Cybersecurity Jobs in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 24 34
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 211 153 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.57% 8.08% 7.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.26% 8.40% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 154 92 99
10th Percentile £31,125 £45,000 £35,620
25th Percentile £39,500 £55,000 £41,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,188 £81,250 £74,375
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,875 £96,750
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,483
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.73% +3.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,278 1,821 3,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 81.71% 96.20% 97.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,842 1,348 2,267
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,425 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £43,036 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.90%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 53 (25.12%) Azure
2 28 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (11.85%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.58%) SaaS
5 14 (6.64%) AWS
6 13 (6.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (5.21%) IaaS
8 10 (4.74%) GCP
9 7 (3.32%) PaaS
9 7 (3.32%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.84%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.90%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.90%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.95%) Serverless
14 1 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.47%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 33 (15.64%) Firewall
2 21 (9.95%) WAN
3 17 (8.06%) SD-WAN
4 16 (7.58%) DHCP
4 16 (7.58%) DNS
5 8 (3.79%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (3.79%) Network Security
5 8 (3.79%) Unified Communications
6 5 (2.37%) 5G
7 4 (1.90%) Ethernet
7 4 (1.90%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (1.90%) iSCSI
7 4 (1.90%) LAN
7 4 (1.90%) NGFW
7 4 (1.90%) SNMP
7 4 (1.90%) Wireless
8 3 (1.42%) 3GPP
8 3 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.95%) 4G
9 2 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.11%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.32%) Power BI
3 6 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.90%) CANoe
2 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.95%) Git
3 2 (0.95%) GitLab
General
1 42 (19.91%) Finance
2 39 (18.48%) Social Skills
3 35 (16.59%) Telecoms
4 22 (10.43%) Legal
5 19 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.32%) Banking
7 7 (3.32%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.84%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.37%) Marketing
9 5 (2.37%) Retail
10 4 (1.90%) Automotive
10 4 (1.90%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.42%) Turkish Language
12 2 (0.95%) Aviation
12 2 (0.95%) Games
13 1 (0.47%) Back Office
13 1 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 34 (16.11%) Architect
2 33 (15.64%) Senior
3 19 (9.00%) Senior Architect
4 17 (8.06%) Analyst
5 16 (7.58%) IT Manager
6 15 (7.11%) Security Architect
7 14 (6.64%) Consultant
7 14 (6.64%) Lead
7 14 (6.64%) Senior Security Architect
8 13 (6.16%) Cisco Architect
8 13 (6.16%) Network Engineer
8 13 (6.16%) Senior Cisco Architect
9 12 (5.69%) Data Manager
10 11 (5.21%) Head of IT
10 11 (5.21%) Project Manager
11 10 (4.74%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 9 (4.27%) Senior Manager
13 8 (3.79%) Cloud Architect
13 8 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (3.79%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.69%) 802.1X
2 7 (3.32%) Middleware
3 5 (2.37%) EDI
4 3 (1.42%) .NET
4 3 (1.42%) HTML
4 3 (1.42%) jQuery
4 3 (1.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 3 (1.42%) XML
5 2 (0.95%) OAuth
5 2 (0.95%) OpenID
5 2 (0.95%) REST
5 2 (0.95%) Web Services
6 1 (0.47%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.47%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.47%) Blazor
6 1 (0.47%) CSS
6 1 (0.47%) HTML5
6 1 (0.47%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 38 (18.01%) Data Centre
2 37 (17.54%) Management Information System
3 14 (6.64%) Freedom of Information
3 14 (6.64%) Taxonomies
4 13 (6.16%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.74%) Private Cloud
5 10 (4.74%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.32%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.90%) Infotainment
9 4 (1.90%) IoT
9 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.90%) Smartphone
10 3 (1.42%) CMDB
10 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 44 (20.85%) Windows
2 16 (7.58%) Windows 10
2 16 (7.58%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.27%) Linux
4 7 (3.32%) Solaris
4 7 (3.32%) Ubuntu
4 7 (3.32%) Unix
5 4 (1.90%) VMS
5 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.95%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (22.75%) Information Security
2 40 (18.96%) Presales
3 37 (17.54%) Software Licensing
4 29 (13.74%) Mentoring
5 28 (13.27%) Analytics
6 25 (11.85%) Risk Management
6 25 (11.85%) Security Operations
7 24 (11.37%) Disaster Recovery
7 24 (11.37%) Time Management
8 23 (10.90%) Agile
8 23 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (10.43%) Decision-Making
9 22 (10.43%) ITIL
10 21 (9.95%) Computer Science
11 20 (9.48%) Technology Strategy
12 19 (9.00%) Project Management
13 18 (8.53%) Configuration Management
13 18 (8.53%) Data Protection
13 18 (8.53%) Identity Access Management
14 17 (8.06%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.69%) SQL
2 7 (3.32%) Python
3 5 (2.37%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.90%) C
4 4 (1.90%) Java
4 4 (1.90%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.42%) C#
6 2 (0.95%) R
Qualifications
1 63 (29.86%) Degree
2 33 (15.64%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.85%) SC Cleared
4 16 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (7.11%) Azure Certification
5 15 (7.11%) CCNA
5 15 (7.11%) CCNP
6 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (5.21%) AWS Certification
7 11 (5.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (5.21%) CISSP
7 11 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (4.74%) CISM
9 9 (4.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 8 (3.79%) MCP
11 6 (2.84%) CISA
12 5 (2.37%) PCI QSA
13 4 (1.90%) CREST Certified
14 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.11%) NIST
3 8 (3.79%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.79%) GRC
4 7 (3.32%) PCI DSS
4 7 (3.32%) QA
5 5 (2.37%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.37%) NCSC
6 4 (1.90%) GDPR
6 4 (1.90%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 38 (18.01%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.74%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.90%) pfSense
5 3 (1.42%) RACF
6 1 (0.47%) vSphere
6 1 (0.47%) XenApp
6 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.79%) Stealthwatch
3 6 (2.84%) CASB
4 2 (0.95%) Terraform
5 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (33.18%) Microsoft
2 37 (17.54%) Adobe
2 37 (17.54%) Apple
3 24 (11.37%) Cisco
4 20 (9.48%) Aruba
5 16 (7.58%) Juniper
6 13 (6.16%) Meraki
7 9 (4.27%) CheckPoint
7 9 (4.27%) Fortinet
7 9 (4.27%) Veeam
7 9 (4.27%) VMware
8 5 (2.37%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (1.90%) Barracuda Networks
9 4 (1.90%) BroadSoft
9 4 (1.90%) Brocade
9 4 (1.90%) Dell
9 4 (1.90%) Dell Compellent
9 4 (1.90%) QNAP
9 4 (1.90%) Sophos
9 4 (1.90%) Zerto