Cybersecurity Jobs in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 49 77
Rank change year-on-year +19 +28 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,912 5,165 5,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.72% 5.74% 4.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.69% 6.00% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,674 2,793 3,125
10th Percentile £35,920 £36,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,145 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,404 86,015 127,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.48% 95.62% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,973 50,951 72,982
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,410 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +26 1,445 £72,500 +3.57% 347
South East +23 969 £50,500 -8.18% 170
North of England +10 910 £52,084 -15.99% 198
Midlands +9 696 £55,000 -8.33% 125
South West +13 628 £60,000 - 122
North West -2 568 £52,084 -15.99% 104
West Midlands +10 508 £55,000 -12.00% 81
Yorkshire +12 251 £51,000 -15.00% 76
East of England +23 222 £54,000 +5.37% 70
East Midlands +22 184 £42,500 -10.53% 44
North East +45 91 £42,500 -7.36% 18
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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
1 225 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 211 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (0.77%) IIS
4 17 (0.35%) Apache
5 15 (0.31%) Confluence
6 10 (0.20%) CMS
7 5 (0.10%) Site Server
8 4 (0.081%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.081%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.081%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.081%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.061%) Luigi
9 3 (0.061%) nginx
10 2 (0.041%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.041%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.041%) WordPress
11 1 (0.020%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.020%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.020%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 225 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.18%) Revit
6 9 (0.18%) Simulink
7 5 (0.10%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.081%) Stateflow
8 4 (0.081%) Windchill
9 3 (0.061%) Trello
10 2 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 16 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
2 5 (0.10%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.081%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.061%) Primavera
5 2 (0.041%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.041%) SAP FI-GL
5 2 (0.041%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.020%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.020%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,248 (25.41%) Azure
2 771 (15.70%) Microsoft 365
3 432 (8.79%) AWS
4 400 (8.14%) Entra ID
5 188 (3.83%) SaaS
6 151 (3.07%) GCP
7 115 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
8 101 (2.06%) PaaS
9 94 (1.91%) Power Platform
10 89 (1.81%) IaaS
11 71 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 51 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
13 48 (0.98%) OneDrive
14 47 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
15 38 (0.77%) Serverless
16 32 (0.65%) Power Automate
17 31 (0.63%) GitHub
17 31 (0.63%) PowerApps
18 30 (0.61%) Amazon S3
19 28 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 783 (15.94%) Firewall
2 345 (7.02%) Network Security
3 244 (4.97%) 5G
4 242 (4.93%) WAN
5 238 (4.85%) DNS
6 235 (4.78%) Broadband
7 201 (4.09%) TCP/IP
8 169 (3.44%) Wi-Fi
9 163 (3.32%) LAN
10 161 (3.28%) DHCP
11 131 (2.67%) VPN
12 128 (2.61%) Intrusion Detection
13 101 (2.06%) SD-WAN
14 85 (1.73%) Internet
14 85 (1.73%) Wireless
15 83 (1.69%) SAN
16 59 (1.20%) MPLS
17 58 (1.18%) VLAN
18 52 (1.06%) Unified Communications
18 52 (1.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (2.16%) SQL Server
2 84 (1.71%) Power BI
3 44 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (0.88%) MySQL
5 37 (0.75%) NoSQL
6 30 (0.61%) MongoDB
7 27 (0.55%) Big Data
8 25 (0.51%) Data Lake
9 24 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 23 (0.47%) Oracle Database
