CREST Certified Jobs with Work from Home Options

CREST Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 536 573 807
Rank change year-on-year +37 +234 -251
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 53 81 66
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.20% 0.094%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.78% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 42 27 54
10th Percentile £45,175 £54,000 £48,875
25th Percentile £48,750 £65,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -16.13%
75th Percentile £92,188 £92,500 £82,188
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,548 10,383 16,258
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.22% 25.59% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,897 6,327 8,719
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
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
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CREST Certified trend for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CREST Certified.

CREST Certified salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CREST Certified over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

CREST Certified salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (15.09%) Azure
2 6 (11.32%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.55%) AWS
4 1 (1.89%) GCP
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.64%) Wireless
2 11 (20.75%) Firewall
3 3 (5.66%) Network Security
4 2 (3.77%) Internet
4 2 (3.77%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (3.77%) Wireless Security
5 1 (1.89%) HTTP
5 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.89%) SMTP
5 1 (1.89%) SSL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Burp Suite
1 5 (9.43%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Finance
3 9 (16.98%) Retail
3 9 (16.98%) Telecoms
4 8 (15.09%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (13.21%) Law
6 6 (11.32%) Marketing
7 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 27 (50.94%) Penetration Tester
1 27 (50.94%) Tester
2 20 (37.74%) Senior
3 16 (30.19%) Lead
4 15 (28.30%) Team Leader
5 14 (26.42%) Test Team Leader
6 12 (22.64%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 12 (22.64%) Senior Tester
7 6 (11.32%) Security Penetration Tester
7 6 (11.32%) Security Tester
8 5 (9.43%) Consultant
9 4 (7.55%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (7.55%) Senior Testing Consultant
9 4 (7.55%) Testing Consultant
10 3 (5.66%) Security Consultant
10 3 (5.66%) Senior Security Consultant
11 2 (3.77%) Analyst
11 2 (3.77%) Graduate
11 2 (3.77%) Graduate Tester
11 2 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) Mobile App
2 6 (11.32%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.55%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (5.66%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (5.66%) IoT
4 3 (5.66%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.77%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.77%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.89%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Kali Linux
2 4 (7.55%) Unix
2 4 (7.55%) Windows
3 2 (3.77%) Linux
4 1 (1.89%) Android
4 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (90.57%) Penetration Testing
2 32 (60.38%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (47.17%) Red Team
4 24 (45.28%) Security Testing
5 18 (33.96%) Data Privacy
5 18 (33.96%) Mentoring
6 17 (32.08%) Information Security
7 14 (26.42%) Presales
8 12 (22.64%) Application Security
8 12 (22.64%) Computer Science
9 11 (20.75%) Decision-Making
10 10 (18.87%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (18.87%) Creative Thinking
10 10 (18.87%) Project Delivery
10 10 (18.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 9 (16.98%) Cloud Security
11 9 (16.98%) Incident Response
11 9 (16.98%) OWASP
11 9 (16.98%) Service Catalogue
11 9 (16.98%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.09%) Python
2 4 (7.55%) Bash
3 3 (5.66%) Java
3 3 (5.66%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.77%) C#
5 1 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) OSCP
2 16 (30.19%) Degree
3 15 (28.30%) CHECK Team Member
4 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
5 13 (24.53%) Cyber Scheme
6 11 (20.75%) SC Cleared
7 10 (18.87%) CHECK Team Leader
7 10 (18.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (13.21%) PCI QSA
9 6 (11.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (11.32%) Tigerscheme
10 5 (9.43%) OSCE
11 4 (7.55%) CEH
11 4 (7.55%) CISSP
11 4 (7.55%) GPEN
11 4 (7.55%) Master's Degree
12 2 (3.77%) GIAC
12 2 (3.77%) PhD
13 1 (1.89%) CCSAS
13 1 (1.89%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) PCI DSS
1 9 (16.98%) QA
2 8 (15.09%) NIST
3 7 (13.21%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (11.32%) GRC
5 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.89%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (9.43%) Nmap
2 3 (5.66%) Nessus
3 1 (1.89%) FTK
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) Qualys
3 2 (3.77%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.89%) Carbon Black
4 1 (1.89%) IBM