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 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 31 49 79
Rank change year-on-year +18 +30 -8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,873 5,084 6,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.63% 5.75% 4.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.62% 6.01% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,618 2,755 3,179
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,159 £37,286
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £47,238
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% - +4.00%

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 73,567 84,580 131,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.06% 95.60% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 53,896 50,324 73,626
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 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 20 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 +25 1,419 £72,500 +3.57% 445
South East +23 972 £50,500 -8.18% 238
North of England +10 916 £52,084 -13.19% 227
Midlands +17 696 £55,000 -8.33% 132
South West +9 623 £60,000 -4.00% 136
North West 0 571 £52,084 -15.99% 122
West Midlands +12 504 £55,000 -12.00% 84
Yorkshire +9 252 £50,000 -16.67% 94
East of England +19 206 £54,000 +2.86% 72
East Midlands +24 188 £42,500 -10.53% 48
North East +52 93 £42,500 -3.68% 11
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
1 221 (4.54%) SharePoint
2 206 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (0.76%) IIS
4 17 (0.35%) Apache
5 15 (0.31%) Confluence
6 10 (0.21%) CMS
7 5 (0.10%) Site Server
8 4 (0.082%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.082%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.082%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.062%) Luigi
9 3 (0.062%) nginx
10 2 (0.041%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.041%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.041%) WordPress
11 1 (0.021%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.021%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.021%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 206 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 86 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 49 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.18%) Simulink
7 8 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.16%) Revit
8 5 (0.10%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.082%) Stateflow
9 4 (0.082%) Windchill
10 3 (0.062%) Trello
11 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 (0.082%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.062%) Primavera
5 2 (0.041%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.041%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.021%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.021%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1,233 (25.30%) Azure
2 759 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
3 423 (8.68%) AWS
4 419 (8.60%) Entra ID
5 188 (3.86%) SaaS
6 147 (3.02%) GCP
7 115 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
8 98 (2.01%) PaaS
9 96 (1.97%) Power Platform
10 87 (1.79%) IaaS
11 68 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
12 52 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
13 48 (0.99%) OneDrive
14 46 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
15 38 (0.78%) Serverless
16 32 (0.66%) GitHub
16 32 (0.66%) Power Automate
16 32 (0.66%) PowerApps
17 29 (0.60%) Amazon S3
18 28 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 769 (15.78%) Firewall
2 342 (7.02%) Network Security
3 246 (5.05%) WAN
4 244 (5.01%) 5G
5 235 (4.82%) Broadband
6 233 (4.78%) DNS
7 193 (3.96%) TCP/IP
8 171 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
9 165 (3.39%) LAN
10 156 (3.20%) DHCP
11 127 (2.61%) VPN
12 125 (2.57%) Intrusion Detection
13 101 (2.07%) SD-WAN
14 86 (1.76%) Internet
14 86 (1.76%) Wireless
15 80 (1.64%) SAN
16 61 (1.25%) MPLS
17 57 (1.17%) VLAN
18 52 (1.07%) Unified Communications
19 49 (1.01%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (2.20%) SQL Server
2 85 (1.74%) Power BI
3 44 (0.90%) MySQL
4 41 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (0.70%) NoSQL
6 27 (0.55%) MongoDB
7 26 (0.53%) Big Data
8 24 (0.49%) Oracle Database