11 18 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
12 17 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (0.26%) Hadoop
14 12 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.14%) Tableau
17 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
17 6 (0.12%) Redis
17 6 (0.12%) SAP HANA
18 5 (0.10%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 80 (1.63%) Jenkins
2 68 (1.38%) JIRA
3 54 (1.10%) Git
4 36 (0.73%) Burp Suite
4 36 (0.73%) Metasploit
5 23 (0.47%) GitLab
6 19 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
6 19 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 17 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
8 13 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.20%) JUnit
11 9 (0.18%) Gradle
11 9 (0.18%) IntelliJ
11 9 (0.18%) Subversion
12 8 (0.16%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.16%) Mockito
13 5 (0.10%) CANoe
13 5 (0.10%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,131 (23.03%) Social Skills
2 769 (15.66%) Finance
3 679 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
4 528 (10.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 266 (5.42%) Law
6 246 (5.01%) Legal
7 225 (4.58%) Public Sector
8 165 (3.36%) Telecoms
9 135 (2.75%) Retail
10 120 (2.44%) Banking
11 116 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 116 (2.36%) Marketing
12 112 (2.28%) Aerospace
13 109 (2.22%) Games
14 102 (2.08%) Military
15 94 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
16 78 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
17 72 (1.47%) Automotive
18 65 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
19 54 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 799 (16.27%) Senior
2 637 (12.97%) Analyst
3 375 (7.63%) Lead
4 367 (7.47%) Architect
5 353 (7.19%) Consultant
6 338 (6.88%) Security Analyst
7 281 (5.72%) Security Engineer
8 263 (5.35%) Security Manager
9 262 (5.33%) Security Consultant
10 215 (4.38%) IT Manager
11 214 (4.36%) Technical Specialist
12 212 (4.32%) Linux Specialist
13 203 (4.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 184 (3.75%) Security Architect
15 181 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 178 (3.62%) IT Engineer
17 161 (3.28%) IT Support
18 156 (3.18%) Developer
19 154 (3.14%) Software Engineer
20 151 (3.07%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (1.63%) .NET
2 69 (1.40%) HTML
3 55 (1.12%) CSS
3 55 (1.12%) REST
4 51 (1.04%) OpenID
5 48 (0.98%) Web Services
6 44 (0.90%) JSON
7 40 (0.81%) OAuth
8 39 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
9 31 (0.63%) Node.js
10 29 (0.59%) jQuery
11 25 (0.51%) Middleware
11 25 (0.51%) React
12 24 (0.49%) 802.1X
12 24 (0.49%) Spring Boot
13 23 (0.47%) Spring
14 21 (0.43%) ARM Templates
15 19 (0.39%) AngularJS
16 18 (0.37%) Kafka
16 18 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 506 (10.30%) Management Information System
2 310 (6.31%) Data Centre
3 254 (5.17%) Cyber Threat
4 245 (4.99%) Social Media
5 209 (4.25%) Security Posture
6 191 (3.89%) Operational Technology
7 180 (3.66%) Security Operations Centre
8 169 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
9 153 (3.11%) Cyberattack
10 146 (2.97%) Algorithms
11 119 (2.42%) IoT
12 115 (2.34%) Driving Licence
13 96 (1.95%) PKI
14 95 (1.93%) Onboarding
15 86 (1.75%) Public Cloud
16 79 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
17 70 (1.43%) Product Ownership
18 64 (1.30%) Private Cloud
19 60 (1.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 55 (1.12%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 918 (18.69%) Windows
2 606 (12.34%) Linux
3 409 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 237 (4.82%) Ubuntu
5 142 (2.89%) Windows 10
6 94 (1.91%) Apple iOS
7 73 (1.49%) Android
8 71 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 65 (1.32%) Unix
10 58 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
12 48 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
13 47 (0.96%) Mac OS
14 42 (0.86%) Kali Linux
15 25 (0.51%) Windows 7
16 17 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
17 16 (0.33%) VMS
18 9 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 8 (0.16%) Mac OS X
