Cyber Threat Jobs in England

Cyber Threats
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 520 678
Rank change year-on-year +9 +158 -49
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 388 424 576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.50% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 1.16% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 304 269 333
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,900
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,526 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -20.63% +15.38%
75th Percentile £82,188 £78,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £59,526 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.20% -14.96% +7.69%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Threat 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 advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,484 36,695 66,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.50% 43.61% 47.39%
Number of salaries quoted 20,995 20,279 30,587
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,761 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,686 £46,250
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 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the England 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
London +60 137 £76,250 +17.31% 49
North of England +9 80 £50,000 -9.09% 28
South East +17 67 £55,000 -26.67% 11
North West -19 53 £50,000 -16.00% 22
East of England +34 45 £65,000 +36.84% 2
Midlands -4 25 £65,000 +18.18% 6
South West -56 24 £62,500 +5.00% 12
Yorkshire +47 19 £60,000 +16.81% 6
East Midlands -7 14 £65,000 +85.71% 5
West Midlands -15 11 £70,000 +27.27% 1
North East -3 8 £39,500 -28.18%
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.52%) Apache
2 2 (0.52%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (0.52%) Confluence
2 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.26%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 12 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.84%) Simulink
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 89 (22.94%) Azure
2 63 (16.24%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (11.86%) AWS
4 17 (4.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (2.06%) Cloudflare
5 8 (2.06%) Entra ID
6 7 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.03%) GCP
7 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.77%) Serverless
9 2 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.52%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.52%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 73 (18.81%) Firewall
2 40 (10.31%) Intrusion Detection
3 32 (8.25%) Network Security
4 15 (3.87%) Internet
4 15 (3.87%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.09%) DNS
6 10 (2.58%) LAN
7 8 (2.06%) WAN
7 8 (2.06%) Wireless
7 8 (2.06%) Wireshark
8 7 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.55%) HTTP
9 6 (1.55%) SMTP
10 5 (1.29%) DHCP
10 5 (1.29%) MPLS
10 5 (1.29%) SNMP
10 5 (1.29%) SSL
11 3 (0.77%) Broadband
12 2 (0.52%) VoIP
12 2 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.32%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.03%) Power BI
3 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) Big Data
3 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.26%) MySQL
4 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.77%) JIRA
2 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.52%) GitLab
2 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.26%) Vagrant
General
1 114 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 87 (22.42%) Finance
3 78 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.70%) Banking
5 22 (5.67%) Games
5 22 (5.67%) Legal
5 22 (5.67%) Retail
6 20 (5.15%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.12%) Electronics
8 13 (3.35%) Law
9 9 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.32%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.06%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.55%) Automotive
13 5 (1.29%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.52%) Local Government
16 2 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 96 (24.74%) Analyst
2 63 (16.24%) Senior
3 48 (12.37%) Lead
4 45 (11.60%) Security Analyst
5 39 (10.05%) Security Manager
6 27 (6.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 26 (6.70%) Architect
7 26 (6.70%) SOC Analyst
8 21 (5.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 21 (5.41%) Cyber Threat Specialist
8 21 (5.41%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
9 20 (5.15%) IT Manager
10 18 (4.64%) Security Architect
11 16 (4.12%) IT Security Manager
11 16 (4.12%) Technical Leader
12 15 (3.87%) Data Manager
12 15 (3.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 15 (3.87%) Security Engineer
12 15 (3.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 15 (3.87%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.67%) Middleware
