CREST Certified Jobs in England

CREST Certification
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 734 800 1097
Rank change year-on-year +66 +297 -252
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 118 79 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.096% 0.072%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.28% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 98 40 75
10th Percentile £42,500 £51,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,813 £57,438 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £100,438 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £121,625 £97,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.23% +19.23% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,469 27,896 38,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.04% 33.75% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 15,718 12,868 17,018
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £38,691 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in England.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in England

CREST Certified
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
London +98 68 £70,000 -23.91% 11
North of England +35 17 £50,000 +42.86% 10
North West +2 14 £50,000 +33.33% 5
South East -7 14 £52,500 -28.81% 1
South West -30 9 £48,750 -50.00% 3
West Midlands -11 5 £100,000 - 1
Midlands -33 5 £100,000 - 1
Yorkshire +63 2 - - 5
North East - 1 - -
CREST Certified
UK

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (10.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (10.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (12.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.95%) Azure
2 17 (14.41%) AWS
3 10 (8.47%) GCP
4 7 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.54%) SaaS
7 1 (0.85%) IaaS
7 1 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.25%) Wireless
2 16 (13.56%) Firewall
3 15 (12.71%) TCP/IP
4 14 (11.86%) DNS
5 12 (10.17%) DHCP
6 8 (6.78%) HTTP
7 6 (5.08%) SMTP
7 6 (5.08%) SSL
8 5 (4.24%) Network Security
9 3 (2.54%) Internet
9 3 (2.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.69%) DMZ
10 2 (1.69%) SSH
10 2 (1.69%) tcpdump
10 2 (1.69%) VPN
10 2 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.69%) Wireless Security
10 2 (1.69%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 10 (8.47%) Burp Suite
1 10 (8.47%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (16.10%) Public Sector
2 17 (14.41%) Retail
3 16 (13.56%) Social Skills
4 15 (12.71%) Finance
5 13 (11.02%) Telecoms
6 12 (10.17%) Marketing
7 10 (8.47%) Law
8 9 (7.63%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.69%) Police
11 1 (0.85%) Automotive
11 1 (0.85%) Games
11 1 (0.85%) Local Government
11 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (35.59%) Penetration Tester
1 42 (35.59%) Tester
2 41 (34.75%) Senior
3 26 (22.03%) Lead
4 21 (17.80%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 21 (17.80%) Senior Tester
5 19 (16.10%) Team Leader
6 17 (14.41%) Consultant
6 17 (14.41%) Test Team Leader
7 16 (13.56%) Security Consultant
8 11 (9.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 9 (7.63%) Analyst
10 8 (6.78%) IT Support
10 8 (6.78%) Security Penetration Tester
10 8 (6.78%) Security Tester
11 4 (3.39%) Support Analyst
11 4 (3.39%) Technology Support Analyst
11 4 (3.39%) Testing Consultant
12 3 (2.54%) Senior Consultant
12 3 (2.54%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.34%) Cyber Threat
1 24 (20.34%) Cyberattack
2 18 (15.25%) Mobile App
3 12 (10.17%) Replication
4 9 (7.63%) IoT
4 9 (7.63%) Management Information System
5 8 (6.78%) Onboarding
5 8 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.39%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (3.39%) PKI
7 3 (2.54%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (2.54%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.69%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.85%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.85%) Robotics
9 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.71%) Windows
2 12 (10.17%) Windows 10
2 12 (10.17%) Windows Server
2 12 (10.17%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (8.47%) Kali Linux
4 4 (3.39%) Linux
5 3 (2.54%) Unix
6 1 (0.85%) Android
6 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (78.81%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (61.02%) Penetration Testing
3 33 (27.97%) Security Testing
4 32 (27.12%) Red Team
5 27 (22.88%) Incident Response
6 23 (19.49%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 23 (19.49%) Data Privacy
6 23 (19.49%) Mentoring
6 23 (19.49%) Threat Intelligence
6 23 (19.49%) Threat Modelling
7 20 (16.95%) Computer Science
8 19 (16.10%) Presales
8 19 (16.10%) Purple Team
9 18 (15.25%) OWASP
9 18 (15.25%) Social Engineering
10 17 (14.41%) Cryptography
11 15 (12.71%) Decision-Making
12 14 (11.86%) Information Security
12 14 (11.86%) Project Delivery
13 13 (11.02%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.71%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.78%) Python
3 4 (3.39%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.54%) Bash
4 3 (2.54%) Java
5 1 (0.85%) C#
5 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 41 (34.75%) Degree
2 34 (28.81%) Security Cleared
3 31 (26.27%) OSCP
4 21 (17.80%) SC Cleared
5 18 (15.25%) GIAC
6 16 (13.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (11.02%) CISSP
8 12 (10.17%) CHECK Team Member
8 12 (10.17%) MCSA
8 12 (10.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (10.17%) OSCE
9 11 (9.32%) CESG Certified Professional
9 11 (9.32%) CHECK Team Leader
9 11 (9.32%) CISMP
10 9 (7.63%) Cyber Scheme
11 8 (6.78%) Master's Degree
12 6 (5.08%) PCI QSA
12 6 (5.08%) Tigerscheme
13 5 (4.24%) CCSAM
14 4 (3.39%) CCSAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (11.86%) QA
3 13 (11.02%) GRC
4 11 (9.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 10 (8.47%) NIST
6 9 (7.63%) PCI DSS
7 7 (5.93%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.85%) GDPR
8 1 (0.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (10.17%) Active Directory
1 12 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.69%) Docker
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (8.47%) Nmap
2 9 (7.63%) Nessus
3 4 (3.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.69%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.85%) FTK
Vendors
1 13 (11.02%) VMware
2 12 (10.17%) Bloomberg
2 12 (10.17%) Cisco
2 12 (10.17%) FactSet
2 12 (10.17%) MobileIron
2 12 (10.17%) Refinitiv
3 11 (9.32%) Microsoft
4 10 (8.47%) Qualys
5 9 (7.63%) Google
6 2 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.85%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.85%) IBM
7 1 (0.85%) Red Hat