CREST Certified Jobs with Work from Home Options

CREST Certification
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 525 565 816
Rank change year-on-year +40 +251 -246
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 59 75 73
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.20% 0.097%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% 0.76% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 48 22 59
10th Percentile £46,225 £52,750 £53,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £60,313 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +19.23% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £97,938 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.23% +19.23% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,808 9,896 17,502
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.80% 26.22% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,899 6,019 8,928
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
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
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CREST Certified trend for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

CREST Certified salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CREST Certified over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

CREST Certified salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CREST Certified
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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (18.64%) Azure
2 7 (11.86%) AWS
3 6 (10.17%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.08%) GCP
5 2 (3.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.03%) Wireless
2 10 (16.95%) Firewall
3 3 (5.08%) HTTP
3 3 (5.08%) Network Security
3 3 (5.08%) SSL
4 2 (3.39%) SSH
4 2 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.69%) Internet
5 1 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.69%) SMTP
5 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.69%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Burp Suite
1 6 (10.17%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Finance
3 9 (15.25%) Retail
3 9 (15.25%) Telecoms
4 8 (13.56%) Marketing
5 7 (11.86%) Law
5 7 (11.86%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (61.02%) Penetration Tester
1 36 (61.02%) Tester
2 18 (30.51%) Senior
3 15 (25.42%) Lead
4 14 (23.73%) Team Leader
5 13 (22.03%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 13 (22.03%) Senior Tester
5 13 (22.03%) Test Team Leader
6 7 (11.86%) Security Penetration Tester
6 7 (11.86%) Security Tester
7 2 (3.39%) Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Consultant
7 2 (3.39%) Graduate
7 2 (3.39%) Graduate Tester
7 2 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 1 (1.69%) Operations Team Leader
8 1 (1.69%) Security Consultant
8 1 (1.69%) Testing Consultant
8 1 (1.69%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.47%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (8.47%) Cyberattack
2 5 (8.47%) IoT
3 3 (5.08%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (5.08%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.39%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.17%) Kali Linux
2 3 (5.08%) Unix
2 3 (5.08%) Windows
3 2 (3.39%) Linux
4 1 (1.69%) Android
4 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (89.83%) Penetration Testing
2 35 (59.32%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (40.68%) Red Team
4 22 (37.29%) Security Testing
5 18 (30.51%) Data Privacy
6 15 (25.42%) Computer Science
7 14 (23.73%) Mentoring
7 14 (23.73%) Presales
8 13 (22.03%) Information Security
9 12 (20.34%) Application Security
9 12 (20.34%) Social Engineering
10 11 (18.64%) Cloud Security
10 11 (18.64%) Decision-Making
10 11 (18.64%) OWASP
11 10 (16.95%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (16.95%) Creative Thinking
11 10 (16.95%) Incident Response
12 9 (15.25%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (15.25%) Project Delivery
12 9 (15.25%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) Python
2 3 (5.08%) Bash
2 3 (5.08%) Java
2 3 (5.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.69%) C#
3 1 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) Security Cleared
2 20 (33.90%) OSCP
2 20 (33.90%) SC Cleared
3 17 (28.81%) Degree
4 15 (25.42%) CHECK Team Member
5 13 (22.03%) Cyber Scheme
6 11 (18.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (15.25%) CHECK Team Leader
8 7 (11.86%) OSCE
8 7 (11.86%) PCI QSA
9 6 (10.17%) Tigerscheme
10 4 (6.78%) Master's Degree
11 3 (5.08%) GIAC
12 2 (3.39%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (3.39%) PhD
13 1 (1.69%) CCSAS
13 1 (1.69%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) PCI DSS
1 9 (15.25%) QA
2 8 (13.56%) NIST
3 7 (11.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (10.17%) GRC
5 3 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Nmap
2 5 (8.47%) Nessus
3 1 (1.69%) FTK
Vendors
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.17%) Qualys
3 2 (3.39%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (3.39%) Google
4 1 (1.69%) Carbon Black
4 1 (1.69%) IBM