Cyber Essentials Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 356 378 345
Rank change year-on-year +22 -33 +151
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 506 449 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.79% 0.93%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.17% 3.99% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 422 238 312
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,973 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,313
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,782 11,254 12,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.88% 19.90% 17.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,364 4,460 7,033
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,220 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,827
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,750 £77,500
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the UK excluding London

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland -72 18 £50,000 -9.09% 4
East Midlands -16 14 £45,982 -18.62% 9
Wales 0 7 £40,500 - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 28 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.38%) WordPress
4 6 (1.19%) Confluence
5 2 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 55 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (5.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Shopify
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.20%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 179 (35.38%) Microsoft 365
2 172 (33.99%) Azure
3 83 (16.40%) Entra ID
4 36 (7.11%) AWS
5 31 (6.13%) Cloud Computing
5 31 (6.13%) Power Platform
6 23 (4.55%) SaaS
7 17 (3.36%) IaaS
8 9 (1.78%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.58%) PaaS
10 6 (1.19%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.19%) WhatsApp
11 5 (0.99%) GCP
12 4 (0.79%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.79%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.59%) GitHub
13 3 (0.59%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.59%) OCI
13 3 (0.59%) Slack
14 2 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 97 (19.17%) Firewall
2 44 (8.70%) WAN
3 36 (7.11%) LAN
4 28 (5.53%) DNS
5 24 (4.74%) NAS
6 23 (4.55%) MPLS
7 21 (4.15%) Network Security
8 18 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (3.36%) 4G
9 17 (3.36%) 5G
10 16 (3.16%) Intranet
10 16 (3.16%) TCP/IP
11 15 (2.96%) DHCP
11 15 (2.96%) VPN
12 14 (2.77%) VLAN
12 14 (2.77%) VoIP
13 12 (2.37%) Wireless
14 9 (1.78%) Cisco IPT
14 9 (1.78%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (1.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.94%) Power BI
2 6 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.99%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.20%) Lumira
5 1 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (1.58%) JIRA
2 3 (0.59%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.59%) GitLab
General
1 197 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 65 (12.85%) Finance
3 41 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.92%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.73%) Telecoms
6 24 (4.74%) Law
7 19 (3.75%) Legal
8 13 (2.57%) Retail
9 11 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.98%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.58%) Automotive
12 8 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.38%) Local Government
14 6 (1.19%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.19%) Military
15 5 (0.99%) Games
15 5 (0.99%) Publishing
16 4 (0.79%) Advertising
16 4 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (13.44%) IT Manager
2 61 (12.06%) Analyst
3 52 (10.28%) Security Analyst
4 49 (9.68%) Security Manager
5 36 (7.11%) Service Manager
6 33 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (6.32%) Lead
8 27 (5.34%) Consultant
9 26 (5.14%) IT Support
9 26 (5.14%) Technical Manager
10 22 (4.35%) Architect
10 22 (4.35%) Security Consultant
10 22 (4.35%) Senior
11 21 (4.15%) Administrator
11 21 (4.15%) Information Analyst
11 21 (4.15%) Information Security Analyst
11 21 (4.15%) IT Engineer
12 19 (3.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 19 (3.75%) Security Officer
12 19 (3.75%) Technical Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.78%) ModSecurity
2 6 (1.19%) SAML
3 2 (0.40%) CSS
3 2 (0.40%) HTML
3 2 (0.40%) LDAP
3 2 (0.40%) OAuth
3 2 (0.40%) OpenID
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.20%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 54 (10.67%) Driving Licence
3 47 (9.29%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (5.14%) IoT
5 25 (4.94%) NHS
6 24 (4.74%) Data Protection Act
7 22 (4.35%) Security Posture
8 17 (3.36%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (1.98%) PKI
11 9 (1.78%) ARM Cortex
11 9 (1.78%) CCTV
12 8 (1.58%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.19%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.19%) Freedom of Information
13 6 (1.19%) Replication
13 6 (1.19%) Virtual Team
14 5 (0.99%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (22.33%) Windows
2 71 (14.03%) Windows Server
3 30 (5.93%) Windows 10
4 18 (3.56%) Android
4 18 (3.56%) Linux
5 17 (3.36%) Apple iOS
6 13 (2.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.78%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.38%) Debian
8 7 (1.38%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.38%) VMS
8 7 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.59%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.20%) Unix
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (46.05%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (33.79%) Information Security
3 120 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (21.94%) ITIL
5 66 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 62 (12.25%) Incident Response
7 58 (11.46%) Data Protection
8 49 (9.68%) Business Continuity
9 47 (9.29%) Risk Management
10 46 (9.09%) Customer Service
11 45 (8.89%) Service Delivery
12 43 (8.50%) SIEM
13 42 (8.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (8.10%) Security Management
15 38 (7.51%) Security Operations
16 37 (7.31%) ISMS
17 34 (6.72%) Information Governance
18 33 (6.52%) Vulnerability Management
19 32 (6.32%) Data Security
20 31 (6.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.15%) SQL
2 18 (3.56%) Python
3 14 (2.77%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.78%) Bash
5 5 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.59%) Go
7 2 (0.40%) Bicep
8 1 (0.20%) ABAP
8 1 (0.20%) C#
8 1 (0.20%) Java
8 1 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 65 (12.85%) Degree
2 63 (12.45%) Security Cleared
3 57 (11.26%) CISSP
4 43 (8.50%) CISM
5 36 (7.11%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (5.14%) CISA
7 24 (4.74%) Azure Certification
8 23 (4.55%) CCNA
9 22 (4.35%) DBS Check
10 17 (3.36%) CCNP
10 17 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (3.36%) SC Cleared
11 15 (2.96%) CRISC
12 13 (2.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.98%) CCSP
13 10 (1.98%) CTC Cleared
13 10 (1.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 9 (1.78%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (52.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (27.08%) GDPR
3 116 (22.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 85 (16.80%) NIST
5 42 (8.30%) PCI DSS
6 39 (7.71%) NCSC
7 33 (6.52%) ISO 9001
8 29 (5.73%) GRC
9 25 (4.94%) SLA
10 22 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 21 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 16 (3.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (2.17%) SOC 2
14 10 (1.98%) COSHH
15 9 (1.78%) COBIT
16 8 (1.58%) QA
17 7 (1.38%) PMO
18 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
19 5 (0.99%) TickIT
20 3 (0.59%) HIPAA
System Software
1 80 (15.81%) Active Directory
2 45 (8.89%) Hyper-V
3 22 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.98%) Docker
6 5 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.40%) pfSense
8 2 (0.40%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 62 (12.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (5.14%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (4.35%) EnCase
4 20 (3.95%) FortiGate
5 10 (1.98%) Terraform
6 5 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.79%) Ansible
7 4 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.79%) SCCM
7 4 (0.79%) WSUS
8 3 (0.59%) Nessus
9 2 (0.40%) CASB
9 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.20%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 228 (45.06%) Microsoft
2 48 (9.49%) Cisco
3 30 (5.93%) VMware
4 27 (5.34%) Sophos
5 24 (4.74%) Fortinet
6 19 (3.75%) Darktrace
6 19 (3.75%) HP
7 17 (3.36%) NEC
7 17 (3.36%) Veeam
8 15 (2.96%) Mitel
9 13 (2.57%) Dell
10 10 (1.98%) Aruba
11 9 (1.78%) Apple
11 9 (1.78%) Ribbon
12 8 (1.58%) Barracuda Networks
12 8 (1.58%) Citrix
13 7 (1.38%) Acronis
13 7 (1.38%) Meraki
13 7 (1.38%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.19%) ESET