Cyber Assurance Jobs

Cyber Assurance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Assurance 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 864 881 1261
Rank change year-on-year +17 +380 -311
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Assurance 58 64 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.069% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.072% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 47 44 20
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £46,554
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +39.62% -23.99%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £99,000 £82,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,750 £55,000 £45,607
% change year-on-year +8.64% +20.60% -17.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Assurance 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyber Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Assurance in the UK

Cyber Assurance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Assurance.

Salary trend for Cyber Assurance in the UK

Cyber Assurance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Assurance over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Assurance in the UK

Cyber Assurance
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the UK 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
England +24 42 £60,000 +20.00% 9
UK excluding London -68 33 £59,750 +8.64% 9
South East -11 18 £62,000 +39.33% 5
Work from Home +50 13 £60,000 -10.45% 7
London +61 9 £70,000 -9.68% 2
North of England +32 8 £60,000 -36.84%
North West - 8 £60,000 -
West Midlands -9 5 £50,750 +1.50% 1
Midlands -30 5 £50,750 +1.50% 1
South West -29 2 - - 1

Cyber Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.21%) AWS
1 21 (36.21%) Azure
2 5 (8.62%) GCP
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (27.59%) LAN
2 4 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (3.45%) DNS
3 2 (3.45%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 16 (27.59%) Presentation Skills
2 16 (27.59%) Public Sector
3 14 (24.14%) Finance
4 9 (15.52%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.17%) Legal
6 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Architect
1 16 (27.59%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 16 (27.59%) Security Architect
2 11 (18.97%) Senior
3 10 (17.24%) Analyst
3 10 (17.24%) Security Technical Architect
3 10 (17.24%) Technical Architect
4 9 (15.52%) Security Manager
5 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 8 (13.79%) Security Assurance Manager
6 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 6 (10.34%) Head of Compliance
6 6 (10.34%) Head of Information
6 6 (10.34%) Head of Information Assurance
6 6 (10.34%) Security Analyst
6 6 (10.34%) Security Specialist
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Architect
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Security Architect
7 5 (8.62%) Consultant
7 5 (8.62%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (48.28%) Management Information System
2 20 (34.48%) Cyberattack
3 16 (27.59%) Data Centre
4 10 (17.24%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (17.24%) iPhone
4 10 (17.24%) Onboarding
5 6 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (6.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (6.90%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.45%) Client/Server
7 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.45%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (91.38%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (86.21%) Information Security
3 23 (39.66%) Coaching
3 23 (39.66%) Security Architecture
4 21 (36.21%) Threat Modelling
5 18 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (27.59%) Business Development
6 16 (27.59%) Customer-Centricity
6 16 (27.59%) Desktop Virtualisation
6 16 (27.59%) Digital Thinking
6 16 (27.59%) Identity Management
6 16 (27.59%) Information Assurance
6 16 (27.59%) Network Architecture
6 16 (27.59%) Practice Management
6 16 (27.59%) Roadmaps
6 16 (27.59%) Threat Management
7 15 (25.86%) Risk Management
8 11 (18.97%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (12.07%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (63.79%) Security Cleared
2 27 (46.55%) CISSP
3 26 (44.83%) CISM
4 25 (43.10%) SC Cleared
5 16 (27.59%) AWS Certification
5 16 (27.59%) Azure Certification
6 10 (17.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (17.24%) OSCP
7 9 (15.52%) Degree
8 6 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (10.34%) CCSP
8 6 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (10.34%) ISACA
9 5 (8.62%) CESG Certified Professional
10 3 (5.17%) GIAC
10 3 (5.17%) PCI QSA
11 2 (3.45%) CEH
11 2 (3.45%) CRISC
11 2 (3.45%) ISSMP
12 1 (1.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (44.83%) NIST
2 20 (34.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (32.76%) NCSC
4 15 (25.86%) NIST 800
5 11 (18.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (12.07%) GRC
8 6 (10.34%) IASME
8 6 (10.34%) QA
9 5 (8.62%) PCI DSS
10 2 (3.45%) COBIT
10 2 (3.45%) Def Stans
10 2 (3.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (27.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Ansible
1 2 (3.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (3.45%) Alibaba
1 2 (3.45%) Google
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
1 2 (3.45%) Qualys
2 1 (1.72%) Facebook