Cybersecurity Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 42 52
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,878 3,667 3,925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.10% 6.49% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.23% 6.79% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,761 1,744 1,894
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +3.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £88,953
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +18 978 £50,500 -8.27% 166
North of England +5 954 £52,084 -13.19% 219
Midlands +9 707 £55,000 -8.33% 133
South West +4 623 £60,000 -4.00% 133
North West -7 585 £52,084 -15.99% 146
West Midlands +6 515 £55,087 -11.86% 81
Scotland -56 315 £51,750 -13.06% 48
Yorkshire +19 274 £50,000 -16.67% 66
East of England +19 210 £50,000 -4.76% 58
East Midlands +20 189 £42,500 -10.53% 51
North East +46 95 £42,500 -3.95% 7
Wales -37 54 £52,500 -25.00% 21
Northern Ireland -10 28 £42,500 -20.93% 16
Isle of Man -14 8 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Channel Islands -3 1 £100,000 -13.04% 1
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 175 (4.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 174 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.72%) IIS
4 14 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.36%) FileNet
5 12 (0.31%) Confluence
6 11 (0.28%) Apache
7 8 (0.21%) CMS
8 5 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.13%) Luigi
8 5 (0.13%) Site Server
9 4 (0.10%) CloudStack
9 4 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.052%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.052%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.026%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.026%) WordPress
Applications
1 164 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.21%) Simulink
7 4 (0.10%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.10%) Stateflow
7 4 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.10%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.077%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.052%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.052%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 848 (21.87%) Azure
2 606 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 363 (9.36%) AWS
4 264 (6.81%) Entra ID
5 147 (3.79%) SaaS
6 97 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
7 84 (2.17%) GCP
8 67 (1.73%) Power Platform
9 54 (1.39%) PaaS
10 51 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 50 (1.29%) IaaS
12 49 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
13 48 (1.24%) OneDrive
14 47 (1.21%) Amazon S3
15 36 (0.93%) PowerApps
16 35 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
17 32 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 32 (0.83%) Datadog
18 30 (0.77%) Power Automate
19 24 (0.62%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 538 (13.87%) Firewall
2 234 (6.03%) Network Security
3 200 (5.16%) WAN
4 151 (3.89%) DNS
5 146 (3.76%) TCP/IP
6 121 (3.12%) DHCP
6 121 (3.12%) LAN
7 117 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
8 97 (2.50%) VPN
9 90 (2.32%) 5G
10 85 (2.19%) Intrusion Detection
11 83 (2.14%) SD-WAN
12 77 (1.99%) Broadband
13 59 (1.52%) SAN
14 52 (1.34%) Internet
15 48 (1.24%) MPLS
16 47 (1.21%) VLAN
16 47 (1.21%) Wireless
17 39 (1.01%) VoIP
18 33 (0.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 54 (1.39%) Power BI
3 53 (1.37%) NoSQL
4 49 (1.26%) MySQL
5 42 (1.08%) Big Data
6 35 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (0.54%) Hadoop
8 21 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 20 (0.52%) Redis
10 18 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
11 14 (0.36%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.36%) Scylla
12 13 (0.34%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.13%) Bigtable
14 5 (0.13%) CouchDB
14 5 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (1.26%) JIRA
2 42 (1.08%) Git
3 24 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 22 (0.57%) JUnit
5 21 (0.54%) GitLab
6 19 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
7 18 (0.46%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.23%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.18%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.15%) IntelliJ
11 6 (0.15%) Mockito
11 6 (0.15%) Selenium
11 6 (0.15%) Subversion
12 5 (0.13%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.13%) Gradle
13 4 (0.10%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.10%) CANoe
13 4 (0.10%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.10%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 889 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 589 (15.19%) Finance
3 445 (11.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 389 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
5 246 (6.34%) Law
6 171 (4.41%) Legal
7 148 (3.82%) Public Sector
8 131 (3.38%) Telecoms
9 122 (3.15%) Manufacturing
10 99 (2.55%) Military
10 99 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
10 99 (2.55%) Retail
11 94 (2.42%) Banking
12 85 (2.19%) Aerospace
13 76 (1.96%) Games
13 76 (1.96%) Marketing
14 62 (1.60%) Automotive
15 36 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
16 28 (0.72%) Electronics
17 27 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 553 (14.26%) Senior
2 472 (12.17%) Analyst
3 352 (9.08%) Lead
4 278 (7.17%) Architect
5 272 (7.01%) Consultant
6 227 (5.85%) Software Engineer
7 213 (5.49%) Security Analyst
8 206 (5.31%) Security Consultant
9 203 (5.23%) Security Manager
10 198 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 189 (4.87%) IT Manager
12 173 (4.46%) Security Engineer
13 156 (4.02%) IT Support
14 149 (3.84%) IT Engineer
15 141 (3.64%) Security Architect
16 136 (3.51%) Data Scientist
17 127 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 125 (3.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 123 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 121 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (1.42%) HTML
