Cybersecurity Jobs in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 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 31 40 52
Rank change year-on-year +9 +12 0
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 696 590 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.86% 6.39% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.14% 6.61% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 541 244 293
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £86,250 £82,970
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,743 8,920 10,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.99% 96.56% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,160 4,507 6,880
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,270 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +10 508 £55,000 -12.00% 79
East Midlands +22 184 £42,500 -10.53% 44
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 45 (6.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (4.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.57%) IIS
4 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 68 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (8.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (6.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.72%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.43%) Simulink
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 154 (22.13%) Azure
2 145 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.47%) SaaS
4 43 (6.18%) Entra ID
5 37 (5.32%) AWS
6 34 (4.89%) Power Platform
7 23 (3.30%) PowerApps
8 22 (3.16%) Power Automate
9 21 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (3.02%) IaaS
10 17 (2.44%) PaaS
11 15 (2.16%) GCP
12 13 (1.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 13 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (1.15%) Cloudflare
15 8 (1.15%) GitHub
15 8 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 116 (16.67%) Firewall
2 54 (7.76%) DNS
3 44 (6.32%) DHCP
4 36 (5.17%) WAN
5 29 (4.17%) SAN
6 24 (3.45%) TCP/IP
6 24 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (2.73%) LAN
7 19 (2.73%) VLAN
8 16 (2.30%) SD-WAN
9 13 (1.87%) Network Security
9 13 (1.87%) VPN
10 10 (1.44%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (1.44%) Unified Communications
11 9 (1.29%) 802.11
12 8 (1.15%) Ethernet
12 8 (1.15%) Fibre Channel
12 8 (1.15%) Wireshark
13 7 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.86%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.89%) Power BI
2 15 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.87%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.57%) MySQL
6 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.29%) Metadata
7 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.29%) Tableau
8 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.15%) SonarQube
2 5 (0.72%) CANoe
3 4 (0.57%) JIRA
4 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.29%) Git
5 2 (0.29%) GitLab
General
1 177 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 86 (12.36%) Finance
3 60 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (6.75%) Public Sector
6 46 (6.61%) Legal
6 46 (6.61%) Telecoms
7 32 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (4.17%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.59%) Automotive
10 20 (2.87%) Games
11 18 (2.59%) Retail
12 12 (1.72%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.29%) Law
15 8 (1.15%) Banking
15 8 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.01%) Marketing
17 5 (0.72%) Multimedia
18 4 (0.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 76 (10.92%) Senior
2 75 (10.78%) Analyst
3 64 (9.20%) Architect
4 54 (7.76%) Lead
5 52 (7.47%) IT Engineer
6 48 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 39 (5.60%) Senior Architect
8 35 (5.03%) IT Support
8 35 (5.03%) Security Analyst
9 33 (4.74%) IT Manager
10 32 (4.60%) Developer
10 32 (4.60%) Security Manager
11 31 (4.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (4.17%) Network Engineer
13 28 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
14 25 (3.59%) Senior Solutions Architect
14 25 (3.59%) Support Engineer
15 23 (3.30%) Security Architect
15 23 (3.30%) Security Engineer
16 20 (2.87%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.02%) 802.1X
2 8 (1.15%) ARM Templates
2 8 (1.15%) Azure Blueprints
2 8 (1.15%) Laravel
3 7 (1.01%) EDI
4 6 (0.86%) .NET
4 6 (0.86%) Middleware
4 6 (0.86%) XML
5 4 (0.57%) JSON
5 4 (0.57%) OAuth
5 4 (0.57%) OpenID
5 4 (0.57%) REST
5 4 (0.57%) Web Services
6 3 (0.43%) HTML
6 3 (0.43%) jQuery
6 3 (0.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.29%) LDAP
7 2 (0.29%) SAML
7 2 (0.29%) ServiceStack
8 1 (0.14%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 88 (12.64%) Data Centre
2 75 (10.78%) Management Information System
3 65 (9.34%) Driving Licence
4 32 (4.60%) Security Operations Centre
5 28 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.30%) Security Posture
7 21 (3.02%) Algorithms
