Cyber Essentials Jobs in England

Cyber Essentials
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 373 437 522
Rank change year-on-year +64 +85 +62
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 595 617 868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.69% 0.70% 0.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.00% 3.62% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 519 342 459
10th Percentile £32,493 £37,407 £35,220
25th Percentile £41,063 £43,307 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £86,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,901 17,029 22,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.76% 19.25% 16.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8,299 7,895 11,911
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,080 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in England

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North of England +13 161 £55,000 +18.28% 39
London +37 119 £65,000 +15.06% 54
South East +49 118 £55,000 - 46
Midlands +49 99 £45,000 -19.64% 23
North West -43 86 £55,000 +22.22% 20
West Midlands +66 85 £45,000 -10.00% 14
South West -41 64 £55,000 -5.98% 17
Yorkshire +85 51 £55,000 -8.33% 16
East of England +17 30 £52,500 -4.55% 12
North East +19 24 £42,000 -19.04% 3
East Midlands -14 14 £45,982 -18.62% 9
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 36 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.34%) WordPress
4 6 (1.01%) nginx
5 5 (0.84%) Confluence
6 2 (0.34%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 58 (9.75%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (7.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.34%) Farmplan
1 2 (0.34%) KEYPrime
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.17%) Magento
2 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 212 (35.63%) Microsoft 365
2 197 (33.11%) Azure
3 81 (13.61%) Entra ID
4 48 (8.07%) AWS
5 31 (5.21%) Cloud Computing
6 28 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 28 (4.71%) SaaS
7 23 (3.87%) IaaS
8 15 (2.52%) Google Workspace
9 14 (2.35%) PaaS
10 10 (1.68%) GCP
11 8 (1.34%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.18%) WhatsApp
13 6 (1.01%) npm
13 6 (1.01%) Serverless
13 6 (1.01%) Yarn
14 5 (0.84%) Nutanix
15 4 (0.67%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.67%) Slack
16 3 (0.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 152 (25.55%) Firewall
2 47 (7.90%) DNS
3 40 (6.72%) WAN
4 36 (6.05%) LAN
5 33 (5.55%) NAS
6 29 (4.87%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (4.37%) Wireless
8 23 (3.87%) DHCP
9 21 (3.53%) MPLS
10 19 (3.19%) Network Security
11 18 (3.03%) TCP/IP
12 16 (2.69%) Intranet
13 15 (2.52%) 4G
13 15 (2.52%) 5G
13 15 (2.52%) VLAN
13 15 (2.52%) VPN
14 13 (2.18%) Intrusion Detection
15 11 (1.85%) Broadband
15 11 (1.85%) Internet
15 11 (1.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.20%) Power BI
2 12 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.01%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.01%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.17%) Lumira
6 1 (0.17%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (1.18%) JIRA
2 6 (1.01%) Cypress.io
2 6 (1.01%) Mocha
3 2 (0.34%) GitLab
4 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.17%) Vagrant
General
1 224 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 86 (14.45%) Finance
3 56 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (8.40%) Law
5 47 (7.90%) Public Sector
6 37 (6.22%) Legal
7 26 (4.37%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.86%) Games
9 14 (2.35%) Retail
10 13 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.34%) Automotive
15 8 (1.34%) Local Government
16 6 (1.01%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.01%) Military
17 5 (0.84%) Advertising
17 5 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (16.13%) Analyst
2 74 (12.44%) Security Analyst
3 71 (11.93%) Security Manager
4 68 (11.43%) IT Manager
5 44 (7.39%) Lead
6 39 (6.55%) Senior
7 37 (6.22%) Consultant
8 36 (6.05%) Information Analyst
8 36 (6.05%) Information Security Analyst
8 36 (6.05%) Service Manager
9 33 (5.55%) IT Support
10 30 (5.04%) Information Security Manager
11 28 (4.71%) Information Manager
11 28 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 25 (4.20%) Technical Manager
13 24 (4.03%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.70%) Administrator
15 20 (3.36%) Architect
15 20 (3.36%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 20 (3.36%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.68%) OAuth
2 8 (1.34%) ModSecurity
3 6 (1.01%) .NET
3 6 (1.01%) AngularJS
3 6 (1.01%) Express.js
3 6 (1.01%) GraphQL
3 6 (1.01%) gRPC
3 6 (1.01%) Jest
3 6 (1.01%) JWT
3 6 (1.01%) Kafka
3 6 (1.01%) MEAN Stack
3 6 (1.01%) MERN Stack
3 6 (1.01%) Mongoose
3 6 (1.01%) NestJS
3 6 (1.01%) Node.js
3 6 (1.01%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.01%) OpenAPI
