Cybersecurity Jobs in the North of England

Cybersecurity
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 38 54
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 +24
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 961 1,100 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.87% 6.93% 5.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% 7.16% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 753 525 406
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,049 £36,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +2.56% +6.36%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,869 15,355 17,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.46% 96.77% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,723 7,789 10,714
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,275 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 North of England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North of England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West -8 598 £52,084 -15.99% 143
Yorkshire +16 270 £50,000 -16.67% 58
North East +43 93 £42,500 -3.68% 5
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 41 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.42%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.10%) Site Server
5 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 200 (20.81%) Azure
2 146 (15.19%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (8.32%) AWS
4 52 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 29 (3.02%) Cloud Computing
6 27 (2.81%) SaaS
7 18 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
8 13 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.04%) Power Platform
9 10 (1.04%) Serverless
10 8 (0.83%) PaaS
11 6 (0.62%) GCP
11 6 (0.62%) IaaS
12 5 (0.52%) GitHub
12 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.42%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.42%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 151 (15.71%) Firewall
2 70 (7.28%) Network Security
3 62 (6.45%) WAN
4 41 (4.27%) LAN
5 39 (4.06%) Intrusion Detection
6 37 (3.85%) TCP/IP
7 33 (3.43%) DHCP
8 31 (3.23%) DNS
9 20 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (1.98%) SD-WAN
11 17 (1.77%) VPN
12 13 (1.35%) Internet
13 12 (1.25%) Unified Communications
14 11 (1.14%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (1.04%) SAN
16 8 (0.83%) VLAN
16 8 (0.83%) Wireless
16 8 (0.83%) Wireshark
17 7 (0.73%) HTTP
17 7 (0.73%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.98%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.46%) MySQL
3 9 (0.94%) NoSQL
4 8 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.73%) Power BI
6 2 (0.21%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.10%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (2.91%) JIRA
2 18 (1.87%) Git
3 12 (1.25%) GitLab
4 9 (0.94%) TeamCity
5 6 (0.62%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.62%) IntelliJ
5 6 (0.62%) JUnit
5 6 (0.62%) Mockito
6 5 (0.52%) Gradle
7 4 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.42%) Subversion
8 3 (0.31%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 210 (21.85%) Social Skills
2 114 (11.86%) Finance
3 89 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (7.18%) Law
5 56 (5.83%) Legal
6 50 (5.20%) Manufacturing
7 43 (4.47%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (2.91%) Military
10 27 (2.81%) Banking
11 25 (2.60%) Games
11 25 (2.60%) Retail
12 15 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.14%) Local Government
14 11 (1.14%) Marketing
14 11 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (0.83%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.52%) Automotive
17 3 (0.31%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 128 (13.32%) Lead
2 126 (13.11%) Senior
3 117 (12.17%) Analyst
4 79 (8.22%) IT Manager
5 65 (6.76%) Architect
6 58 (6.04%) Security Analyst
7 57 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 56 (5.83%) Security Engineer
8 56 (5.83%) Team Leader
9 43 (4.47%) Developer
10 36 (3.75%) Security Manager
11 35 (3.64%) Consultant
11 35 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (3.23%) Service Manager
12 31 (3.23%) Software Engineer
12 31 (3.23%) Vulnerability Manager
13 29 (3.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 29 (3.02%) IT Support
13 29 (3.02%) Security Architect
13 29 (3.02%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.71%) .NET
2 17 (1.77%) Node.js
3 15 (1.56%) REST
3 15 (1.56%) Web Services
4 12 (1.25%) HTML
5 11 (1.14%) CSS
6 10 (1.04%) OAuth
6 10 (1.04%) OpenID
7 9 (0.94%) Spring
8 8 (0.83%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.62%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.62%) HTML5
10 5 (0.52%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.52%) Laravel
10 5 (0.52%) RESTful
10 5 (0.52%) Sass
11 4 (0.42%) Akka
11 4 (0.42%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (0.42%) jQuery
