Cybersecurity Jobs in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 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 25 30 42
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 531 440 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.29% 7.61% 5.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.81% 7.87% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 367 205 236
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,500 £29,256
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,282 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,177 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,802 5,593 7,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.54% 96.68% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,753 3,137 4,863
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £39,935 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -1 222 £55,000 -18.52% 35
Warwickshire +9 77 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Solihull +5 41 £62,500 -10.71% 7
Staffordshire -19 39 £44,500 +2.89% 6
Worcestershire -8 30 £55,000 +41.94% 4
Shropshire - 24 £75,000 - 1
Coventry 0 6 £65,000 +4.00% 3
Halesowen - 6 £40,000 -
Herefordshire +5 4 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Wolverhampton -13 3 £50,000 -25.93% 1
Walsall +4 2 £42,500 - 1
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Smethwick -6 1 £42,500 +4.94%
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 29 (5.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (8.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.75%) CANalyzer
4 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.38%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 106 (19.96%) Azure
2 77 (14.50%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (6.03%) SaaS
4 29 (5.46%) Power Platform
5 28 (5.27%) AWS
6 27 (5.08%) Entra ID
7 26 (4.90%) IaaS
8 23 (4.33%) Power Automate
9 21 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (3.95%) PaaS
10 20 (3.77%) PowerApps
11 14 (2.64%) GCP
12 13 (2.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 11 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (1.88%) GitHub
14 10 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
17 4 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
17 4 (0.75%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 77 (14.50%) Firewall
2 43 (8.10%) WAN
3 29 (5.46%) DHCP
3 29 (5.46%) DNS
4 22 (4.14%) LAN
5 20 (3.77%) SD-WAN
6 18 (3.39%) Network Security
7 14 (2.64%) SAN
8 13 (2.45%) VPN
9 12 (2.26%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (1.88%) Unified Communications
11 8 (1.51%) Fibre Channel
12 7 (1.32%) TCP/IP
13 6 (1.13%) 5G
13 6 (1.13%) Ethernet
13 6 (1.13%) NGFW
13 6 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.94%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
15 4 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.46%) Power BI
2 16 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.32%) MySQL
6 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.38%) Metadata
7 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (1.88%) SonarQube
2 4 (0.75%) CANoe
3 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.38%) Git
4 2 (0.38%) GitLab
4 2 (0.38%) JIRA
General
1 117 (22.03%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.99%) Finance
3 60 (11.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 56 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (7.72%) Legal
5 41 (7.72%) Telecoms
6 32 (6.03%) Public Sector
7 27 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.52%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.77%) Automotive
10 14 (2.64%) Retail
11 9 (1.69%) Banking
11 9 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.32%) Games
13 7 (1.32%) Law
14 5 (0.94%) Marketing
15 4 (0.75%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.56%) Electronics
16 3 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 71 (13.37%) Senior
2 65 (12.24%) Architect
3 62 (11.68%) Analyst
4 45 (8.47%) Senior Architect
5 34 (6.40%) Developer
6 26 (4.90%) Solutions Architect
7 25 (4.71%) IT Manager
7 25 (4.71%) Security Architect
7 25 (4.71%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.33%) Consultant
9 22 (4.14%) Security Analyst
9 22 (4.14%) Security Engineer
9 22 (4.14%) Security Manager
10 21 (3.95%) Senior Developer
11 20 (3.77%) Data Scientist
11 20 (3.77%) Platform Architect
11 20 (3.77%) Power Platform Architect
11 20 (3.77%) Power Platform Developer
12 19 (3.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 19 (3.58%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.45%) 802.1X
2 10 (1.88%) ARM Templates
2 10 (1.88%) Azure Blueprints
3 9 (1.69%) HTML
4 8 (1.51%) EDI
4 8 (1.51%) Middleware
5 4 (0.75%) .NET
6 3 (0.56%) jQuery
6 3 (0.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.56%) XML
7 2 (0.38%) CSS
7 2 (0.38%) OAuth
7 2 (0.38%) OpenID
7 2 (0.38%) REST
7 2 (0.38%) Web Services
8 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.19%) Blazor
8 1 (0.19%) HTML5
