Cyber Kill Chain
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Kill Chain in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Kill Chain over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 816 897 1148
Rank change year-on-year +81 +251 -285
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain 74 80 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.081% 0.060%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.21% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 68 49 83
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,400 £55,000
25th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,610 £70,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.16% -30.00% +81.82%
75th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 -
90th Percentile £97,250 £106,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £63,750 £100,000
% change year-on-year +25.49% -36.25% +81.82%

All Generic Skills
UK

Cyber Kill Chain is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Cyber Kill Chain
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Kill Chain in the UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cyber Kill Chain in the UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Kill Chain in the UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain within the UK 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
England +89 73 £87,610 +15.66% 14
London +91 39 £87,610 -5.29% 4
UK excluding London -16 32 £80,000 +25.49% 9
Work from Home +80 24 £70,000 +12.00% 3
South West - 15 £91,500 - 2
South East +10 10 £75,000 +30.43% 6
North of England +53 7 £60,000 +4.35% 1
North West +8 7 £60,000 +29.75% 1

Cyber Kill Chain
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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (21.62%) Azure
2 9 (12.16%) AWS
3 6 (8.11%) IaaS
3 6 (8.11%) SaaS
4 5 (6.76%) GCP
5 4 (5.41%) Amazon S3
5 4 (5.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (48.65%) Network Security
2 17 (22.97%) Firewall
3 6 (8.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.70%) LAN
4 2 (2.70%) WAN
5 1 (1.35%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.35%) Hadoop
General
1 19 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.97%) Finance
3 15 (20.27%) Military
4 7 (9.46%) Banking
5 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Games
7 1 (1.35%) Legal
7 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (36.49%) Consultant
1 27 (36.49%) Security Consultant
2 26 (35.14%) Analyst
2 26 (35.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 18 (24.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 18 (24.32%) Security Analyst
4 13 (17.57%) Lead
5 11 (14.86%) Lead Consultant
5 11 (14.86%) Lead Security Consultant
6 9 (12.16%) Security Engineer
7 7 (9.46%) Senior
7 7 (9.46%) SOC Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Data Engineer
10 3 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.05%) Service Delivery Manager
10 3 (4.05%) Service Manager
10 3 (4.05%) SOC Analyst
11 2 (2.70%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (35.14%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (5.41%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 30 (40.54%) Cyber Defence
2 22 (29.73%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (17.57%) Cyberattack
4 4 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.41%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.41%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.70%) Cybercrime
5 2 (2.70%) Insider Threat
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Windows
2 6 (8.11%) Linux
2 6 (8.11%) Unix
3 4 (5.41%) CentOS
3 4 (5.41%) Solaris
3 4 (5.41%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.41%) zOS
4 2 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.70%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (86.49%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (83.78%) SIEM
3 44 (59.46%) Incident Response
4 38 (51.35%) Security Operations
5 33 (44.59%) Analytics
5 33 (44.59%) Vulnerability Management
6 31 (41.89%) Incident Management
6 31 (41.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 29 (39.19%) Information Security
8 26 (35.14%) Data Analytics
8 26 (35.14%) Security Architecture
9 24 (32.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 24 (32.43%) Threat Intelligence
10 20 (27.03%) Agile
11 11 (14.86%) SOAR
11 11 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (13.51%) Attack Monitoring
12 10 (13.51%) Cloud Security
12 10 (13.51%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 8 (10.81%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.76%) Python
2 4 (5.41%) C++
3 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.35%) Bash
4 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (43.24%) Security Cleared
2 29 (39.19%) DV Cleared
3 8 (10.81%) CISSP
4 6 (8.11%) CISM
5 4 (5.41%) Degree
6 3 (4.05%) GIAC
6 3 (4.05%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.35%) GCFA
7 1 (1.35%) GCFE
7 1 (1.35%) GCIH
7 1 (1.35%) OSCP
7 1 (1.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (77.03%) NIST
2 10 (13.51%) NCSC
3 8 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (9.46%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (4.05%) SLA
7 2 (2.70%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (35.14%) vSphere
2 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 26 (35.14%) SolarWinds
1 26 (35.14%) Tanium
1 26 (35.14%) Tripwire
2 10 (13.51%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.76%) Splunk
4 4 (5.41%) Qualys
5 3 (4.05%) Intel
5 3 (4.05%) LogRhythm
5 3 (4.05%) McAfee