20 7 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 987 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
2 864 (17.59%) Information Security
3 609 (12.40%) Incident Response
4 581 (11.83%) SIEM
5 525 (10.69%) Mentoring
6 506 (10.30%) Risk Management
7 475 (9.67%) Security Operations
8 473 (9.63%) Computer Science
9 415 (8.45%) ITIL
10 406 (8.27%) Agile
11 359 (7.31%) Artificial Intelligence
12 358 (7.29%) IT Strategy
13 348 (7.08%) Penetration Testing
14 331 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 329 (6.70%) Decision-Making
16 326 (6.64%) Coaching
17 320 (6.51%) Project Management
18 319 (6.49%) Vulnerability Management
19 299 (6.09%) Technology Strategy
20 294 (5.99%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 416 (8.47%) Python
2 397 (8.08%) Bash
3 265 (5.39%) SQL
4 259 (5.27%) PowerShell
5 130 (2.65%) C
6 122 (2.48%) JavaScript
7 119 (2.42%) Java
8 77 (1.57%) C#
9 63 (1.28%) Rust
10 51 (1.04%) Embedded C
11 48 (0.98%) C++
12 23 (0.47%) PHP
13 22 (0.45%) TypeScript
14 21 (0.43%) Perl
15 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.29%) R
17 13 (0.26%) MATLAB
18 11 (0.22%) Go
19 10 (0.20%) RPG
19 10 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,072 (21.82%) Degree
2 800 (16.29%) Security Cleared
3 605 (12.32%) CISSP
4 383 (7.80%) SC Cleared
5 352 (7.17%) CISM
6 222 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
7 206 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 187 (3.81%) DV Cleared
9 167 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 155 (3.16%) CRISC
11 143 (2.91%) CISA
12 137 (2.79%) CCNA
13 115 (2.34%) CEH
13 115 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
14 112 (2.28%) Master's Degree
15 108 (2.20%) GIAC
16 101 (2.06%) CCNP
17 93 (1.89%) Azure Certification
18 89 (1.81%) CREST Certified
19 72 (1.47%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 709 (14.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 561 (11.42%) NIST
3 323 (6.58%) GDPR
4 290 (5.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 203 (4.13%) GRC
6 191 (3.89%) NCSC
7 156 (3.18%) PCI DSS
8 101 (2.06%) SLA
9 93 (1.89%) QA
10 84 (1.71%) Def Stans
11 75 (1.53%) NIST 800
12 64 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 64 (1.30%) ISO 9001
13 59 (1.20%) Data Quality
14 58 (1.18%) COBIT
15 53 (1.08%) SOC 2
16 50 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 45 (0.92%) JSP 440
18 42 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 17025
19 36 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 799 (16.27%) Active Directory
2 260 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 147 (2.99%) Hyper-V
4 131 (2.67%) Docker
5 49 (1.00%) vSphere
6 36 (0.73%) Firmware
7 34 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
8 31 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 27 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 22 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
11 11 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
12 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
14 7 (0.14%) XenApp
15 6 (0.12%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
17 4 (0.081%) NFS
17 4 (0.081%) pfSense
17 4 (0.081%) Slurm Workload Manager
17 4 (0.081%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 400 (8.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (4.34%) Jamf Pro
3 88 (1.79%) Kubernetes
4 87 (1.77%) Ansible
5 78 (1.59%) Terraform
6 43 (0.88%) WSUS
7 40 (0.81%) SCCM
8 38 (0.77%) CASB
9 37 (0.75%) EnCase
10 35 (0.71%) Nessus
10 35 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
11 31 (0.63%) FortiGate
12 30 (0.61%) QRadar
13 27 (0.55%) Puppet
13 27 (0.55%) Stealthwatch
13 27 (0.55%) vCenter Server
14 20 (0.41%) Nagios
15 19 (0.39%) SCOM
16 18 (0.37%) Nmap
17 15 (0.31%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1,533 (31.21%) Microsoft
2 353 (7.19%) VMware
3 277 (5.64%) Cisco
4 237 (4.82%) Tanium
5 234 (4.76%) CyberArk
6 174 (3.54%) Apple
7 156 (3.18%) Adobe
8 129 (2.63%) Veeam
9 107 (2.18%) Splunk
10 105 (2.14%) Google
11 92 (1.87%) Meraki
12 88 (1.79%) HP
13 71 (1.45%) Dell
14 58 (1.18%) Qualys
14 58 (1.18%) ServiceNow
15 56 (1.14%) Juniper
16 50 (1.02%) Fortinet
17 45 (0.92%) SAP
18 44 (0.90%) Citrix
19 42 (0.86%) SolarWinds