Cyber Essentials Jobs in England

Cyber Essentials
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 420 526
Rank change year-on-year +32 +106 +57
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 605 606 886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.72% 0.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.01% 3.84% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 518 337 463
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,816 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,477 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12,084 15,787 23,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.28% 18.76% 16.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,321 7,618 11,992
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +12 163 £53,750 +13.16% 25
South East +39 125 £55,000 - 31
London +53 122 £65,000 +14.04% 26
Midlands +40 99 £47,232 -15.66% 23
North West -44 88 £55,000 +22.22% 14
West Midlands +38 85 £47,500 -1.09% 14
South West -48 61 £55,000 -12.00% 13
Yorkshire +67 52 £55,000 +1.85% 8
East of England +11 32 £52,500 -4.55% 7
North East +10 23 £42,000 -23.64% 3
East Midlands -16 14 £45,982 -18.62% 9
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
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 36 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.32%) WordPress
4 6 (0.99%) Confluence
4 6 (0.99%) nginx
5 2 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Drupal
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 57 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.33%) Farmplan
1 2 (0.33%) KEYPrime
1 2 (0.33%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
2 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 212 (35.04%) Microsoft 365
2 204 (33.72%) Azure
3 82 (13.55%) Entra ID
4 54 (8.93%) AWS
5 31 (5.12%) Cloud Computing
5 31 (5.12%) Power Platform
6 29 (4.79%) SaaS
7 25 (4.13%) IaaS
8 16 (2.64%) PaaS
9 15 (2.48%) Google Workspace
10 12 (1.98%) GCP
11 9 (1.49%) OneDrive
12 6 (0.99%) npm
12 6 (0.99%) Nutanix
12 6 (0.99%) Serverless
12 6 (0.99%) WhatsApp
12 6 (0.99%) Yarn
13 4 (0.66%) Mimecast
13 4 (0.66%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.50%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 155 (25.62%) Firewall
2 45 (7.44%) DNS
3 41 (6.78%) WAN
4 34 (5.62%) NAS
5 33 (5.45%) LAN
6 30 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (3.80%) MPLS
7 23 (3.80%) Wireless
8 22 (3.64%) DHCP
9 20 (3.31%) Network Security
10 17 (2.81%) 4G
10 17 (2.81%) 5G
11 16 (2.64%) Intranet
11 16 (2.64%) TCP/IP
12 15 (2.48%) VPN
13 14 (2.31%) VLAN
14 13 (2.15%) Intrusion Detection
15 12 (1.98%) Internet
16 11 (1.82%) Broadband
17 10 (1.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.13%) Power BI
2 13 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.99%) MongoDB
3 6 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.99%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.17%) Lumira
6 1 (0.17%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (1.32%) JIRA
2 6 (0.99%) Cypress.io
2 6 (0.99%) Mocha
3 4 (0.66%) GitLab
4 3 (0.50%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 222 (36.69%) Social Skills
2 88 (14.55%) Finance
3 57 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.93%) Law
5 44 (7.27%) Public Sector
6 33 (5.45%) Legal
7 29 (4.79%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.81%) Games
9 15 (2.48%) Retail
10 14 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.32%) Automotive
16 7 (1.16%) Local Government
17 6 (0.99%) Advertising
17 6 (0.99%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.99%) Military
18 5 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 100 (16.53%) Analyst
2 78 (12.89%) Security Analyst
3 67 (11.07%) IT Manager
4 66 (10.91%) Security Manager
5 46 (7.60%) Lead
6 40 (6.61%) Senior
7 38 (6.28%) Consultant
7 38 (6.28%) Information Analyst
7 38 (6.28%) Information Security Analyst
7 38 (6.28%) Service Manager
8 32 (5.29%) IT Support
9 30 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 29 (4.79%) Information Security Manager
11 27 (4.46%) Information Manager
12 26 (4.30%) Technical Manager
13 23 (3.80%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.64%) Architect
14 22 (3.64%) Security Officer
15 21 (3.47%) Administrator
16 19 (3.14%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.65%) OAuth
2 9 (1.49%) ModSecurity
3 7 (1.16%) SAML
4 6 (0.99%) .NET
4 6 (0.99%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.99%) Express.js
4 6 (0.99%) GraphQL
4 6 (0.99%) gRPC
4 6 (0.99%) Jest
4 6 (0.99%) JWT
4 6 (0.99%) Kafka
4 6 (0.99%) MEAN Stack
4 6 (0.99%) MERN Stack
4 6 (0.99%) Mongoose
4 6 (0.99%) NestJS
4 6 (0.99%) Node.js
4 6 (0.99%) OAuth2
4 6 (0.99%) OpenAPI
4 6 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
