Cyber Essentials Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 209 240 259
Rank change year-on-year +31 +19 -47
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 42 7 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.57% 0.13% 0.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.31% 0.61% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 31 6 30
10th Percentile £36,250 £47,524 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,125 £49,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -31.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £58,750 £69,375 £78,438
90th Percentile £71,250 £84,375 £79,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 974 1,143 1,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.15% 20.52% 16.50%
Number of salaries quoted 534 467 647
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,900 £28,800
25th Percentile £34,813 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,976 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.96% -7.45% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the Thames Valley

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Thames Valley 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
Oxfordshire +5 18 £47,500 -22.45% 3
Berkshire +21 13 £52,500 +3.26% 2
Buckinghamshire - 11 £50,500 -
Cyber Essentials
South East

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (7.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 16 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (11.90%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.14%) Power Automate
4 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 3 (7.14%) WhatsApp
5 2 (4.76%) IaaS
6 1 (2.38%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Firewall
2 5 (11.90%) Network Security
3 3 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.38%) DHCP
4 1 (2.38%) DNS
4 1 (2.38%) NAS
4 1 (2.38%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Finance
3 6 (14.29%) Retail
4 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.52%) Law
6 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (16.67%) Architect
1 7 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 6 (14.29%) Information Architect
2 6 (14.29%) Information Security Architect
2 6 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 4 (9.52%) IT Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Network Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Administrator
4 3 (7.14%) Information Officer
4 3 (7.14%) Information Security Officer
4 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) IT Assistant
4 3 (7.14%) IT Technician
4 3 (7.14%) Lead
4 3 (7.14%) Security Officer
4 3 (7.14%) Systems Administration Leader
4 3 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (7.14%) Team Leader
5 2 (4.76%) CloudOps Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 6 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (11.90%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 3 (7.14%) IoT
5 2 (4.76%) iPhone
5 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.19%) Windows
2 6 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (47.62%) Information Security
2 10 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (21.43%) IT Strategy
3 9 (21.43%) ITIL
4 8 (19.05%) Incident Response
5 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 7 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 7 (16.67%) Security Management
5 7 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 6 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 6 (14.29%) Security Operations
6 6 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 6 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (11.90%) SIEM
8 4 (9.52%) Change Control
8 4 (9.52%) Network Segmentation
8 4 (9.52%) Proactive Management
9 3 (7.14%) Antivirus Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (30.95%) Degree
2 9 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (21.43%) CISSP
3 7 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 7 (16.67%) CCSK
3 7 (16.67%) CCSP
4 2 (4.76%) CCNA
4 2 (4.76%) CCNP
4 2 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) GCIA
4 2 (4.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (88.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (38.10%) GDPR
3 15 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 14 (33.33%) NIST
5 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (14.29%) ISO 9001
6 6 (14.29%) PCI DSS
7 3 (7.14%) GRC
7 3 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (7.14%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.76%) Ansible
2 2 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco
3 4 (9.52%) Fortinet
3 4 (9.52%) Meraki
4 2 (4.76%) Apple
4 2 (4.76%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.38%) Veeam
5 1 (2.38%) VMware