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 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 539 562 817
Rank change year-on-year +23 +255 -248
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 54 76 69
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.20% 0.093%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.76% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 45 23 56
10th Percentile £45,700 £53,000 £50,625
25th Percentile £48,750 £61,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £96,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.87% +19.23% -7.14%

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 9,709 10,051 17,198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.95% 26.13% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,901 6,071 8,883
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 £78,725 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +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 1 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 9 (16.67%) Azure
2 6 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.26%) AWS
4 2 (3.70%) SaaS
5 1 (1.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.37%) Wireless
2 10 (18.52%) Firewall
3 3 (5.56%) Network Security
4 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.85%) HTTP
5 1 (1.85%) Internet
5 1 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.85%) SMTP
5 1 (1.85%) SSL
5 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.85%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Burp Suite
1 4 (7.41%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (18.52%) Finance
1 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.67%) Retail
2 9 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 7 (12.96%) Law
3 7 (12.96%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Marketing
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (59.26%) Penetration Tester
1 32 (59.26%) Tester
2 18 (33.33%) Senior
3 15 (27.78%) Lead
4 14 (25.93%) Team Leader
5 13 (24.07%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 13 (24.07%) Senior Tester
5 13 (24.07%) Test Team Leader
6 6 (11.11%) Security Penetration Tester
6 6 (11.11%) Security Tester
7 2 (3.70%) Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Consultant
7 2 (3.70%) Graduate
7 2 (3.70%) Graduate Tester
7 2 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 1 (1.85%) Security Consultant
8 1 (1.85%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (1.85%) Senior Security Consultant
8 1 (1.85%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Mobile App
2 4 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (7.41%) Cyberattack
3 3 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (5.56%) IoT
3 3 (5.56%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.70%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Kali Linux
2 3 (5.56%) Unix
2 3 (5.56%) Windows
3 2 (3.70%) Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Android
4 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (90.74%) Penetration Testing
2 32 (59.26%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (40.74%) Red Team
4 21 (38.89%) Security Testing
5 18 (33.33%) Data Privacy
6 15 (27.78%) Mentoring
7 14 (25.93%) Information Security
7 14 (25.93%) Presales
8 13 (24.07%) Computer Science
9 12 (22.22%) Application Security
10 11 (20.37%) Decision-Making
11 10 (18.52%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (18.52%) Creative Thinking
11 10 (18.52%) Social Engineering
12 9 (16.67%) Cloud Security
12 9 (16.67%) Incident Response
12 9 (16.67%) OWASP
12 9 (16.67%) Project Delivery
12 9 (16.67%) Service Catalogue
12 9 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) Python
2 3 (5.56%) Bash
2 3 (5.56%) Java
2 3 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.85%) C#
3 1 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 19 (35.19%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) OSCP
3 17 (31.48%) SC Cleared
4 16 (29.63%) Degree
5 15 (27.78%) CHECK Team Member
6 13 (24.07%) Cyber Scheme
7 11 (20.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
9 7 (12.96%) PCI QSA
10 6 (11.11%) Tigerscheme
11 5 (9.26%) OSCE
12 4 (7.41%) Master's Degree
13 3 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (3.70%) GIAC
14 2 (3.70%) PhD
15 1 (1.85%) CCSAS
15 1 (1.85%) CEH
15 1 (1.85%) CISSP
15 1 (1.85%) GPEN
15 1 (1.85%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 9 (16.67%) QA
2 8 (14.81%) NIST
3 7 (12.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (11.11%) GRC
5 3 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Nmap
2 3 (5.56%) Nessus
3 1 (1.85%) FTK
Vendors
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.41%) Qualys
3 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.85%) Carbon Black
4 1 (1.85%) IBM