Cyber Essentials PLUS Jobs in the North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 283 271 307
Rank change year-on-year -12 +36 -41
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS 30 19 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.26% 0.26% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.24% 1.28% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24 3 2
10th Percentile £31,450 £40,350 £24,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,375 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £46,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% +6.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £69,375 £47,250 £56,563
90th Percentile £76,250 - £63,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +44.44%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,339 1,479 1,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.74% 20.37% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 917 477 882
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,237
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North West.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials PLUS in the North West

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 Cyber Essentials PLUS 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
Manchester +11 14 £67,500 +73.08% 5
Cheshire - 6 £45,000 - 1
Cumbria - 5 £31,000 -
Lancashire - 3 £47,000 -
Cyber Essentials PLUS
England

Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 7 (23.33%) SaaS
2 3 (10.00%) IaaS
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.00%) PaaS
3 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
General
1 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (10.00%) Law
4 2 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Analyst
1 7 (23.33%) Security Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Information Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Security Specialist
4 4 (13.33%) Compliance Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Information Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Information Security Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Risk Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Technical Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Lead
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Support
6 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
6 2 (6.67%) Information Security Specialist
6 2 (6.67%) Information Specialist
6 2 (6.67%) IT Security Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.67%) Anti-Spyware
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.67%) NHS
4 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (73.33%) Information Security
2 15 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (33.33%) Security Management
4 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (26.67%) Data Security
5 8 (26.67%) Information Security Management
5 8 (26.67%) ISMS
5 8 (26.67%) Risk Register
6 6 (20.00%) Service Delivery
7 5 (16.67%) Internal Audit
7 5 (16.67%) ITIL
7 5 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (13.33%) Business Continuity Planning
8 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (13.33%) Compliance Audit
8 4 (13.33%) Compliance Management
8 4 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) CISM
2 8 (26.67%) CISSP
3 7 (23.33%) Degree
4 5 (16.67%) CRISC
4 5 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 4 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 4 (13.33%) ISSMP
6 3 (10.00%) CISA
6 3 (10.00%) DBS Check
6 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.33%) AAT
8 1 (3.33%) ACCA
8 1 (3.33%) CIMA
8 1 (3.33%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (63.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (36.67%) NIST
4 7 (23.33%) GDPR
5 4 (13.33%) ISO 9001
5 4 (13.33%) PCI DSS
5 4 (13.33%) SOC 2
5 4 (13.33%) TickIT
6 3 (10.00%) GRC
6 3 (10.00%) NCSC
7 2 (6.67%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Cisco
2 4 (13.33%) Citrix
2 4 (13.33%) Dell
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.33%) Meraki