8 24 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 22 (0.45%) Data Lake
10 17 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (0.27%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.14%) Tableau
16 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.12%) Redis
16 6 (0.12%) SAP HANA
17 5 (0.10%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 79 (1.62%) Jenkins
2 68 (1.40%) JIRA
3 51 (1.05%) Git
4 36 (0.74%) Burp Suite
4 36 (0.74%) Metasploit
5 23 (0.47%) GitLab
6 20 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 19 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
9 13 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 10 (0.21%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.18%) JUnit
11 9 (0.18%) Subversion
12 8 (0.16%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.16%) IntelliJ
13 7 (0.14%) Gradle
13 7 (0.14%) Mockito
14 5 (0.10%) CANoe
14 5 (0.10%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.10%) Selenium
General
1 1,096 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 785 (16.11%) Finance
3 681 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
4 532 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 264 (5.42%) Legal
6 262 (5.38%) Law
7 211 (4.33%) Public Sector
8 164 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 146 (3.00%) Banking
10 136 (2.79%) Retail
11 118 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 117 (2.40%) Marketing
13 108 (2.22%) Aerospace
13 108 (2.22%) Games
14 102 (2.09%) Military
15 95 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
16 76 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
17 74 (1.52%) Automotive
18 64 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
19 45 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 814 (16.70%) Senior
2 639 (13.11%) Analyst
3 382 (7.84%) Lead
4 365 (7.49%) Architect
5 344 (7.06%) Consultant
6 327 (6.71%) Security Analyst
7 280 (5.75%) Security Engineer
8 260 (5.34%) Security Manager
9 254 (5.21%) Security Consultant
10 214 (4.39%) Technical Specialist
11 212 (4.35%) Linux Specialist
12 211 (4.33%) IT Manager
13 202 (4.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 187 (3.84%) Security Architect
15 177 (3.63%) IT Engineer
16 173 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 163 (3.34%) IT Support
18 153 (3.14%) Software Engineer
19 152 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
20 151 (3.10%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (1.62%) .NET
2 67 (1.37%) HTML
3 54 (1.11%) REST
4 53 (1.09%) CSS
5 47 (0.96%) OpenID
5 47 (0.96%) Web Services
6 41 (0.84%) JSON
7 39 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
7 39 (0.80%) OAuth
8 29 (0.60%) jQuery
8 29 (0.60%) Node.js
9 26 (0.53%) Middleware
10 23 (0.47%) 802.1X
10 23 (0.47%) React
10 23 (0.47%) Spring Boot
11 22 (0.45%) ARM Templates
12 21 (0.43%) Spring
13 19 (0.39%) AngularJS
14 18 (0.37%) Kafka
15 16 (0.33%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 532 (10.92%) Management Information System
2 312 (6.40%) Data Centre
3 249 (5.11%) Cyber Threat
4 245 (5.03%) Social Media
5 203 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 188 (3.86%) Operational Technology
7 179 (3.67%) Security Operations Centre
8 168 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
9 154 (3.16%) Cyberattack
10 146 (3.00%) Algorithms
11 119 (2.44%) IoT
12 103 (2.11%) Driving Licence
13 94 (1.93%) Onboarding
14 93 (1.91%) PKI
15 86 (1.76%) Public Cloud
16 78 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
17 68 (1.40%) Product Ownership
18 64 (1.31%) Private Cloud
19 63 (1.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 56 (1.15%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 912 (18.72%) Windows
2 604 (12.39%) Linux
3 401 (8.23%) Windows Server
4 238 (4.88%) Ubuntu
5 139 (2.85%) Windows 10
6 87 (1.79%) Apple iOS
7 71 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 68 (1.40%) Android
9 65 (1.33%) Unix
10 63 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (1.09%) Embedded Linux
12 48 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
13 47 (0.96%) Mac OS
14 42 (0.86%) Kali Linux
15 25 (0.51%) Windows 7
16 19 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
17 16 (0.33%) VMS
18 9 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 8 (0.16%) Solaris
