Cyber Essentials Jobs with Work from Home Options

Cyber Essentials
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 335 362 574
Rank change year-on-year +27 +212 -111
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 262 332 299
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.77% 0.82% 0.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.09% 5.62% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 233 175 237
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £69,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,299 5,906 11,455
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 14.55% 16.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,237 4,005 6,131
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

Cyber Essentials
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Essentials trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Cyber Essentials salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Cyber Essentials salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cyber Essentials
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.29%) nginx
4 4 (1.53%) Confluence
5 3 (1.15%) WordPress
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Drupal
6 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.38%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 104 (39.69%) Azure
2 88 (33.59%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (17.94%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.78%) Cloud Computing
5 20 (7.63%) AWS
6 12 (4.58%) IaaS
6 12 (4.58%) SaaS
7 11 (4.20%) Google Workspace
8 8 (3.05%) GCP
9 7 (2.67%) WhatsApp
10 6 (2.29%) npm
10 6 (2.29%) Serverless
10 6 (2.29%) Yarn
11 5 (1.91%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.91%) PaaS
11 5 (1.91%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.53%) Slack
13 3 (1.15%) OCI
14 2 (0.76%) Mimecast
15 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 67 (25.57%) Firewall
2 25 (9.54%) DNS
3 22 (8.40%) WAN
4 17 (6.49%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (6.49%) Wireless
5 14 (5.34%) LAN
6 11 (4.20%) Broadband
6 11 (4.20%) NAS
6 11 (4.20%) Network Security
7 10 (3.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (3.82%) SD-WAN
8 9 (3.44%) MPLS
9 8 (3.05%) VLAN
10 7 (2.67%) Internet
10 7 (2.67%) PBX
10 7 (2.67%) TCP/IP
11 6 (2.29%) 4G
11 6 (2.29%) 5G
11 6 (2.29%) AMQP
11 6 (2.29%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.29%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.29%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.76%) Power BI
5 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.38%) Lumira
5 1 (0.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Cypress.io
1 6 (2.29%) Mocha
2 4 (1.53%) JIRA
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 89 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (10.31%) Finance
4 24 (9.16%) Law
5 12 (4.58%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.20%) Games
7 10 (3.82%) Legal
7 10 (3.82%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.29%) Military
9 6 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.91%) Automotive
10 5 (1.91%) Retail
11 4 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Publishing
12 2 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.76%) Local Government
13 1 (0.38%) Banking
13 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 44 (16.79%) Analyst
2 41 (15.65%) Security Manager
3 39 (14.89%) Security Analyst
4 23 (8.78%) Senior
5 22 (8.40%) IT Manager
6 20 (7.63%) Information Analyst
6 20 (7.63%) Information Security Analyst
7 19 (7.25%) Consultant
7 19 (7.25%) Service Manager
8 18 (6.87%) Information Security Manager
9 17 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (6.49%) IT Support
10 16 (6.11%) Information Manager
11 15 (5.73%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 15 (5.73%) IT Engineer
12 14 (5.34%) Technical Manager
13 13 (4.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 13 (4.96%) Security Officer
13 13 (4.96%) Support Engineer
14 12 (4.58%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.29%) .NET
1 6 (2.29%) AngularJS
1 6 (2.29%) Express.js
1 6 (2.29%) GraphQL
1 6 (2.29%) gRPC
1 6 (2.29%) Jest
1 6 (2.29%) JWT
1 6 (2.29%) Kafka
1 6 (2.29%) MEAN Stack
1 6 (2.29%) MERN Stack
1 6 (2.29%) ModSecurity
1 6 (2.29%) Mongoose
1 6 (2.29%) NestJS
1 6 (2.29%) Node.js
1 6 (2.29%) OAuth
1 6 (2.29%) OAuth2
1 6 (2.29%) OpenAPI
1 6 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
1 6 (2.29%) React
2 2 (0.76%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.92%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.73%) IoT
3 13 (4.96%) Driving Licence
3 13 (4.96%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.20%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (3.82%) Security Posture
6 9 (3.44%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.67%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.29%) Freedom of Information
8 6 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.29%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.29%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (2.29%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.91%) NHS
9 5 (1.91%) Replication
10 4 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.15%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 64 (24.43%) Windows
2 32 (12.21%) Windows Server
3 15 (5.73%) Mac OS
4 11 (4.20%) Apple iOS
5 10 (3.82%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.05%) Android
7 6 (2.29%) Linux
7 6 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.15%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.76%) Unix
9 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (54.58%) Cybersecurity
2 106 (40.46%) Information Security
3 60 (22.90%) ITIL
4 49 (18.70%) Data Protection
5 44 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (16.79%) SIEM
6 41 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 36 (13.74%) Business Continuity
8 31 (11.83%) Risk Management
9 28 (10.69%) Penetration Testing
10 24 (9.16%) Security Management
11 23 (8.78%) ISMS
12 21 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (8.02%) Incident Management
12 21 (8.02%) Security Operations
12 21 (8.02%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 19 (7.25%) Risk Assessment
14 18 (6.87%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (6.49%) Project Management
15 17 (6.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.58%) Bash
2 7 (2.67%) Java
2 7 (2.67%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.29%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.29%) Kotlin
3 6 (2.29%) TypeScript
4 4 (1.53%) SQL
5 2 (0.76%) Python
6 1 (0.38%) ABAP
6 1 (0.38%) C#
6 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 45 (17.18%) CISSP
2 42 (16.03%) CISM
3 28 (10.69%) CISA
4 23 (8.78%) Degree
5 21 (8.02%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (7.25%) Security Cleared
7 18 (6.87%) Azure Certification
7 18 (6.87%) CCNA
8 17 (6.49%) CCNP
9 15 (5.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 13 (4.96%) SC Cleared
11 10 (3.82%) CRISC
11 10 (3.82%) PMI Certification
11 10 (3.82%) PMP
12 7 (2.67%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (2.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.53%) ISACA
15 3 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (1.15%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (60.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (25.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 50 (19.08%) NIST
4 32 (12.21%) GDPR
5 27 (10.31%) GRC
6 23 (8.78%) SOC 2
7 22 (8.40%) PCI DSS
8 18 (6.87%) SLA
9 17 (6.49%) NCSC
10 4 (1.53%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.53%) COBIT
10 4 (1.53%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.15%) QA
11 3 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 51 (19.47%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.73%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.67%) Docker
5 2 (0.76%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.38%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 43 (16.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (7.63%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.67%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.67%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.29%) Grafana
4 6 (2.29%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.53%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.76%) CASB
6 2 (0.76%) Nessus
6 2 (0.76%) SCCM
7 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.38%) QRadar
7 1 (0.38%) Terraform
7 1 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 96 (36.64%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.36%) Cisco
3 29 (11.07%) Fortinet
4 21 (8.02%) VMware
5 17 (6.49%) Apple
6 11 (4.20%) Darktrace
6 11 (4.20%) Google
7 9 (3.44%) Veeam
8 6 (2.29%) HP
8 6 (2.29%) NEC
9 4 (1.53%) Aruba
9 4 (1.53%) Barracuda Networks
9 4 (1.53%) BT
9 4 (1.53%) Canon
9 4 (1.53%) Intel
9 4 (1.53%) Sophos
10 3 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (1.15%) Juniper
10 3 (1.15%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.15%) SolarWinds