Cybersecurity Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 39 45 52
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,826 3,798 3,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.39% 6.34% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.42% 6.63% 5.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,751 1,767 1,833
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,899 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,526 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +2.63% +5.45%
75th Percentile £67,859 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,622 57,306 66,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.99% 95.62% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 41,241 29,485 41,027
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK excluding London 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
South East +23 969 £50,500 -8.18% 170
North of England +10 910 £52,084 -15.99% 199
Midlands +9 696 £55,000 -8.33% 128
South West +13 628 £60,000 - 123
North West -2 568 £52,084 -15.99% 106
West Midlands +10 508 £55,000 -12.00% 82
Scotland -57 318 £55,000 -7.60% 46
Yorkshire +12 251 £51,000 -15.00% 75
East of England +23 222 £54,000 +5.37% 69
East Midlands +22 184 £42,500 -10.53% 46
North East +45 91 £42,500 -7.36% 18
Wales -44 52 £52,504 -24.99% 27
Northern Ireland -19 23 £42,500 -20.93% 8
Isle of Man -15 8 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Channel Islands -4 1 £100,000 -13.04% 1
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 180 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 178 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (0.84%) IIS
4 24 (0.63%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.37%) FileNet
6 12 (0.31%) Confluence
7 9 (0.24%) Apache
8 8 (0.21%) CMS
9 5 (0.13%) Site Server
10 4 (0.10%) CloudStack
10 4 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.10%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.078%) Luigi
12 2 (0.052%) MS Project Server
13 1 (0.026%) nginx
13 1 (0.026%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.026%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.026%) WebSphere
Applications
1 190 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
2 75 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 56 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.24%) Simulink
6 5 (0.13%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.10%) Stateflow
7 4 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
2 5 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.10%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.052%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.052%) Primavera
5 2 (0.052%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.026%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 852 (22.27%) Azure
2 612 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
3 382 (9.98%) AWS
4 227 (5.93%) Entra ID
5 198 (5.18%) SaaS
6 108 (2.82%) GCP
7 95 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
8 77 (2.01%) PaaS
9 68 (1.78%) IaaS
10 62 (1.62%) Power Platform
11 56 (1.46%) Amazon S3
12 51 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
13 50 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
14 47 (1.23%) OneDrive
15 34 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
16 33 (0.86%) PowerApps
17 32 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 32 (0.84%) Datadog
18 29 (0.76%) Power Automate
19 27 (0.71%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 540 (14.11%) Firewall
2 225 (5.88%) Network Security
3 192 (5.02%) WAN
4 152 (3.97%) DNS
5 144 (3.76%) TCP/IP
6 123 (3.21%) DHCP
7 118 (3.08%) LAN
7 118 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
8 102 (2.67%) VPN
9 90 (2.35%) 5G
10 89 (2.33%) Intrusion Detection
11 79 (2.06%) SD-WAN
12 77 (2.01%) Broadband
13 61 (1.59%) SAN
14 53 (1.39%) Internet
15 47 (1.23%) VLAN
16 46 (1.20%) Wireless
17 43 (1.12%) MPLS
18 41 (1.07%) VoIP
19 33 (0.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (1.88%) SQL Server
2 62 (1.62%) NoSQL
3 51 (1.33%) Power BI
4 48 (1.25%) Big Data
5 43 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
6 42 (1.10%) MySQL
7 40 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (0.78%) Hadoop
9 28 (0.73%) Redis
