Cyber Essentials Jobs in the North West

Cyber Essentials
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 210 166 227
Rank change year-on-year -44 +61 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 88 135 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.82% 1.83% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.85% 8.47% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 69 34 69
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,813 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £66,250 £51,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,285 1,593 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.04% 21.55% 17.07%
Number of salaries quoted 901 487 890
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the North West

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the North West.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the North West

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the North West

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the North West 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
Manchester -38 52 £57,500 +35.29% 11
Cheshire - 19 £40,000 - 2
Merseyside +7 5 £62,500 +10.62%
Lancashire -14 5 £45,000 -5.26% 1
Cumbria -18 5 £31,000 -31.11%
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.41%) Confluence
3 1 (1.14%) Apache
3 1 (1.14%) IIS
3 1 (1.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.14%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (1.14%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.32%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (12.50%) Azure
3 8 (9.09%) SaaS
4 4 (4.55%) AWS
4 4 (4.55%) IaaS
4 4 (4.55%) PaaS
5 3 (3.41%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.41%) GCP
5 3 (3.41%) GitHub
6 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.36%) Firewall
2 6 (6.82%) Network Security
3 5 (5.68%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.27%) DNS
4 2 (2.27%) Internet
5 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.14%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.14%) VPN
5 1 (1.14%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Bitbucket
1 3 (3.41%) GitLab
1 3 (3.41%) JIRA
General
1 36 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (4.55%) Legal
4 3 (3.41%) Finance
4 3 (3.41%) Law
5 2 (2.27%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.27%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.27%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (28.41%) Security Manager
2 20 (22.73%) Analyst
3 14 (15.91%) Security Analyst
4 13 (14.77%) Information Manager
4 13 (14.77%) Information Security Manager
4 13 (14.77%) IT Manager
5 8 (9.09%) Information Analyst
5 8 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
5 8 (9.09%) Service Manager
6 6 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 6 (6.82%) Lead
6 6 (6.82%) Project Manager
6 6 (6.82%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 6 (6.82%) Security Project Manager
6 6 (6.82%) Security Specialist
6 6 (6.82%) Support Analyst
7 5 (5.68%) Compliance Manager
7 5 (5.68%) IT Analyst
7 5 (5.68%) IT Security Manager
7 5 (5.68%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.32%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 8 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 6 (6.82%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (6.82%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (6.82%) Freedom of Information
4 6 (6.82%) Virtual Team
5 5 (5.68%) NHS
6 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.27%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.14%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.14%) Life Science
9 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.27%) Windows
2 1 (1.14%) Linux
2 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (63.64%) Information Security
2 35 (39.77%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (28.41%) ITIL
4 21 (23.86%) ISMS
5 20 (22.73%) Data Protection
6 19 (21.59%) Business Continuity
7 18 (20.45%) Risk Assessment
8 17 (19.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (17.05%) Business Continuity Planning
9 15 (17.05%) Service Management
10 14 (15.91%) Change Management
10 14 (15.91%) Customer Service
10 14 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (14.77%) Security Operations
12 12 (13.64%) Data Security
13 11 (12.50%) Risk Management
13 11 (12.50%) Security Management
14 10 (11.36%) Service Delivery
15 9 (10.23%) Information Security Management
15 9 (10.23%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.41%) Go
1 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.41%) Python
2 1 (1.14%) C#
2 1 (1.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (15.91%) Degree
2 13 (14.77%) CISM
2 13 (14.77%) CISSP
3 6 (6.82%) Azure Certification
3 6 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (6.82%) CRISC
3 6 (6.82%) PMI Certification
3 6 (6.82%) PMP
3 6 (6.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 6 (6.82%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.68%) CISA
4 5 (5.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 4 (4.55%) ISSMP
6 3 (3.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (3.41%) CCNA
6 3 (3.41%) CCNP
6 3 (3.41%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.41%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (61.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (34.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 20 (22.73%) NIST
4 12 (13.64%) PCI DSS
5 9 (10.23%) GDPR
5 9 (10.23%) SLA
6 4 (4.55%) GRC
6 4 (4.55%) ISO 9001
6 4 (4.55%) NCSC
6 4 (4.55%) SOC 2
6 4 (4.55%) TickIT
7 3 (3.41%) Accessibility
8 2 (2.27%) Def Stans
9 1 (1.14%) FISMA
9 1 (1.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.14%) HITRUST
9 1 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.27%) Docker
3 1 (1.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (6.82%) Terraform
2 5 (5.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.27%) Ansible
4 2 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.27%) Nessus
5 1 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (34.09%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.09%) Cisco
3 5 (5.68%) Rapid7
4 4 (4.55%) Citrix
4 4 (4.55%) Dell
4 4 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 3 (3.41%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.41%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.14%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.14%) Meraki
6 1 (1.14%) Oracle
6 1 (1.14%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (1.14%) Progress
6 1 (1.14%) Qualys
6 1 (1.14%) Symantec
6 1 (1.14%) VMware