Cyber Essentials Jobs in the South West

Cyber Essentials
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 233 192 246
Rank change year-on-year -41 +54 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 64 83 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.68% 1.23% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.17% 6.80% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 53 72 22
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,125 £30,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +18.18% +13.14%
75th Percentile £70,750 £69,375 £66,707
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,237 1,221 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.17% 18.16% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 810 629 857
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,353 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,450 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in the South West

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in the South West

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in the South West

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the South West 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
Bristol +11 28 £60,000 +22.45% 8
Wiltshire -13 13 £50,000 -28.57% 3
Devon -8 9 £67,500 +128.81% 1
Somerset 0 6 £58,000 -7.20% 2
Gloucestershire -26 5 £55,000 -12.00% 1
Cyber Essentials
England

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.25%) Confluence
2 4 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.56%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Trello
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.44%) Azure
2 11 (17.19%) AWS
3 9 (14.06%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (10.94%) Entra ID
5 5 (7.81%) Nutanix
5 5 (7.81%) SaaS
5 5 (7.81%) WhatsApp
6 4 (6.25%) Slack
7 3 (4.69%) IaaS
7 3 (4.69%) OneDrive
8 2 (3.13%) GCP
8 2 (3.13%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.06%) Firewall
2 8 (12.50%) Cisco IPT
3 7 (10.94%) DNS
4 5 (7.81%) NAS
4 5 (7.81%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.81%) VLAN
4 5 (7.81%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (3.13%) DHCP
5 2 (3.13%) VoIP
6 1 (1.56%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.56%) LAN
6 1 (1.56%) VPN
6 1 (1.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 18 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.38%) Finance
3 6 (9.38%) Military
4 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.81%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.25%) Law
6 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Publishing
6 2 (3.13%) Retail
7 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (14.06%) Security Officer
2 8 (12.50%) Consultant
2 8 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) Linux Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) Linux Systems Engineer
4 6 (9.38%) Head of IT
4 6 (9.38%) Lead
5 5 (7.81%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (6.25%) Administrator
6 4 (6.25%) IT Administrator
6 4 (6.25%) IT Systems Administrator
6 4 (6.25%) Security Manager
6 4 (6.25%) Security Specialist
6 4 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 3 (4.69%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Security Consultant
7 3 (4.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.31%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.81%) Mobile App
3 4 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.56%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.56%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (21.88%) Windows
2 13 (20.31%) Linux
3 8 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 7 (10.94%) Debian
4 7 (10.94%) Ubuntu
5 6 (9.38%) Apple iOS
6 5 (7.81%) VMS
6 5 (7.81%) Windows 10
7 4 (6.25%) Android
7 4 (6.25%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.56%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (29.69%) Information Security
3 13 (20.31%) ITIL
3 13 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (18.75%) DevOps
5 11 (17.19%) Coaching
6 10 (15.63%) ITSM
6 10 (15.63%) OWASP
7 9 (14.06%) Data Protection
7 9 (14.06%) Service Delivery
8 8 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 8 (12.50%) Data Governance
9 7 (10.94%) Computer Science
9 7 (10.94%) Containerisation
9 7 (10.94%) Continuous Delivery
9 7 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (10.94%) Mathematics
9 7 (10.94%) Physics
9 7 (10.94%) Release Management
9 7 (10.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.75%) Python
2 7 (10.94%) Bash
3 5 (7.81%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.25%) SQL
5 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (23.44%) CISSP
1 15 (23.44%) Degree
2 13 (20.31%) CISM
3 12 (18.75%) CISA
4 11 (17.19%) Security Cleared
5 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
6 7 (10.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (7.81%) AWS Certification
8 5 (7.81%) PCI QSA
9 3 (4.69%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (4.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.56%) CCNA
10 1 (1.56%) CEH
10 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.56%) MCSE
10 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (46.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (23.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 11 (17.19%) NIST
4 9 (14.06%) NCSC
5 7 (10.94%) PCI DSS
5 7 (10.94%) PMO
6 6 (9.38%) GRC
7 2 (3.13%) GDPR
8 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.56%) QA
8 1 (1.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (21.88%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (10.94%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.56%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.13%) CASB
4 1 (1.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (1.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) VMware
3 4 (6.25%) Apple
4 2 (3.13%) Draytek
4 2 (3.13%) Oracle
4 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.13%) Tanium
5 1 (1.56%) Acronis
5 1 (1.56%) Datto
5 1 (1.56%) HP
5 1 (1.56%) Sage
5 1 (1.56%) WatchGuard