4 6 (0.99%) React
Miscellaneous
1 79 (13.06%) Management Information System
2 54 (8.93%) Driving Licence
3 48 (7.93%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (4.63%) Data Protection Act
5 25 (4.13%) IoT
5 25 (4.13%) NHS
5 25 (4.13%) Security Posture
6 20 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
6 20 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.98%) Data Centre
8 14 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.82%) Replication
11 10 (1.65%) PKI
12 9 (1.49%) ARM Cortex
12 9 (1.49%) CCTV
13 7 (1.16%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.16%) Product Ownership
14 6 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 142 (23.47%) Windows
2 91 (15.04%) Windows Server
3 38 (6.28%) Windows 10
4 27 (4.46%) Linux
5 21 (3.47%) Mac OS
6 20 (3.31%) Android
6 20 (3.31%) Apple iOS
7 18 (2.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.32%) VMS
9 7 (1.16%) Debian
9 7 (1.16%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.50%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.33%) Unix
12 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (46.12%) Cybersecurity
2 245 (40.50%) Information Security
3 139 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (20.17%) ITIL
5 82 (13.55%) Data Protection
6 78 (12.89%) Incident Response
7 70 (11.57%) Business Continuity
8 68 (11.24%) SIEM
9 67 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 62 (10.25%) Risk Management
11 55 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (8.60%) Security Management
12 52 (8.60%) Security Operations
13 49 (8.10%) Customer Service
14 48 (7.93%) Service Delivery
15 47 (7.77%) Penetration Testing
16 43 (7.11%) ISMS
17 42 (6.94%) Data Security
18 41 (6.78%) Vulnerability Management
19 40 (6.61%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.13%) SQL
2 21 (3.47%) Bash
3 20 (3.31%) Python
4 15 (2.48%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.16%) Java
7 6 (0.99%) Kotlin
7 6 (0.99%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.50%) Go
9 2 (0.33%) Bicep
10 1 (0.17%) ABAP
10 1 (0.17%) C#
10 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 93 (15.37%) CISSP
2 72 (11.90%) Degree
3 67 (11.07%) CISM
3 67 (11.07%) Security Cleared
4 48 (7.93%) CISA
5 35 (5.79%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (4.30%) Azure Certification
7 25 (4.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 22 (3.64%) DBS Check
9 21 (3.47%) SC Cleared
10 20 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (3.14%) CRISC
12 18 (2.98%) CCNA
12 18 (2.98%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (2.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 17 (2.81%) CCNP
14 15 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (2.31%) CCSP
16 11 (1.82%) CCSK
17 10 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 341 (56.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 149 (24.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 148 (24.46%) GDPR
4 118 (19.50%) NIST
5 51 (8.43%) PCI DSS
6 50 (8.26%) GRC
7 39 (6.45%) NCSC
8 36 (5.95%) ISO 9001
9 27 (4.46%) SOC 2
10 24 (3.97%) SLA
11 22 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 20 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 18 (2.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (1.65%) COSHH
15 9 (1.49%) COBIT
16 8 (1.32%) QA
17 7 (1.16%) PMO
18 6 (0.99%) Accessibility
19 5 (0.83%) TickIT
20 4 (0.66%) NIST 800
System Software
1 107 (17.69%) Active Directory
2 48 (7.93%) Hyper-V
3 25 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (2.98%) Docker
6 5 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.33%) pfSense
8 2 (0.33%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.17%) LXC
Systems Management
1 62 (10.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (6.12%) Single Sign-On
3 26 (4.30%) FortiGate
4 22 (3.64%) EnCase
5 12 (1.98%) Terraform
6 10 (1.65%) Kubernetes
7 6 (0.99%) Grafana
7 6 (0.99%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.99%) SCCM
8 5 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.83%) PaperCut
8 5 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.83%) WSUS
9 4 (0.66%) Ansible
9 4 (0.66%) Nessus
10 2 (0.33%) CASB
10 2 (0.33%) QRadar
11 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.17%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 265 (43.80%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.25%) Cisco
3 44 (7.27%) VMware
4 26 (4.30%) Fortinet
5 22 (3.64%) Sophos
6 21 (3.47%) Apple
6 21 (3.47%) Darktrace
7 20 (3.31%) HP
8 18 (2.98%) Veeam
9 17 (2.81%) Google
9 17 (2.81%) NEC
10 14 (2.31%) Dell
11 11 (1.82%) Meraki
12 10 (1.65%) Mitel
13 9 (1.49%) Ribbon
14 8 (1.32%) Barracuda Networks
14 8 (1.32%) Citrix
15 7 (1.16%) Ubiquiti
16 6 (0.99%) ESET
16 6 (0.99%) Sage