10 27 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 23 (0.60%) Scylla
12 17 (0.44%) Relational Database
13 16 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
15 14 (0.37%) MongoDB
16 12 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
17 10 (0.26%) Tableau
18 6 (0.16%) Oracle Database
19 5 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
19 5 (0.13%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 47 (1.23%) JIRA
2 45 (1.18%) Git
3 32 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 25 (0.65%) JUnit
5 21 (0.55%) GitLab
6 19 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.29%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.24%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.24%) Gradle
11 8 (0.21%) IntelliJ
11 8 (0.21%) Mockito
12 6 (0.16%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.16%) Subversion
13 5 (0.13%) CANoe
13 5 (0.13%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.10%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.10%) IBM UrbanCode
14 4 (0.10%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 926 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 571 (14.92%) Finance
3 459 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 378 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
5 251 (6.56%) Law
6 157 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 127 (3.32%) Telecoms
8 124 (3.24%) Legal
9 117 (3.06%) Manufacturing
10 101 (2.64%) Military
11 99 (2.59%) Retail
12 96 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
13 95 (2.48%) Aerospace
14 84 (2.20%) Games
15 80 (2.09%) Marketing
16 76 (1.99%) Banking
17 60 (1.57%) Automotive
18 41 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
19 37 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
20 30 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 497 (12.99%) Senior
2 455 (11.89%) Analyst
3 329 (8.60%) Lead
4 267 (6.98%) Architect
5 265 (6.93%) Consultant
6 246 (6.43%) Software Engineer
7 216 (5.65%) Security Analyst
8 203 (5.31%) Security Consultant
9 201 (5.25%) Security Manager
10 194 (5.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 188 (4.91%) IT Manager
12 167 (4.36%) Security Engineer
13 151 (3.95%) IT Support
14 150 (3.92%) IT Engineer
15 132 (3.45%) Data Scientist
16 131 (3.42%) Security Architect
17 130 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 117 (3.06%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 115 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Consultant
20 112 (2.93%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (1.39%) Kafka
2 50 (1.31%) .NET
2 50 (1.31%) HTML
2 50 (1.31%) Web Services
3 47 (1.23%) Node.js
4 46 (1.20%) Spring
5 45 (1.18%) AngularJS
5 45 (1.18%) CSS
6 44 (1.15%) React
7 43 (1.12%) REST
8 41 (1.07%) OpenID
9 37 (0.97%) GraphQL
10 31 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
11 28 (0.73%) OAuth
12 23 (0.60%) jQuery
12 23 (0.60%) JSON
13 21 (0.55%) 802.1X
14 20 (0.52%) RESTful
15 19 (0.50%) Middleware
16 18 (0.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 397 (10.38%) Management Information System
2 260 (6.80%) Data Centre
3 194 (5.07%) Algorithms
4 188 (4.91%) Cyber Threat
5 169 (4.42%) Operational Technology
6 149 (3.89%) Security Operations Centre
7 148 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
8 133 (3.48%) Driving Licence
9 124 (3.24%) Security Posture
10 123 (3.21%) Public Cloud
11 101 (2.64%) Social Media
12 99 (2.59%) Cyberattack
13 88 (2.30%) IoT
14 79 (2.06%) Cloud Native
15 78 (2.04%) Onboarding
16 59 (1.54%) Product Ownership
17 54 (1.41%) Private Cloud
18 52 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
19 39 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
20 37 (0.97%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 739 (19.32%) Windows
2 365 (9.54%) Linux
3 328 (8.57%) Windows Server
4 114 (2.98%) Windows 10
5 86 (2.25%) Ubuntu
6 82 (2.14%) Unix
7 64 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 53 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
9 52 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 47 (1.23%) Apple iOS
11 45 (1.18%) Mac OS
12 41 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
13 32 (0.84%) Android
14 25 (0.65%) Windows 7
15 19 (0.50%) VMS
16 17 (0.44%) Mac OS X
17 15 (0.39%) Kali Linux
18 7 (0.18%) Windows 8