8 1 (0.19%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.94%) Management Information System
2 51 (9.60%) Data Centre
3 29 (5.46%) Driving Licence
4 22 (4.14%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.95%) Algorithms
6 20 (3.77%) Operational Technology
6 20 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.58%) Security Operations Centre
8 16 (3.01%) Security Posture
9 14 (2.64%) Freedom of Information
9 14 (2.64%) SCADA
9 14 (2.64%) Taxonomies
10 12 (2.26%) Public Cloud
11 11 (2.07%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.88%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (1.32%) Clustering
15 6 (1.13%) CMDB
16 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
16 5 (0.94%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 98 (18.46%) Windows
2 49 (9.23%) Windows Server
3 38 (7.16%) Linux
4 19 (3.58%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.26%) Ubuntu
5 12 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (1.51%) Solaris
6 8 (1.51%) Unix
7 4 (0.75%) CentOS
7 4 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.75%) VMS
7 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.38%) Android
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (19.02%) Information Security
2 96 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (12.43%) Mentoring
4 63 (11.86%) Decision-Making
5 60 (11.30%) Analytics
5 60 (11.30%) Project Management
6 54 (10.17%) Risk Management
7 51 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
8 46 (8.66%) Computer Science
9 45 (8.47%) Coaching
10 44 (8.29%) Presales
11 42 (7.91%) Data Protection
12 41 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (7.72%) Data Modelling
12 41 (7.72%) Disaster Recovery
13 40 (7.53%) Data Science
13 40 (7.53%) ITIL
13 40 (7.53%) Security Operations
14 39 (7.34%) Incident Response
15 36 (6.78%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.14%) PowerShell
2 20 (3.77%) SQL
3 8 (1.51%) Go
3 8 (1.51%) Python
3 8 (1.51%) Rust
4 6 (1.13%) C
4 6 (1.13%) C++
4 6 (1.13%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.94%) PHP
6 4 (0.75%) Bash
6 4 (0.75%) Java
6 4 (0.75%) R
7 3 (0.56%) C#
8 2 (0.38%) Ladder Logic
8 2 (0.38%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 136 (25.61%) Degree
2 102 (19.21%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.98%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.27%) CISSP
5 24 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (4.33%) CCNA
6 23 (4.33%) CISM
7 18 (3.39%) Azure Certification
7 18 (3.39%) CCNP
7 18 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (2.82%) CISA
9 14 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (2.26%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.26%) OSCP
12 10 (1.88%) CRISC
13 9 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (1.51%) MCP
15 6 (1.13%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (13.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (9.98%) GDPR
3 41 (7.72%) NIST
4 34 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (4.52%) ISO 9001
5 24 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 17 (3.20%) GRC
6 17 (3.20%) NCSC
7 13 (2.45%) Def Stans
8 12 (2.26%) QA
9 11 (2.07%) PCI DSS
10 10 (1.88%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.51%) Accessibility
12 7 (1.32%) ISO 26262
12 7 (1.32%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.56%) Automotive SPICE
14 3 (0.56%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.38%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 86 (16.20%) Active Directory
2 30 (5.65%) Hyper-V
3 27 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
5 10 (1.88%) Docker
6 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.13%) vSphere
7 5 (0.94%) RACF
8 4 (0.75%) pfSense
8 4 (0.75%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.75%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.38%) XenApp
9 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (3.77%) EnCase
1 20 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.82%) Terraform
3 11 (2.07%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.07%) Stealthwatch
4 10 (1.88%) Ansible
5 6 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.13%) CASB
6 5 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.75%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.75%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.56%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.56%) Nagios
9 2 (0.38%) SCCM
9 2 (0.38%) WSUS
10 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 204 (38.42%) Microsoft
2 45 (8.47%) VMware
3 37 (6.97%) Apple
4 36 (6.78%) Adobe
5 33 (6.21%) Cisco
6 24 (4.52%) Aruba
7 19 (3.58%) Dell
7 19 (3.58%) Meraki
8 17 (3.20%) Juniper
9 16 (3.01%) Veeam
10 13 (2.45%) Sage
11 11 (2.07%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.69%) CheckPoint
12 9 (1.69%) EqualLogic
13 8 (1.51%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (1.13%) Sophos
15 5 (0.94%) CyberArk
15 5 (0.94%) Google
15 5 (0.94%) NetApp
15 5 (0.94%) Ubiquiti