Cyber Essentials Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
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 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 386 349
Rank change year-on-year +29 -37 +154
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 501 454 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.76% 0.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.20% 3.71% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 430 237 303
10th Percentile £32,497 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,636 12,241 12,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.60% 20.53% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,338 4,568 6,952
10th Percentile £25,625 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,900
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.39% +0.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,400 £75,975
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +13 160 £52,500 +12.90% 31
South East +45 117 £55,000 - 32
Midlands +67 105 £47,500 -15.18% 20
West Midlands +66 92 £53,750 +7.50% 9
North West -45 84 £55,000 +22.22% 15
South West -44 65 £55,000 -2.22% 14
Yorkshire +95 52 £55,000 -12.00% 13
East of England +15 30 £52,500 -4.55% 6
North East +11 24 £41,000 -25.45% 3
Scotland -57 19 £45,000 -18.18% 6
East Midlands -14 13 £45,000 -20.35% 11
Wales -5 5 £40,500 -32.50% 3
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
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 36 (7.19%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.40%) WordPress
4 4 (0.80%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 61 (12.18%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (10.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (6.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Shopify
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.20%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 173 (34.53%) Microsoft 365
2 161 (32.14%) Azure
3 81 (16.17%) Entra ID
4 31 (6.19%) Cloud Computing
5 29 (5.79%) AWS
6 28 (5.59%) Power Platform
7 20 (3.99%) SaaS
8 15 (2.99%) IaaS
9 8 (1.60%) WhatsApp
10 7 (1.40%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.40%) PaaS
11 5 (1.00%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.80%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.80%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.80%) Slack
13 3 (0.60%) OCI
14 2 (0.40%) GCP
14 2 (0.40%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.20%) Azure Sentinel
15 1 (0.20%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (19.36%) Firewall
2 43 (8.58%) WAN
3 37 (7.39%) LAN
4 26 (5.19%) DNS
5 22 (4.39%) NAS
6 21 (4.19%) MPLS
7 19 (3.79%) Network Security
8 18 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (3.39%) VoIP
10 16 (3.19%) Intranet
11 15 (2.99%) 4G
11 15 (2.99%) 5G
12 14 (2.79%) TCP/IP
13 13 (2.59%) VLAN
13 13 (2.59%) VPN
14 12 (2.40%) DHCP
14 12 (2.40%) Wireless
15 9 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
16 8 (1.60%) Cisco IPT
17 7 (1.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.99%) Power BI
2 6 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.80%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.20%) Lumira
5 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 206 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 62 (12.38%) Finance
3 41 (8.18%) Public Sector
4 40 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.39%) Law
6 26 (5.19%) Telecoms
7 23 (4.59%) Legal
8 11 (2.20%) Retail
9 10 (2.00%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.60%) Automotive
11 8 (1.60%) Local Government
12 7 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.20%) Military
14 5 (1.00%) Games
14 5 (1.00%) Publishing
15 4 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.60%) Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (14.37%) IT Manager
2 66 (13.17%) Analyst
3 55 (10.98%) Security Analyst
4 47 (9.38%) Security Manager
5 34 (6.79%) Service Manager
6 31 (6.19%) Lead
7 29 (5.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (5.39%) Consultant
8 27 (5.39%) IT Support
9 25 (4.99%) Technical Manager
10 22 (4.39%) Administrator
10 22 (4.39%) Security Consultant
10 22 (4.39%) Senior
11 21 (4.19%) Information Analyst
11 21 (4.19%) Information Security Analyst
12 20 (3.99%) Architect
12 20 (3.99%) IT Engineer
13 19 (3.79%) Support Engineer
14 18 (3.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 18 (3.59%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.60%) ModSecurity
2 4 (0.80%) SAML
3 3 (0.60%) EDI
4 2 (0.40%) CSS
4 2 (0.40%) HTML
4 2 (0.40%) LDAP
4 2 (0.40%) OAuth
4 2 (0.40%) OpenID
