Cyber Essentials Jobs in the South East

Cyber Essentials
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 294 424
Rank change year-on-year +15 +130 -82
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 125 83 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.67% 0.63% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.97% 3.58% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 104 58 76
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,514 2,317 3,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.49% 17.46% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,618 1,178 1,922
10th Percentile £24,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,250 £78,750
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the South East.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the South East over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the South East

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley +31 42 £47,500 -7.32% 5
Hampshire -22 42 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Kent +2 24 £55,000 -6.78% 1
Oxfordshire +5 18 £47,500 -22.45% 3
Berkshire +21 13 £52,500 +3.26% 2
Buckinghamshire - 11 £50,500 -
West Sussex +22 6 £67,500 +40.63% 1
East Sussex - 5 £65,000 -
Surrey -45 4 £73,750 +40.48% 4
Sussex - 2 £68,750 -
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (45.60%) Azure
2 36 (28.80%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (27.20%) Entra ID
4 14 (11.20%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (8.00%) AWS
6 3 (2.40%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.40%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.40%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.60%) IaaS
8 1 (0.80%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.80%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.80%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (40.80%) Firewall
2 30 (24.00%) WAN
3 18 (14.40%) LAN
4 17 (13.60%) 4G
4 17 (13.60%) 5G
4 17 (13.60%) MPLS
5 16 (12.80%) NAS
6 10 (8.00%) DNS
6 10 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (7.20%) TCP/IP
7 9 (7.20%) VPN
8 8 (6.40%) Network Security
9 7 (5.60%) VLAN
10 5 (4.00%) iSCSI
11 4 (3.20%) DHCP
11 4 (3.20%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (3.20%) VoIP
12 1 (0.80%) SAN
12 1 (0.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.40%) Power BI
General
1 46 (36.80%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.20%) Telecoms
3 14 (11.20%) Finance
4 10 (8.00%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.80%) Retail
7 5 (4.00%) Law
7 5 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.40%) Publishing
9 2 (1.60%) Advertising
9 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Marketing
10 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (13.60%) IT Manager
2 13 (10.40%) Administrator
2 13 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (10.40%) Systems Administrator
3 11 (8.80%) Service Manager
3 11 (8.80%) Technical Manager
4 10 (8.00%) Senior
4 10 (8.00%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (7.20%) Security Manager
5 9 (7.20%) Technical Services Manager
6 8 (6.40%) Lead
7 7 (5.60%) Analyst
7 7 (5.60%) Architect
7 7 (5.60%) Security Analyst
7 7 (5.60%) Security Architect
8 6 (4.80%) Information Architect
8 6 (4.80%) Information Security Architect
8 6 (4.80%) Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (4.80%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (4.80%) IT Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.60%) Driving Licence
2 21 (16.80%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (16.00%) IoT
4 15 (12.00%) Management Information System
5 9 (7.20%) ARM Cortex
5 9 (7.20%) NHS
5 9 (7.20%) PKI
6 8 (6.40%) Security Posture
7 7 (5.60%) Replication
8 5 (4.00%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.40%) Clustering
10 2 (1.60%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.60%) iPhone
11 1 (0.80%) CCTV
11 1 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 42 (33.60%) Windows
2 26 (20.80%) Windows Server
3 12 (9.60%) Windows 10
4 5 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.20%) Android
5 4 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.80%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (48.80%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (27.20%) Information Security
3 26 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (14.40%) Data Management
4 18 (14.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (12.80%) ITIL
6 14 (11.20%) Project Management
7 12 (9.60%) Incident Response
7 12 (9.60%) SIEM
8 11 (8.80%) Change Control
8 11 (8.80%) Time Management
9 10 (8.00%) Decision-Making
10 9 (7.20%) Information Governance
10 9 (7.20%) Infrastructure Management
10 9 (7.20%) IT Strategy
10 9 (7.20%) Mentoring
10 9 (7.20%) Security Management
10 9 (7.20%) Security Operations
11 7 (5.60%) Service Delivery
11 7 (5.60%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.80%) SQL
2 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (17.60%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.80%) Degree
3 15 (12.00%) CISSP
4 11 (8.80%) DBS Check
5 10 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (8.00%) CTC Cleared
6 9 (7.20%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (5.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (5.60%) CCSK
7 7 (5.60%) CCSP
8 6 (4.80%) Azure Certification
9 5 (4.00%) CISM
10 4 (3.20%) CRISC
10 4 (3.20%) MCSE
10 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.40%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.40%) MCP
11 3 (2.40%) MCSA
11 3 (2.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (49.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (40.80%) GDPR
3 30 (24.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 17 (13.60%) NIST
5 11 (8.80%) NCSC
6 10 (8.00%) COSHH
6 10 (8.00%) PCI DSS
7 7 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (4.80%) GRC
8 6 (4.80%) ISO 9001
9 5 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (3.20%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.60%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.60%) SLA
12 1 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 32 (25.60%) Active Directory
1 32 (25.60%) Hyper-V
2 8 (6.40%) Docker
3 6 (4.80%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.60%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 20 (16.00%) FortiGate
2 13 (10.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (4.00%) WSUS
5 2 (1.60%) Ansible
5 2 (1.60%) Terraform
6 1 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 47 (37.60%) Microsoft
2 25 (20.00%) Cisco
3 17 (13.60%) Darktrace
3 17 (13.60%) HP
3 17 (13.60%) NEC
4 13 (10.40%) VMware
5 9 (7.20%) Mitel
5 9 (7.20%) Ribbon
6 7 (5.60%) Veeam
7 4 (3.20%) Barracuda Networks
7 4 (3.20%) ESET
7 4 (3.20%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.20%) Meraki
8 3 (2.40%) Apple
8 3 (2.40%) Draytek
8 3 (2.40%) NETGEAR
8 3 (2.40%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (1.60%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.60%) Facebook
10 1 (0.80%) SonicWALL