20 7 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 965 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
2 872 (17.89%) Information Security
3 590 (12.11%) Incident Response
4 578 (11.86%) SIEM
5 522 (10.71%) Mentoring
6 508 (10.42%) Risk Management
7 490 (10.06%) Security Operations
8 469 (9.62%) Computer Science
9 425 (8.72%) Agile
10 418 (8.58%) ITIL
11 353 (7.24%) Artificial Intelligence
12 351 (7.20%) Coaching
13 347 (7.12%) IT Strategy
14 341 (7.00%) Penetration Testing
15 333 (6.83%) Decision-Making
16 331 (6.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 321 (6.59%) Project Management
18 314 (6.44%) Vulnerability Management
19 298 (6.12%) Technology Strategy
20 283 (5.81%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 409 (8.39%) Python
2 392 (8.04%) Bash
3 287 (5.89%) SQL
4 278 (5.70%) PowerShell
5 132 (2.71%) C
6 118 (2.42%) JavaScript
7 115 (2.36%) Java
8 73 (1.50%) C#
9 63 (1.29%) Rust
10 51 (1.05%) Embedded C
11 47 (0.96%) C++
12 25 (0.51%) PHP
13 21 (0.43%) Perl
13 21 (0.43%) TypeScript
14 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.29%) R
16 12 (0.25%) Go
16 12 (0.25%) MATLAB
17 10 (0.21%) RPG
17 10 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,065 (21.86%) Degree
2 781 (16.03%) Security Cleared
3 593 (12.17%) CISSP
4 377 (7.74%) SC Cleared
5 349 (7.16%) CISM
6 223 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
7 202 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 188 (3.86%) DV Cleared
9 165 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 151 (3.10%) CRISC
11 144 (2.96%) CISA
12 141 (2.89%) CCNA
13 111 (2.28%) CEH
14 108 (2.22%) GIAC
14 108 (2.22%) Master's Degree
15 105 (2.15%) CCNP
16 104 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
17 92 (1.89%) Azure Certification
18 88 (1.81%) CREST Certified
19 72 (1.48%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 686 (14.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 554 (11.37%) NIST
3 316 (6.48%) GDPR
4 275 (5.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 202 (4.15%) GRC
6 190 (3.90%) NCSC
7 157 (3.22%) PCI DSS
8 101 (2.07%) SLA
9 84 (1.72%) Def Stans
10 80 (1.64%) QA
11 76 (1.56%) NIST 800
12 64 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 60 (1.23%) Data Quality
14 59 (1.21%) COBIT
15 53 (1.09%) ISO 9001
16 49 (1.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 46 (0.94%) SOC 2
18 45 (0.92%) JSP 440
19 36 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
20 29 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 807 (16.56%) Active Directory
2 255 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (2.96%) Hyper-V
4 127 (2.61%) Docker
5 50 (1.03%) vSphere
6 36 (0.74%) Firmware
7 34 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 30 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
9 27 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 26 (0.53%) RACF
11 21 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
12 11 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
13 10 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
15 7 (0.14%) Terminal Services
16 6 (0.12%) XenApp
17 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
18 4 (0.082%) pfSense
18 4 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
18 4 (0.082%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 392 (8.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (4.37%) Jamf Pro
3 89 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 87 (1.79%) Ansible
5 75 (1.54%) Terraform
6 42 (0.86%) WSUS
7 40 (0.82%) SCCM
8 38 (0.78%) CASB
9 35 (0.72%) Nessus
9 35 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
10 33 (0.68%) FortiGate
11 30 (0.62%) QRadar
12 29 (0.60%) Stealthwatch
13 26 (0.53%) Puppet
13 26 (0.53%) vCenter Server
14 25 (0.51%) EnCase
15 20 (0.41%) Nagios
16 19 (0.39%) SCOM
17 18 (0.37%) Nmap
18 15 (0.31%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1,533 (31.46%) Microsoft
2 352 (7.22%) VMware
3 278 (5.70%) Cisco
4 260 (5.34%) CyberArk
5 238 (4.88%) Tanium
6 177 (3.63%) Apple
7 158 (3.24%) Adobe
8 128 (2.63%) Veeam
9 104 (2.13%) Splunk
10 102 (2.09%) Google
11 92 (1.89%) Meraki
12 88 (1.81%) HP
13 71 (1.46%) Dell
14 59 (1.21%) Juniper
15 55 (1.13%) Qualys
16 53 (1.09%) ServiceNow
17 49 (1.01%) Fortinet
18 44 (0.90%) Citrix
19 43 (0.88%) SAP
20 42 (0.86%) Oracle