5 1 (0.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 70 (13.97%) Management Information System
2 60 (11.98%) Driving Licence
3 46 (9.18%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (5.19%) IoT
5 25 (4.99%) Security Posture
6 23 (4.59%) NHS
7 21 (4.19%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (3.19%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (2.00%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.80%) ARM Cortex
11 9 (1.80%) CCTV
11 9 (1.80%) PKI
12 8 (1.60%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.00%) Freedom of Information
13 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.00%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.00%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.80%) Clustering
14 4 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 111 (22.16%) Windows
2 68 (13.57%) Windows Server
3 30 (5.99%) Windows 10
4 17 (3.39%) Linux
5 16 (3.19%) Android
6 15 (2.99%) Apple iOS
7 12 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.00%) Mac OS
9 7 (1.40%) Debian
9 7 (1.40%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.40%) VMS
9 7 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.40%) Unix
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (47.11%) Cybersecurity
2 165 (32.93%) Information Security
3 126 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (21.36%) ITIL
5 71 (14.17%) Incident Response
6 59 (11.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 54 (10.78%) Data Protection
8 52 (10.38%) Risk Management
9 46 (9.18%) Customer Service
10 45 (8.98%) Service Delivery
10 45 (8.98%) SIEM
11 44 (8.78%) Business Continuity
12 42 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (8.38%) Security Management
13 39 (7.78%) Security Operations
13 39 (7.78%) Vulnerability Management
14 36 (7.19%) ISMS
15 33 (6.59%) Information Governance
16 31 (6.19%) Data Security
16 31 (6.19%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.19%) SQL
2 15 (2.99%) Python
3 11 (2.20%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.80%) Bash
5 5 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.40%) Bicep
7 1 (0.20%) ABAP
7 1 (0.20%) C#
7 1 (0.20%) Java
7 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 71 (14.17%) Security Cleared
2 69 (13.77%) Degree
3 55 (10.98%) CISSP
4 41 (8.18%) CISM
5 38 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (4.79%) CCNA
6 24 (4.79%) CISA
7 23 (4.59%) Azure Certification
8 21 (4.19%) DBS Check
9 18 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (3.39%) CCNP
11 16 (3.19%) SC Cleared
12 15 (2.99%) CRISC
13 14 (2.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 13 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (2.20%) CCSP
15 11 (2.20%) MCSE
16 10 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (2.00%) CTC Cleared
16 10 (2.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (53.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 129 (25.75%) GDPR
3 107 (21.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 87 (17.37%) NIST
5 40 (7.98%) ISO 9001
6 37 (7.39%) NCSC
7 35 (6.99%) PCI DSS
8 30 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 25 (4.99%) GRC
10 23 (4.59%) SLA
11 21 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 13 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (2.00%) COSHH
13 10 (2.00%) SOC 2
14 9 (1.80%) COBIT
14 9 (1.80%) QA
15 7 (1.40%) PMO
16 6 (1.20%) Accessibility
17 5 (1.00%) TickIT
18 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
System Software
1 77 (15.37%) Active Directory
2 41 (8.18%) Hyper-V
3 20 (3.99%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.60%) Docker
6 5 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.40%) pfSense
8 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (11.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (5.99%) EnCase
3 26 (5.19%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (3.99%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.40%) Terraform
6 5 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.80%) WSUS
8 3 (0.60%) Nessus
9 2 (0.40%) Ansible
9 2 (0.40%) CASB
9 2 (0.40%) SCCM
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 228 (45.51%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.78%) Cisco
3 30 (5.99%) VMware
4 26 (5.19%) Sophos
5 22 (4.39%) Fortinet
6 18 (3.59%) HP
7 17 (3.39%) Darktrace
8 15 (2.99%) NEC
8 15 (2.99%) Veeam
9 13 (2.59%) Dell
9 13 (2.59%) Mitel
10 10 (2.00%) Apple
11 9 (1.80%) Aruba
11 9 (1.80%) Ribbon
12 8 (1.60%) Acronis
12 8 (1.60%) Barracuda Networks
12 8 (1.60%) Citrix
13 7 (1.40%) Draytek
13 7 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.20%) Datto