3 6 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (1.01%) React
3 6 (1.01%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.45%) Management Information System
2 54 (9.08%) Driving Licence
3 47 (7.90%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (4.71%) Security Posture
5 25 (4.20%) Data Protection Act
6 24 (4.03%) IoT
7 23 (3.87%) NHS
8 22 (3.70%) Onboarding
9 20 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
10 17 (2.86%) Data Centre
11 13 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (1.51%) ARM Cortex
13 9 (1.51%) CCTV
13 9 (1.51%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.51%) PKI
13 9 (1.51%) Replication
14 7 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.18%) Product Ownership
14 7 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 139 (23.36%) Windows
2 90 (15.13%) Windows Server
3 37 (6.22%) Windows 10
4 29 (4.87%) Linux
5 22 (3.70%) Mac OS
6 17 (2.86%) Android
6 17 (2.86%) Apple iOS
6 17 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.34%) VMS
8 7 (1.18%) Debian
8 7 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.50%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.50%) Unix
9 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (46.22%) Cybersecurity
2 238 (40.00%) Information Security
3 139 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
4 120 (20.17%) ITIL
5 79 (13.28%) Incident Response
6 76 (12.77%) Data Protection
7 69 (11.60%) SIEM
8 67 (11.26%) Risk Management
9 65 (10.92%) Business Continuity
10 63 (10.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 56 (9.41%) Security Operations
12 55 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (8.91%) Security Management
14 50 (8.40%) Customer Service
15 47 (7.90%) Penetration Testing
15 47 (7.90%) Service Delivery
16 44 (7.39%) Vulnerability Management
17 43 (7.23%) ISMS
18 41 (6.89%) Data Security
19 39 (6.55%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 26 (4.37%) SQL
2 21 (3.53%) Bash
3 18 (3.03%) Python
4 13 (2.18%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.18%) Java
7 6 (1.01%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.01%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.34%) Bicep
9 1 (0.17%) ABAP
9 1 (0.17%) C#
9 1 (0.17%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 89 (14.96%) CISSP
2 77 (12.94%) Degree
3 70 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 63 (10.59%) CISM
5 45 (7.56%) CISA
6 37 (6.22%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (4.20%) Azure Certification
8 24 (4.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 21 (3.53%) DBS Check
9 21 (3.53%) SC Cleared
10 20 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (3.19%) CCNA
11 19 (3.19%) CRISC
12 18 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 18 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (2.86%) CCNP
14 15 (2.52%) CCSP
14 15 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (2.02%) CCSK
16 10 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 332 (55.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 143 (24.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 141 (23.70%) GDPR
4 121 (20.34%) NIST
5 48 (8.07%) GRC
6 47 (7.90%) PCI DSS
7 37 (6.22%) ISO 9001
8 36 (6.05%) NCSC
9 26 (4.37%) SOC 2
10 24 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 23 (3.87%) SLA
12 20 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 16 (2.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (1.68%) COSHH
15 9 (1.51%) COBIT
15 9 (1.51%) QA
16 7 (1.18%) PMO
17 6 (1.01%) Accessibility
18 5 (0.84%) NIST 800
18 5 (0.84%) TickIT
System Software
1 107 (17.98%) Active Directory
2 46 (7.73%) Hyper-V
3 24 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (2.86%) Docker
6 5 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.34%) pfSense
8 2 (0.34%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.17%) LXC
9 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (9.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (6.39%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (4.20%) FortiGate
4 24 (4.03%) EnCase
5 10 (1.68%) Terraform
6 9 (1.51%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.01%) Grafana
7 6 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (1.01%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.84%) WSUS
9 4 (0.67%) Nessus
9 4 (0.67%) PaperCut
9 4 (0.67%) SCCM
10 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.50%) Ansible
11 2 (0.34%) CASB
11 2 (0.34%) QRadar
12 1 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 263 (44.20%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.75%) Cisco
3 45 (7.56%) VMware
4 25 (4.20%) Fortinet
5 22 (3.70%) Apple
5 22 (3.70%) Sophos
6 19 (3.19%) Darktrace
6 19 (3.19%) HP
7 17 (2.86%) Google
8 16 (2.69%) Veeam
9 15 (2.52%) NEC
10 14 (2.35%) Dell
11 11 (1.85%) Meraki
12 9 (1.51%) Mitel
12 9 (1.51%) Ribbon
13 8 (1.34%) Barracuda Networks
13 8 (1.34%) Citrix
14 7 (1.18%) Draytek
14 7 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
15 6 (1.01%) Sage