -45 17 £50,000 -23.08% 6
Midlands 0 15 £41,625 +12.50% 11
West Midlands +15 14 £40,750 +13.19% 9
East of England 0 8 £48,750 -27.78% 4
Yorkshire +68 7 £61,250 -12.50% 5
Scotland -56 4 £45,000 +17.70%
North East -5 3 £80,000 +5.61% 2
East Midlands - 1 £42,500 - 2
Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.89%) Apache
2 1 (0.89%) IIS
2 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.89%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (24.11%) Azure
2 26 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.39%) Entra ID
4 12 (10.71%) SaaS
5 6 (5.36%) AWS
6 5 (4.46%) IaaS
7 3 (2.68%) PaaS
8 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.89%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (20.54%) Firewall
2 9 (8.04%) Cisco IPT
3 6 (5.36%) LAN
3 6 (5.36%) MPLS
3 6 (5.36%) Network Security
3 6 (5.36%) SD-WAN
3 6 (5.36%) Wireless
4 5 (4.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (4.46%) VPN
5 4 (3.57%) VLAN
6 3 (2.68%) DKIM
6 3 (2.68%) DMARC
7 1 (0.89%) NAS
7 1 (0.89%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (12.50%) Finance
3 6 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (5.36%) Law
3 6 (5.36%) Local Government
3 6 (5.36%) Manufacturing
3 6 (5.36%) Military
4 5 (4.46%) Automotive
5 4 (3.57%) Legal
5 4 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.68%) Publishing
6 3 (2.68%) Retail
7 2 (1.79%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.79%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (16.07%) Analyst
1 18 (16.07%) Security Analyst
2 15 (13.39%) Security Manager
3 12 (10.71%) Lead
3 12 (10.71%) Security Officer
4 10 (8.93%) IT Technician
5 9 (8.04%) Information Analyst
5 9 (8.04%) Information Security Analyst
6 8 (7.14%) IT Manager
7 7 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.25%) IT Support
7 7 (6.25%) IT Support Technician
7 7 (6.25%) Support Technician
8 6 (5.36%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 6 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 6 (5.36%) First Line Help Desk Support
8 6 (5.36%) Help Desk Support
8 6 (5.36%) Help Desk Support Technician
8 6 (5.36%) Information Manager
8 6 (5.36%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.04%) ModSecurity
2 1 (0.89%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 12 (10.71%) Data Centre
3 9 (8.04%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (6.25%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.36%) CCTV
6 5 (4.46%) IoT
7 4 (3.57%) NHS
8 2 (1.79%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.79%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.89%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.89%) Life Science
9 1 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.50%) Windows
2 8 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.46%) Android
3 5 (4.46%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.46%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (51.79%) Cybersecurity
1 58 (51.79%) Information Security
2 20 (17.86%) Security Management
3 19 (16.96%) ISMS
4 17 (15.18%) SIEM
5 16 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 16 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 14 (12.50%) ITIL
6 14 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 13 (11.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (11.61%) Penetration Testing
8 11 (9.82%) Mentoring
9 10 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (8.93%) Data Security
9 10 (8.93%) Internal Audit
9 10 (8.93%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (8.93%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 9 (8.04%) Data Governance
10 9 (8.04%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (25.89%) CISSP
2 28 (25.00%) CISM
3 22 (19.64%) CISA
4 18 (16.07%) Security Cleared
5 16 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 11 (9.82%) Degree
7 10 (8.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 9 (8.04%) CRISC
9 7 (6.25%) DBS Check
10 6 (5.36%) DV Cleared
11 4 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (3.57%) ISSMP
12 2 (1.79%) AAT
13 1 (0.89%) CESG Certified Professional
13 1 (0.89%) CIMA
13 1 (0.89%) CIPD
13 1 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 84 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (22.32%) NIST
4 20 (17.86%) GDPR
4 20 (17.86%) NCSC
5 12 (10.71%) PCI DSS
6 9 (8.04%) GRC
7 7 (6.25%) SOC 2
8 6 (5.36%) ISO 9001
9 4 (3.57%) TickIT
10 2 (1.79%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.89%) FISMA
11 1 (0.89%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.89%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.89%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.89%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.36%) Active Directory
1 6 (5.36%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.79%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (1.79%) Ansible
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.79%) Nessus
1 2 (1.79%) Terraform
2 1 (0.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.14%) Cisco
3 4 (3.57%) Barracuda Networks
3 4 (3.57%) Citrix
3 4 (3.57%) Dell
3 4 (3.57%) ESET
3 4 (3.57%) Meraki
4 3 (2.68%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.79%) Facebook
5 2 (1.79%) VMware
6 1 (0.89%) CA