Cyber Essentials Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cyber Essentials
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 351 361 574
Rank change year-on-year +10 +213 -116
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 260 336 299
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.77% 0.82% 0.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.05% 5.64% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 232 179 237
10th Percentile £36,825 £39,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £44,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £68,375 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,297 5,961 11,146
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.76% 14.55% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 4,032 6,086
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

Cyber Essentials
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Essentials trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Essentials salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Cyber Essentials salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.31%) nginx
4 4 (1.54%) Confluence
5 3 (1.15%) WordPress
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.38%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 103 (39.62%) Azure
2 87 (33.46%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (17.69%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.85%) Cloud Computing
5 20 (7.69%) AWS
6 11 (4.23%) Google Workspace
6 11 (4.23%) IaaS
7 10 (3.85%) SaaS
8 8 (3.08%) GCP
8 8 (3.08%) WhatsApp
9 6 (2.31%) npm
9 6 (2.31%) Serverless
9 6 (2.31%) Yarn
10 5 (1.92%) PaaS
10 5 (1.92%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.54%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.54%) Slack
12 3 (1.15%) OCI
13 2 (0.77%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 67 (25.77%) Firewall
2 24 (9.23%) DNS
3 22 (8.46%) WAN
4 17 (6.54%) Wireless
5 15 (5.77%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (5.38%) LAN
7 11 (4.23%) Broadband
7 11 (4.23%) NAS
7 11 (4.23%) Network Security
8 10 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (3.85%) SD-WAN
9 9 (3.46%) MPLS
10 7 (2.69%) Internet
10 7 (2.69%) PBX
10 7 (2.69%) VLAN
11 6 (2.31%) 4G
11 6 (2.31%) 5G
11 6 (2.31%) AMQP
11 6 (2.31%) Cisco IPT
11 6 (2.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.31%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.31%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.77%) Power BI
5 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.38%) Lumira
5 1 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (2.31%) Cypress.io
1 6 (2.31%) Mocha
2 4 (1.54%) JIRA
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 91 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 30 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.62%) Finance
4 24 (9.23%) Law
5 12 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.23%) Games
6 11 (4.23%) Legal
7 10 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.31%) Military
9 6 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.92%) Automotive
10 5 (1.92%) Retail
11 4 (1.54%) Publishing
12 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.77%) Local Government
14 1 (0.38%) Banking
14 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 45 (17.31%) Analyst
2 40 (15.38%) Security Manager
3 39 (15.00%) Security Analyst
4 24 (9.23%) Senior
5 23 (8.85%) IT Manager
6 21 (8.08%) Consultant
7 19 (7.31%) Information Analyst
7 19 (7.31%) Information Security Analyst
7 19 (7.31%) Service Manager
8 18 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (6.54%) Information Security Manager
10 16 (6.15%) IT Support
11 15 (5.77%) Information Manager
11 15 (5.77%) IT Engineer
12 14 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 14 (5.38%) Technical Manager
13 13 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 13 (5.00%) IT Consultant
13 13 (5.00%) Security Officer
13 13 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.31%) .NET
1 6 (2.31%) AngularJS
1 6 (2.31%) Express.js
1 6 (2.31%) GraphQL
1 6 (2.31%) gRPC
1 6 (2.31%) Jest
1 6 (2.31%) JWT
1 6 (2.31%) Kafka
1 6 (2.31%) MEAN Stack
1 6 (2.31%) MERN Stack
1 6 (2.31%) ModSecurity
1 6 (2.31%) Mongoose
1 6 (2.31%) NestJS
1 6 (2.31%) Node.js
1 6 (2.31%) OAuth
1 6 (2.31%) OAuth2
1 6 (2.31%) OpenAPI
1 6 (2.31%) RabbitMQ
1 6 (2.31%) React
2 2 (0.77%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.38%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.77%) IoT
3 13 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.23%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.46%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.69%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.31%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.92%) Freedom of Information
8 5 (1.92%) NHS
8 5 (1.92%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.54%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.54%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.54%) Replication
10 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 62 (23.85%) Windows
2 31 (11.92%) Windows Server
3 15 (5.77%) Mac OS
4 11 (4.23%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.85%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.69%) Android
7 5 (1.92%) Linux
7 5 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.77%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.77%) Unix
8 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
2 104 (40.00%) Information Security
3 60 (23.08%) ITIL
4 48 (18.46%) Data Protection
5 44 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (16.92%) SIEM
6 42 (16.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 35 (13.46%) Business Continuity
8 31 (11.92%) Penetration Testing
8 31 (11.92%) Risk Management
9 24 (9.23%) Security Management
10 22 (8.46%) ISMS
10 22 (8.46%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 21 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (8.08%) Security Operations
12 20 (7.69%) Incident Management
13 19 (7.31%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (6.92%) Risk Assessment
14 18 (6.92%) Roadmaps
15 16 (6.15%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.62%) Bash
2 9 (3.46%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.69%) Java
4 6 (2.31%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.31%) Kotlin
4 6 (2.31%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.15%) SQL
6 2 (0.77%) Python
7 1 (0.38%) ABAP
7 1 (0.38%) C#
7 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 45 (17.31%) CISSP
2 42 (16.15%) CISM
3 27 (10.38%) CISA
4 24 (9.23%) Degree
5 22 (8.46%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (7.69%) Security Cleared
7 19 (7.31%) CCNA
8 18 (6.92%) Azure Certification
9 17 (6.54%) CCNP
10 14 (5.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 14 (5.38%) SC Cleared
11 10 (3.85%) CRISC
12 9 (3.46%) PMI Certification
12 9 (3.46%) PMP
13 7 (2.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.54%) ISACA
15 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (1.15%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (61.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (25.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 49 (18.85%) NIST
4 31 (11.92%) GDPR
5 24 (9.23%) GRC
6 23 (8.85%) SOC 2
7 20 (7.69%) PCI DSS
8 18 (6.92%) SLA
9 16 (6.15%) NCSC
10 4 (1.54%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.54%) COBIT
10 4 (1.54%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.15%) QA
12 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.77%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 50 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.77%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.69%) Docker
5 2 (0.77%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 44 (16.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (7.31%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (3.08%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.69%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.31%) Grafana
5 6 (2.31%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.54%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.77%) CASB
7 2 (0.77%) Nessus
7 2 (0.77%) SCCM
7 2 (0.77%) WSUS
8 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.38%) QRadar
8 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 96 (36.92%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.46%) Cisco
3 29 (11.15%) Fortinet
4 21 (8.08%) VMware
5 17 (6.54%) Apple
6 11 (4.23%) Darktrace
6 11 (4.23%) Google
7 10 (3.85%) Veeam
8 6 (2.31%) HP
8 6 (2.31%) NEC
9 4 (1.54%) Aruba
9 4 (1.54%) Barracuda Networks
9 4 (1.54%) BT
9 4 (1.54%) Canon
9 4 (1.54%) Intel
9 4 (1.54%) Sophos
10 3 (1.15%) Juniper
10 3 (1.15%) Oracle
10 3 (1.15%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.15%) SolarWinds