2 54 (1.39%) Node.js
3 52 (1.34%) .NET
4 51 (1.32%) AngularJS
5 48 (1.24%) CSS
5 48 (1.24%) Kafka
6 46 (1.19%) Web Services
7 44 (1.13%) React
8 42 (1.08%) Spring
9 41 (1.06%) REST
10 31 (0.80%) OpenTelemetry
11 28 (0.72%) GraphQL
12 27 (0.70%) OAuth
12 27 (0.70%) OpenID
13 24 (0.62%) jQuery
13 24 (0.62%) RESTful
14 23 (0.59%) JSON
15 21 (0.54%) 802.1X
16 18 (0.46%) Laravel
16 18 (0.46%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 443 (11.42%) Management Information System
2 264 (6.81%) Data Centre
3 186 (4.80%) Algorithms
4 183 (4.72%) Cyber Threat
5 162 (4.18%) Operational Technology
6 152 (3.92%) Security Operations Centre
7 147 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
8 129 (3.33%) Security Posture
9 118 (3.04%) Driving Licence
9 118 (3.04%) Public Cloud
10 103 (2.66%) Cyberattack
11 101 (2.60%) Social Media
12 90 (2.32%) IoT
13 78 (2.01%) Onboarding
14 71 (1.83%) Cloud Native
15 57 (1.47%) Product Ownership
16 54 (1.39%) Private Cloud
17 52 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
18 43 (1.11%) Cyber Security Posture
19 37 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 714 (18.41%) Windows
2 353 (9.10%) Linux
3 321 (8.28%) Windows Server
4 115 (2.97%) Windows 10
5 87 (2.24%) Ubuntu
6 68 (1.75%) Unix
7 64 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 62 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 54 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
10 43 (1.11%) Apple iOS
11 40 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
12 31 (0.80%) Mac OS
13 30 (0.77%) Android
14 25 (0.64%) Windows 7
15 20 (0.52%) VMS
16 17 (0.44%) Mac OS X
17 12 (0.31%) Kali Linux
18 8 (0.21%) Solaris
19 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
20 5 (0.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
2 561 (14.47%) Information Security
3 433 (11.17%) Incident Response
4 423 (10.91%) Mentoring
5 422 (10.88%) Risk Management
6 415 (10.70%) Agile
7 363 (9.36%) Security Operations
8 361 (9.31%) Computer Science
9 343 (8.84%) Coaching
10 335 (8.64%) SIEM
11 326 (8.41%) Software Engineering
12 309 (7.97%) ITIL
13 307 (7.92%) Decision-Making
14 297 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 271 (6.99%) Project Management
16 258 (6.65%) Artificial Intelligence
17 240 (6.19%) Analytics
18 238 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
18 238 (6.14%) Vulnerability Management
19 231 (5.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 296 (7.63%) Python
2 257 (6.63%) SQL
3 215 (5.54%) Bash
4 200 (5.16%) PowerShell
5 166 (4.28%) Java
6 101 (2.60%) C
7 92 (2.37%) JavaScript
8 64 (1.65%) Rust
9 51 (1.32%) Embedded C
10 49 (1.26%) C#
11 33 (0.85%) C++
12 28 (0.72%) PHP
13 26 (0.67%) Go
14 22 (0.57%) TypeScript
15 19 (0.49%) Scala
16 16 (0.41%) Perl
17 12 (0.31%) R
18 9 (0.23%) MATLAB
18 9 (0.23%) Ruby
19 5 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 864 (22.28%) Degree
2 660 (17.02%) Security Cleared
3 357 (9.21%) CISSP
4 305 (7.86%) SC Cleared
5 233 (6.01%) CISM
6 159 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
7 132 (3.40%) CCNA
8 124 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 113 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 112 (2.89%) DV Cleared
11 95 (2.45%) CRISC
12 90 (2.32%) CISA
13 88 (2.27%) CCNP
14 81 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
15 77 (1.99%) Azure Certification
16 68 (1.75%) Master's Degree
17 57 (1.47%) CEH
17 57 (1.47%) CESG Certified Professional
18 49 (1.26%) GIAC
19 45 (1.16%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 452 (11.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 402 (10.37%) NIST
3 246 (6.34%) GDPR
4 233 (6.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 143 (3.69%) GRC
6 142 (3.66%) NCSC
7 91 (2.35%) SLA
8 90 (2.32%) PCI DSS
9 84 (2.17%) Def Stans
10 67 (1.73%) NIST 800
11 59 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 57 (1.47%) QA
13 47 (1.21%) Data Quality
14 42 (1.08%) ISO 9001
15 40 (1.03%) JSP 440
16 28 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 27 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
18 26 (0.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
19 24 (0.62%) SOC 2
20 23 (0.59%) Accessibility
System Software
1 564 (14.54%) Active Directory
2 181 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 131 (3.38%) Hyper-V
4 74 (1.91%) Docker
5 44 (1.13%) RACF
6 36 (0.93%) vSphere
7 27 (0.70%) Firmware
8 22 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
9 20 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
10 18 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 10 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
12 6 (0.15%) XenApp
13 5 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.10%) NFS
14 4 (0.10%) pfSense
14 4 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 4 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.10%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 228 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 103 (2.66%) Kubernetes
3 93 (2.40%) Terraform
4 68 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
5 40 (1.03%) SCCM
5 40 (1.03%) WSUS
6 38 (0.98%) Ansible
7 35 (0.90%) Grafana
8 29 (0.75%) FortiGate
9 28 (0.72%) CASB
10 27 (0.70%) Stealthwatch
11 26 (0.67%) Nessus
12 23 (0.59%) EnCase
13 17 (0.44%) Puppet
13 17 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
13 17 (0.44%) vCenter Server
14 12 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 10 (0.26%) Functional Safety
15 10 (0.26%) logstash
15 10 (0.26%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,089 (28.08%) Microsoft
2 269 (6.94%) VMware
3 228 (5.88%) Cisco
4 150 (3.87%) Apple
5 129 (3.33%) Adobe
6 119 (3.07%) CyberArk
7 91 (2.35%) Veeam
8 89 (2.29%) Splunk
9 84 (2.17%) Meraki
10 81 (2.09%) Tanium
11 78 (2.01%) Dell
12 66 (1.70%) HP
13 65 (1.68%) Google
14 45 (1.16%) Oracle
15 41 (1.06%) Citrix
16 35 (0.90%) Fortinet
17 34 (0.88%) Juniper
17 34 (0.88%) Sage
17 34 (0.88%) ServiceNow
18 31 (0.80%) Sophos