19 6 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 6 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 825 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
2 532 (13.90%) Information Security
3 443 (11.58%) Incident Response
4 426 (11.13%) Mentoring
5 397 (10.38%) Risk Management
6 392 (10.25%) Agile
7 356 (9.30%) Computer Science
8 343 (8.96%) SIEM
9 338 (8.83%) Software Engineering
10 323 (8.44%) Security Operations
11 312 (8.15%) ITIL
12 304 (7.95%) Coaching
13 298 (7.79%) Decision-Making
14 293 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 269 (7.03%) Project Management
16 268 (7.00%) Artificial Intelligence
17 251 (6.56%) Vulnerability Management
18 247 (6.46%) Analytics
19 236 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
20 231 (6.04%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 305 (7.97%) Python
2 226 (5.91%) Bash
3 200 (5.23%) SQL
4 182 (4.76%) Java
5 161 (4.21%) PowerShell
6 102 (2.67%) C
7 93 (2.43%) JavaScript
8 61 (1.59%) Rust
9 51 (1.33%) Embedded C
10 50 (1.31%) C#
11 33 (0.86%) C++
12 30 (0.78%) Go
13 29 (0.76%) Scala
14 22 (0.58%) TypeScript
15 19 (0.50%) PHP
16 13 (0.34%) MATLAB
17 12 (0.31%) R
18 11 (0.29%) Perl
19 8 (0.21%) Ruby
20 4 (0.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 846 (22.11%) Degree
2 680 (17.77%) Security Cleared
3 358 (9.36%) CISSP
4 311 (8.13%) SC Cleared
5 233 (6.09%) CISM
6 158 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
7 126 (3.29%) CCNA
8 120 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 114 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 113 (2.95%) DV Cleared
11 94 (2.46%) CRISC
12 89 (2.33%) CISA
13 85 (2.22%) CCNP
14 81 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
15 76 (1.99%) Azure Certification
16 66 (1.73%) Master's Degree
17 57 (1.49%) CEH
18 55 (1.44%) CESG Certified Professional
19 49 (1.28%) GIAC
20 43 (1.12%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 474 (12.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 411 (10.74%) NIST
3 250 (6.53%) GDPR
4 243 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 144 (3.76%) GRC
6 143 (3.74%) NCSC
7 98 (2.56%) PCI DSS
8 88 (2.30%) SLA
9 84 (2.20%) Def Stans
10 66 (1.73%) QA
11 64 (1.67%) NIST 800
12 60 (1.57%) ISO 9001
13 55 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 45 (1.18%) Data Quality
15 42 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 40 (1.05%) JSP 440
17 27 (0.71%) COBIT
17 27 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 25 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 25 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 537 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 182 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 128 (3.35%) Hyper-V
4 80 (2.09%) Docker
5 30 (0.78%) vSphere
6 28 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
7 26 (0.68%) Firmware
8 20 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.10%) NFS
12 4 (0.10%) pfSense
12 4 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 4 (0.10%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.10%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.10%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.10%) XenApp
13 3 (0.078%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 239 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 112 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 98 (2.56%) Terraform
4 68 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
5 39 (1.02%) SCCM
6 38 (0.99%) WSUS
7 37 (0.97%) Ansible
7 37 (0.97%) EnCase
8 35 (0.91%) Grafana
9 28 (0.73%) CASB
9 28 (0.73%) Nessus
10 26 (0.68%) FortiGate
11 21 (0.55%) Stealthwatch
12 18 (0.47%) Puppet
12 18 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
13 17 (0.44%) vCenter Server
14 11 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 11 (0.29%) Nmap
15 10 (0.26%) Fluentd
15 10 (0.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1,061 (27.73%) Microsoft
2 262 (6.85%) VMware
3 224 (5.85%) Cisco
4 153 (4.00%) Apple
5 132 (3.45%) Adobe
6 96 (2.51%) Dell
7 90 (2.35%) Splunk
7 90 (2.35%) Veeam
8 79 (2.06%) Meraki
8 79 (2.06%) Tanium
9 76 (1.99%) Google
10 75 (1.96%) CyberArk
11 65 (1.70%) HP
12 51 (1.33%) Oracle
13 41 (1.07%) Citrix
14 38 (0.99%) ServiceNow
15 37 (0.97%) Fortinet
16 35 (0.91%) Sage
16 35 (0.91%) SAP
17 34 (0.89%) Juniper