2 8 (2.06%) Kafka
2 8 (2.06%) Laravel
3 5 (1.29%) NETCONF
4 3 (0.77%) Sass
5 2 (0.52%) .NET
5 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.52%) Flask
5 2 (0.52%) React
5 2 (0.52%) RESTful
6 1 (0.26%) EDI
6 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.26%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 63 (16.24%) Management Information System
2 58 (14.95%) Cyberattack
3 39 (10.05%) Security Posture
4 38 (9.79%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (4.90%) Client/Server
6 16 (4.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 16 (4.12%) Operational Technology
7 11 (2.84%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.58%) Cyber Security Posture
9 9 (2.32%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.32%) SCADA
10 8 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (2.06%) Data Fabric
10 8 (2.06%) Replication
11 6 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (1.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (1.55%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.29%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (16.49%) Windows
2 25 (6.44%) Linux
3 15 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.84%) Ubuntu
4 11 (2.84%) Unix
5 8 (2.06%) CentOS
5 8 (2.06%) Solaris
5 8 (2.06%) zOS
6 4 (1.03%) Kali Linux
6 4 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.52%) Android
7 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (63.14%) Cybersecurity
2 146 (37.63%) Incident Response
3 112 (28.87%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (24.23%) SIEM
5 92 (23.71%) Security Operations
6 82 (21.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 82 (21.13%) Threat Intelligence
7 79 (20.36%) Information Security
8 54 (13.92%) Cyber Intelligence
9 52 (13.40%) Computer Science
10 46 (11.86%) Risk Management
11 42 (10.82%) Penetration Testing
12 40 (10.31%) Disaster Recovery
13 39 (10.05%) Agile
13 39 (10.05%) Vulnerability Management
14 37 (9.54%) Cloud Security
15 36 (9.28%) ITIL
16 35 (9.02%) Roadmaps
17 33 (8.51%) Security Architecture
18 32 (8.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 30 (7.73%) Python
2 19 (4.90%) PHP
3 18 (4.64%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.35%) C
4 13 (3.35%) C#
5 11 (2.84%) MATLAB
6 8 (2.06%) Rust
6 8 (2.06%) SQL
7 6 (1.55%) C++
8 3 (0.77%) Bash
8 3 (0.77%) Java
8 3 (0.77%) R
9 2 (0.52%) Go
9 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.52%) Perl
9 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.26%) Ruby
10 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 97 (25.00%) Degree
2 93 (23.97%) CISSP
3 64 (16.49%) Security Cleared
4 41 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (10.05%) CISM
6 35 (9.02%) CompTIA Security+
7 29 (7.47%) SC Cleared
8 27 (6.96%) GIAC
9 22 (5.67%) CREST Certified
10 20 (5.15%) CISA
11 19 (4.90%) DV Cleared
12 17 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (4.12%) CEH
14 13 (3.35%) CRISC
15 10 (2.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (2.58%) CCSP
15 10 (2.58%) Master's Degree
16 9 (2.32%) Azure Certification
17 8 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (2.06%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (21.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (15.72%) NIST
3 42 (10.82%) GDPR
4 31 (7.99%) GRC
5 21 (5.41%) PCI DSS
6 20 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (3.35%) HIPAA
8 12 (3.09%) NCSC
9 9 (2.32%) NIST 800
10 8 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (1.80%) SOC 2
12 6 (1.55%) Data Quality
13 5 (1.29%) SLA
14 4 (1.03%) COBIT
14 4 (1.03%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.77%) ISO 31000
15 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 3 (0.77%) PMO
16 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 24 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.29%) Docker
4 3 (0.77%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) LXC
Systems Management
1 12 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.32%) Ansible
2 9 (2.32%) QRadar
2 9 (2.32%) Terraform
3 8 (2.06%) CSIRT
4 6 (1.55%) Nessus
5 4 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.77%) SELinux
7 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.52%) CASB
8 1 (0.26%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.26%) Kibana
8 1 (0.26%) logstash
8 1 (0.26%) Nmap
Vendors
1 81 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.35%) Qualys
2 13 (3.35%) Splunk
3 12 (3.09%) Darktrace
4 11 (2.84%) Cisco
5 10 (2.58%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.06%) Google
6 8 (2.06%) IBM
6 8 (2.06%) VMware
7 6 (1.55%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.55%) Sage
7 6 (1.55%) Workday
8 3 (0.77%) Apple
8 3 (0.77%) Intel
9 2 (0.52%) Alibaba
9 2 (0.52%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.52%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle
9 2 (0.52%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.52%) SonicWALL