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 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 359 388 356
Rank change year-on-year +29 -32 +132
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 498 454 688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.78% 0.93%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.15% 3.90% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 424 239 313
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,973 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
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 9,665 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
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 28 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 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% 28
South East +43 121 £55,000 - 30
Midlands +49 100 £45,000 -19.64% 24
North West -40 87 £55,000 +22.22% 14
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
Scotland -62 19 £45,000 -18.18% 4
East Midlands -12 14 £45,982 -18.62% 8
Wales -10 5 £40,500 - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
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 (7.23%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.41%) WordPress
4 6 (1.20%) Confluence
5 2 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 55 (11.04%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (9.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (5.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) 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
1 175 (35.14%) Microsoft 365
2 168 (33.73%) Azure
3 82 (16.47%) Entra ID
4 34 (6.83%) AWS
5 31 (6.22%) Cloud Computing
6 30 (6.02%) Power Platform
7 22 (4.42%) SaaS
8 16 (3.21%) IaaS
9 9 (1.81%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.41%) PaaS
11 5 (1.00%) GCP
11 5 (1.00%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.00%) WhatsApp
12 4 (0.80%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.80%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.60%) GitHub
13 3 (0.60%) OCI
13 3 (0.60%) Slack
14 2 (0.40%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.20%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 95 (19.08%) Firewall
2 43 (8.63%) WAN
3 35 (7.03%) LAN
4 27 (5.42%) DNS
5 23 (4.62%) MPLS
6 22 (4.42%) NAS
7 20 (4.02%) Network Security
8 17 (3.41%) 4G
8 17 (3.41%) 5G
8 17 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (3.21%) Intranet
10 14 (2.81%) DHCP
10 14 (2.81%) TCP/IP
10 14 (2.81%) VPN
11 13 (2.61%) VLAN
12 12 (2.41%) VoIP
12 12 (2.41%) Wireless
13 9 (1.81%) Cisco IPT
13 9 (1.81%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (1.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.02%) Power BI
2 6 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.00%) 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 8 (1.61%) JIRA
2 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.60%) GitLab
General
1 195 (39.16%) Social Skills
2 65 (13.05%) Finance
3 40 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.23%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.82%) Telecoms
6 25 (5.02%) Law
7 19 (3.82%) Legal
8 12 (2.41%) Retail
9 10 (2.01%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.61%) Automotive
11 8 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.61%) Local Government
12 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.20%) Military
13 5 (1.00%) Games
13 5 (1.00%) Publishing
14 4 (0.80%) Advertising
14 4 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (13.45%) IT Manager
2 60 (12.05%) Analyst
3 51 (10.24%) Security Analyst
4 48 (9.64%) Security Manager
5 34 (6.83%) Service Manager
6 32 (6.43%) Lead
7 31 (6.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (5.22%) Consultant
8 26 (5.22%) IT Support
9 25 (5.02%) Technical Manager
10 22 (4.42%) Architect
11 21 (4.22%) Administrator
11 21 (4.22%) Security Consultant
11 21 (4.22%) Senior
12 20 (4.02%) Information Analyst
12 20 (4.02%) Information Security Analyst
13 19 (3.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 19 (3.82%) IT Engineer
14 18 (3.61%) Security Officer
14 18 (3.61%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.81%) ModSecurity
2 6 (1.20%) SAML
3 2 (0.40%) CSS
3 2 (0.40%) HTML
3 2 (0.40%) LDAP
3 2 (0.40%) OAuth
3 2 (0.40%) OpenID
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.86%) Management Information System
2 55 (11.04%) Driving Licence
3 45 (9.04%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (5.42%) IoT
5 24 (4.82%) NHS
6 23 (4.62%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (4.62%) Security Posture
7 17 (3.41%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (1.81%) ARM Cortex
9 9 (1.81%) CCTV
9 9 (1.81%) PKI
10 8 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.41%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.20%) Freedom of Information
12 6 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.00%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 109 (21.89%) Windows
2 67 (13.45%) Windows Server
3 30 (6.02%) Windows 10
4 18 (3.61%) Linux
5 17 (3.41%) Android
6 16 (3.21%) Apple iOS
7 13 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.81%) Mac OS
9 7 (1.41%) Debian
9 7 (1.41%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.41%) VMS
9 7 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.60%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.40%) Unix
11 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (46.18%) Cybersecurity
2 166 (33.33%) Information Security
3 120 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (21.89%) ITIL
5 62 (12.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 61 (12.25%) Incident Response
7 57 (11.45%) Data Protection
8 49 (9.84%) Risk Management
9 46 (9.24%) Business Continuity
10 45 (9.04%) Customer Service
11 44 (8.84%) SIEM
12 43 (8.63%) Service Delivery
13 42 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 42 (8.43%) Security Management
14 38 (7.63%) Security Operations
15 37 (7.43%) ISMS
16 34 (6.83%) Vulnerability Management
17 33 (6.63%) Information Governance
18 32 (6.43%) Data Security
18 32 (6.43%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.22%) SQL
2 18 (3.61%) Python
3 12 (2.41%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.81%) Bash
5 5 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.60%) Go
7 2 (0.40%) Bicep
8 1 (0.20%) ABAP
8 1 (0.20%) C#
8 1 (0.20%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 65 (13.05%) Degree
2 64 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 58 (11.65%) CISSP
4 43 (8.63%) CISM
5 36 (7.23%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (5.22%) CISA
7 23 (4.62%) Azure Certification
8 22 (4.42%) CCNA
9 21 (4.22%) DBS Check
10 17 (3.41%) CCNP
10 17 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (3.41%) SC Cleared
11 15 (3.01%) CRISC
12 14 (2.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (2.21%) CCSP
15 10 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (2.01%) CTC Cleared
15 10 (2.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 9 (1.81%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (52.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (26.71%) GDPR
3 112 (22.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 87 (17.47%) NIST
5 40 (8.03%) PCI DSS
6 38 (7.63%) NCSC
7 33 (6.63%) ISO 9001
8 28 (5.62%) GRC
9 24 (4.82%) SLA
10 23 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 21 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 15 (3.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (2.01%) COSHH
13 10 (2.01%) SOC 2
14 9 (1.81%) COBIT
15 8 (1.61%) QA
16 7 (1.41%) PMO
17 6 (1.20%) Accessibility
18 5 (1.00%) TickIT
19 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
System Software
1 80 (16.06%) Active Directory
2 42 (8.43%) Hyper-V
3 22 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (2.01%) 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
9 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 60 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (5.22%) Single Sign-On
3 23 (4.62%) EnCase
4 20 (4.02%) FortiGate
5 10 (2.01%) Terraform
6 5 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.80%) Ansible
7 4 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.80%) WSUS
8 3 (0.60%) Nessus
8 3 (0.60%) SCCM
9 2 (0.40%) CASB
9 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 222 (44.58%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.44%) Cisco
3 26 (5.22%) Sophos
3 26 (5.22%) VMware
4 23 (4.62%) Fortinet
5 19 (3.82%) Darktrace
5 19 (3.82%) HP
6 17 (3.41%) NEC
7 15 (3.01%) Veeam
8 13 (2.61%) Dell
8 13 (2.61%) Mitel
9 9 (1.81%) Apple
9 9 (1.81%) Aruba
9 9 (1.81%) Ribbon
10 8 (1.61%) Barracuda Networks
10 8 (1.61%) Citrix
11 7 (1.41%) Ubiquiti
12 6 (1.20%) Acronis
12 6 (1.20%) Draytek
12 6 (1.20%) ESET