CREST Certified Jobs in the North West

CREST Certification
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 286 337
Rank change year-on-year -13 +51 -66
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 14 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.12% 0.055% 0.060%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 6
10th Percentile £45,000 - £65,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £33,750 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -53.13% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £55,000 - £92,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £85,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -29.41% +25.93% +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,513 2,675 3,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 22.03% 36.85% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 888 1,294
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,675 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in the North West

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in the North West.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in the North West

CREST Certified
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Lancashire - 8 £50,000 -
Manchester +16 6 £50,000 +33.33% 2
CREST Certified
England

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (14.29%) AWS
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Wireless
2 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Burp Suite
1 3 (21.43%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Senior
2 4 (28.57%) Penetration Tester
3 3 (21.43%) Tester
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (57.14%) Cyberattack
3 3 (21.43%) IoT
3 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
3 3 (21.43%) Operational Technology
4 2 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Kali Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (71.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 10 (71.43%) Incident Response
2 10 (71.43%) Threat Intelligence
3 8 (57.14%) Analytics
3 8 (57.14%) Purple Team
3 8 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
4 5 (35.71%) Information Security
5 4 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
6 3 (21.43%) Data Privacy
6 3 (21.43%) Microservices
6 3 (21.43%) OWASP
6 3 (21.43%) Red Team
6 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Social Engineering
6 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (14.29%) Cyber Intelligence
7 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) Java
2 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) Bash
3 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) GIAC
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) OSCE
3 3 (21.43%) OSCP
3 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (14.29%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Nessus
1 3 (21.43%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Qualys
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft