Cybersecurity Jobs in the East Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 77 86
Rank change year-on-year +29 +9 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 186 112 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.14% 4.02% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.21% 4.19% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 168 37 74
10th Percentile £28,800 £36,500 £36,561
25th Percentile £34,688 £40,000 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,938 £48,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,500 £80,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,571 2,675 3,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.44% 95.91% 91.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 1,253 2,033
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,050 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,238 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Lincolnshire +36 63 £40,000 -50.00% 3
Leicestershire -27 49 £47,500 +15.85% 5
Nottinghamshire +6 35 £65,000 - 14
Derbyshire +24 24 £38,750 -3.13% 16
Northamptonshire -11 15 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 15 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 75 (40.32%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (28.49%) Azure
3 20 (10.75%) Entra ID
4 14 (7.53%) SaaS
5 13 (6.99%) AWS
6 8 (4.30%) Amazon ECS
6 8 (4.30%) Cloudflare
7 7 (3.76%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.15%) GCP
8 4 (2.15%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.61%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (20.43%) Firewall
2 25 (13.44%) DNS
3 20 (10.75%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (9.68%) TCP/IP
5 15 (8.06%) DHCP
5 15 (8.06%) VLAN
6 14 (7.53%) SAN
7 8 (4.30%) 802.11
7 8 (4.30%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.08%) LAN
8 2 (1.08%) NAS
8 2 (1.08%) WAN
9 1 (0.54%) Modbus
9 1 (0.54%) Network Security
9 1 (0.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.15%) Power BI
2 2 (1.08%) MySQL
2 2 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 45 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.37%) Finance
3 13 (6.99%) Games
4 12 (6.45%) Legal
5 11 (5.91%) Aerospace
6 8 (4.30%) Automotive
7 7 (3.76%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.69%) Banking
10 4 (2.15%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.15%) Retail
11 1 (0.54%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.54%) Law
11 1 (0.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (24.19%) IT Engineer
2 37 (19.89%) Lead
3 33 (17.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (16.13%) IT Support
5 26 (13.98%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (12.37%) Senior
7 20 (10.75%) Support Engineer
8 19 (10.22%) Analyst
8 19 (10.22%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (7.53%) Security Analyst
10 12 (6.45%) Security Manager
11 11 (5.91%) Administrator
11 11 (5.91%) Systems Administrator
12 10 (5.38%) Senior IT Engineer
13 9 (4.84%) Network Engineer
14 8 (4.30%) Network Administrator
14 8 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
14 8 (4.30%) Team Leader
14 8 (4.30%) Technical Leader
15 7 (3.76%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.30%) 802.1X
1 8 (4.30%) Laravel
2 3 (1.61%) JSON
2 3 (1.61%) XML
3 2 (1.08%) .NET
3 2 (1.08%) LDAP
3 2 (1.08%) OAuth
3 2 (1.08%) OpenID
3 2 (1.08%) REST
3 2 (1.08%) SAML
3 2 (1.08%) ServiceStack
3 2 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (23.12%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.68%) Driving Licence
3 15 (8.06%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (5.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (4.84%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.30%) Cyberattack
7 7 (3.76%) Security Posture
8 6 (3.23%) Industry 4.0
8 6 (3.23%) SCADA
9 5 (2.69%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (2.15%) CCTV
10 4 (2.15%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.61%) CSOC
11 3 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.08%) Clustering
12 2 (1.08%) IoT
12 2 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.54%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 76 (40.86%) Windows
2 48 (25.81%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.91%) Linux
4 6 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.08%) Unix
7 1 (0.54%) VMS
7 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (24.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (12.90%) Incident Response
4 23 (12.37%) Migration
4 23 (12.37%) Penetration Testing
5 22 (11.83%) Information Security
6 20 (10.75%) Agile
7 18 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (9.68%) ITIL
8 15 (8.06%) Risk Management
9 14 (7.53%) Cloud Security
9 14 (7.53%) Security Operations
10 13 (6.99%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 12 (6.45%) Service Management
11 12 (6.45%) Vulnerability Management
12 11 (5.91%) Mentoring
12 11 (5.91%) Preventative Maintenance
12 11 (5.91%) SIEM
13 10 (5.38%) Infrastructure Management
13 10 (5.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.14%) SQL
2 14 (7.53%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.30%) PHP
3 8 (4.30%) Rust
4 5 (2.69%) Python
5 3 (1.61%) C#
5 3 (1.61%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.61%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (8.06%) Degree
2 14 (7.53%) CISSP
3 13 (6.99%) CISM
3 13 (6.99%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.30%) CCNA
5 8 (4.30%) CCNP
5 8 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (4.30%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.69%) CEH
6 5 (2.69%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.69%) OSCP
7 4 (2.15%) CISA
7 4 (2.15%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.08%) MCITP
10 1 (0.54%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.54%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (8.06%) GDPR
3 5 (2.69%) NCSC
3 5 (2.69%) NIST
3 5 (2.69%) SOC 2
4 4 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.15%) SLA
5 2 (1.08%) QA
6 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.54%) COBIT
6 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.54%) TickIT
System Software
1 46 (24.73%) Active Directory
2 28 (15.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.06%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.54%) RACF
6 1 (0.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.54%) XenApp
6 1 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.76%) SCCM
3 3 (1.61%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.54%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (26.34%) VMware
2 43 (23.12%) Microsoft
3 32 (17.20%) Veeam
4 15 (8.06%) Cisco
5 11 (5.91%) HP
6 10 (5.38%) Nimble Storage
7 8 (4.30%) Acronis
8 7 (3.76%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (3.76%) Proofpoint
8 7 (3.76%) Rapid7
9 5 (2.69%) BT
9 5 (2.69%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.15%) Barracuda Networks
10 4 (2.15%) Cylance
10 4 (2.15%) McAfee
10 4 (2.15%) Meraki
11 1 (0.54%) Aruba
11 1 (0.54%) AVEVA
11 1 (0.54%) Datto
11 1 (0.54%) Rockwell