8 20 (2.87%) Cyber Threat
8 20 (2.87%) Operational Technology
9 18 (2.59%) Onboarding
10 16 (2.30%) SCADA
11 14 (2.01%) Freedom of Information
11 14 (2.01%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.01%) Taxonomies
12 10 (1.44%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
12 10 (1.44%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.29%) Cloud Native
13 9 (1.29%) Clustering
13 9 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 163 (23.42%) Windows
2 90 (12.93%) Windows Server
3 41 (5.89%) Linux
4 19 (2.73%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (1.44%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.15%) Unix
7 8 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.86%) Solaris
9 5 (0.72%) VMS
9 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.57%) CentOS
10 4 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.29%) Android
11 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (16.24%) Information Security
3 81 (11.64%) Incident Response
4 80 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 74 (10.63%) Mentoring
6 71 (10.20%) Risk Management
7 69 (9.91%) Project Management
8 62 (8.91%) Decision-Making
9 59 (8.48%) Disaster Recovery
10 58 (8.33%) Analytics
11 56 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
11 56 (8.05%) Computer Science
12 55 (7.90%) ITIL
13 50 (7.18%) Security Operations
14 49 (7.04%) Data Protection
15 47 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
16 44 (6.32%) Coaching
17 43 (6.18%) Agile
18 41 (5.89%) Data Modelling
18 41 (5.89%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.31%) SQL
2 29 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 14 (2.01%) Python
4 8 (1.15%) C
4 8 (1.15%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.15%) PHP
4 8 (1.15%) Rust
5 6 (0.86%) Bash
5 6 (0.86%) C#
6 5 (0.72%) Java
6 5 (0.72%) R
7 3 (0.43%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.29%) C++
8 2 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 142 (20.40%) Degree
2 125 (17.96%) Security Cleared
3 53 (7.61%) SC Cleared
4 42 (6.03%) CISSP
5 37 (5.32%) CISM
6 31 (4.45%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (3.88%) CCNA
7 27 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (3.59%) CCNP
9 22 (3.16%) Azure Certification
10 20 (2.87%) CISA
11 15 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (1.87%) DV Cleared
13 12 (1.72%) OSCP
13 12 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 11 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.58%) CRISC
15 10 (1.44%) AWS Certification
15 10 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (1.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (9.91%) GDPR
3 53 (7.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 46 (6.61%) NIST
5 42 (6.03%) ISO 9001
6 41 (5.89%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 20 (2.87%) NCSC
8 18 (2.59%) GRC
9 15 (2.16%) QA
10 13 (1.87%) Def Stans
11 12 (1.72%) PCI DSS
12 11 (1.58%) Data Quality
13 9 (1.29%) Accessibility
13 9 (1.29%) ISO 26262
14 5 (0.72%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.72%) SLA
14 5 (0.72%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.43%) Automotive SPICE
16 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 121 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 51 (7.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (6.47%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.87%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (1.15%) Docker
6 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.86%) vSphere
7 4 (0.57%) pfSense
7 4 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.57%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.57%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.29%) XenApp
8 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (5.17%) EnCase
2 28 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.72%) Terraform
4 9 (1.29%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.29%) SCCM
5 8 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (1.15%) Ansible
6 7 (1.01%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (0.86%) CASB
8 5 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.72%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.57%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.43%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.43%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.29%) Nagios
12 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 255 (36.64%) Microsoft
2 84 (12.07%) VMware
3 49 (7.04%) Veeam
4 46 (6.61%) Cisco
5 38 (5.46%) Apple
6 36 (5.17%) Adobe
7 25 (3.59%) Aruba
8 20 (2.87%) Dell
9 18 (2.59%) Meraki
10 17 (2.44%) Juniper
11 15 (2.16%) HP
11 15 (2.16%) Nimble Storage
12 13 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
12 13 (1.87%) Sage
13 12 (1.72%) Fortinet
14 10 (1.44%) Acronis
15 9 (1.29%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.29%) EqualLogic
15 9 (1.29%) Rapid7
16 8 (1.15%) Barracuda Networks