11 4 (0.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 132 (13.74%) Management Information System
2 84 (8.74%) Data Centre
3 60 (6.24%) Cyber Threat
4 59 (6.14%) Operational Technology
5 44 (4.58%) Security Posture
6 34 (3.54%) Cyberattack
7 33 (3.43%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 30 (3.12%) Private Cloud
9 28 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
10 25 (2.60%) IoT
11 24 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (2.19%) Onboarding
13 18 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (1.77%) Product Ownership
15 12 (1.25%) Driving Licence
15 12 (1.25%) NHS
15 12 (1.25%) Public Cloud
16 11 (1.14%) Algorithms
17 10 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
17 10 (1.04%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 140 (14.57%) Windows
2 71 (7.39%) Linux
3 67 (6.97%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.71%) Windows 10
5 20 (2.08%) Unix
6 17 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (1.66%) Mac OS
8 15 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (1.14%) Android
9 11 (1.14%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.94%) VMS
11 6 (0.62%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
15 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.10%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (20.19%) Information Security
2 176 (18.31%) Incident Response
3 160 (16.65%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (11.34%) SIEM
5 107 (11.13%) Risk Management
6 96 (9.99%) Project Management
7 91 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 91 (9.47%) ITIL
8 90 (9.37%) Agile
9 85 (8.84%) Mentoring
10 80 (8.32%) Roadmaps
11 77 (8.01%) Security Operations
12 74 (7.70%) Vulnerability Management
13 69 (7.18%) Disaster Recovery
14 67 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 66 (6.87%) Coaching
16 59 (6.14%) Cloud Security
17 56 (5.83%) Change Management
18 55 (5.72%) Computer Science
19 53 (5.52%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (7.80%) SQL
2 62 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 56 (5.83%) Python
4 37 (3.85%) Java
5 30 (3.12%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.46%) C#
7 13 (1.35%) Bash
8 10 (1.04%) Perl
9 9 (0.94%) Ruby
10 7 (0.73%) PHP
11 2 (0.21%) C
11 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.10%) C++
12 1 (0.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 233 (24.25%) Degree
2 89 (9.26%) CISSP
3 60 (6.24%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (6.04%) Security Cleared
5 50 (5.20%) CCNA
6 48 (4.99%) CISM
7 41 (4.27%) CCNP
8 38 (3.95%) SC Cleared
9 32 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (2.91%) CompTIA Security+
12 22 (2.29%) Azure Certification
13 21 (2.19%) CISA
14 19 (1.98%) CEH
14 19 (1.98%) GIAC
15 16 (1.66%) CREST Certified
16 15 (1.56%) AWS Certification
16 15 (1.56%) Master's Degree
17 14 (1.46%) PMI Certification
18 13 (1.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (13.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (10.61%) NIST
3 75 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 48 (4.99%) SLA
5 46 (4.79%) GDPR
6 35 (3.64%) PCI DSS
7 27 (2.81%) NCSC
8 20 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 15 (1.56%) QA
10 14 (1.46%) PMO
11 12 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 10 (1.04%) GRC
13 8 (0.83%) NIST 800
13 8 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.73%) COBIT
14 7 (0.73%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 6 (0.62%) IEC 62304
15 6 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 123 (12.80%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (2.81%) Docker
4 26 (2.71%) Hyper-V
5 24 (2.50%) RACF
6 11 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.62%) Firmware
8 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.31%) vSphere
10 2 (0.21%) XenApp
11 1 (0.10%) Snort
11 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.46%) Nessus
4 12 (1.25%) Terraform
5 11 (1.14%) Stealthwatch
6 8 (0.83%) Nmap
7 6 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.52%) CASB
9 4 (0.42%) Autotask
9 4 (0.42%) Cacti
9 4 (0.42%) cPanel
9 4 (0.42%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.42%) Plesk
9 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.31%) SCCM
10 3 (0.31%) SELinux
10 3 (0.31%) WSUS
11 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.10%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 264 (27.47%) Microsoft
2 78 (8.12%) Cisco
3 51 (5.31%) Apple
4 50 (5.20%) VMware
5 48 (4.99%) Adobe
6 27 (2.81%) Meraki
7 24 (2.50%) CyberArk
8 22 (2.29%) Splunk
9 19 (1.98%) Fortinet
9 19 (1.98%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.87%) Dell
11 17 (1.77%) HP
12 16 (1.66%) Veeam
13 12 (1.25%) Samsung
14 11 (1.14%) Facebook
14 11 (1.14%) Intel
15 10 (1.04%) Qualys
16 9 (0.94%) Citrix
16 9 (0.94%) Salesforce
16 9 (0.94%) Sophos