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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 45 80
Rank change year-on-year +14 +35 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,952 4,904 6,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.34% 5.88% 4.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.41% 6.16% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,621 2,690 3,170
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,463 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 77,271 79,617 137,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.26% 95.47% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 55,529 48,527 74,112
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,324 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £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 £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 6 June 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 6 June 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 +18 1,405 £72,500 +3.57% 360
South East +20 987 £50,500 -8.18% 159
North of England +4 958 £52,084 -13.19% 208
Midlands +11 716 £54,825 -6.68% 134
South West +2 632 £60,000 -4.00% 128
North West -9 594 £52,084 -15.99% 141
West Midlands +5 521 £55,173 -11.72% 80
Yorkshire +17 270 £50,000 -16.67% 61
East of England +7 208 £50,000 -4.76% 67
East Midlands +18 192 £42,500 -10.53% 54
North East +40 94 £42,500 -3.95% 6
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
1 223 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 201 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (0.65%) IIS
4 19 (0.38%) Apache
5 15 (0.30%) Confluence
6 10 (0.20%) CMS
7 5 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.10%) Luigi
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
8 4 (0.081%) WordPress
9 3 (0.061%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.040%) nginx
11 1 (0.020%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.020%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.020%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 196 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 86 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.16%) Simulink
7 6 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.12%) Revit
8 4 (0.081%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.081%) Stateflow
8 4 (0.081%) Windchill
9 3 (0.061%) Trello
10 2 (0.040%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.020%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 16 (0.32%) 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 (0.040%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.020%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.020%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,236 (24.96%) Azure
2 767 (15.49%) Microsoft 365
3 442 (8.93%) Entra ID
4 419 (8.46%) AWS
5 158 (3.19%) SaaS
6 131 (2.65%) GCP
7 116 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
8 95 (1.92%) Power Platform
9 81 (1.64%) PaaS
10 78 (1.58%) IaaS
11 72 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 50 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
12 50 (1.01%) OneDrive
13 45 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
14 34 (0.69%) PowerApps
14 34 (0.69%) Serverless
15 33 (0.67%) Power Automate
16 29 (0.59%) GitHub
17 28 (0.57%) Amazon S3
18 27 (0.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 772 (15.59%) Firewall
2 350 (7.07%) Network Security
3 255 (5.15%) WAN
4 244 (4.93%) 5G
5 236 (4.77%) Broadband
6 224 (4.52%) DNS
7 182 (3.68%) TCP/IP
8 172 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
9 170 (3.43%) LAN
10 147 (2.97%) DHCP
11 127 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
12 124 (2.50%) VPN
13 104 (2.10%) SD-WAN
14 86 (1.74%) Internet
14 86 (1.74%) Wireless
15 74 (1.49%) SAN
16 66 (1.33%) MPLS
17 58 (1.17%) VLAN
18 54 (1.09%) Unified Communications
19 49 (0.99%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (2.16%) SQL Server
2 83 (1.68%) Power BI
3 48 (0.97%) MySQL
4 32 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (0.63%) Big Data
6 29 (0.59%) Relational Database
7 28 (0.57%) MongoDB
8 27 (0.55%) NoSQL
9 21 (0.42%) Oracle Database
10 20 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
11 18 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.30%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.20%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.16%) Redis
16 6 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.12%) SAP HANA
17 5 (0.10%) CockroachDB
17 5 (0.10%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 70 (1.41%) JIRA
2 69 (1.39%) Jenkins
3 48 (0.97%) Git
4 37 (0.75%) Burp Suite
4 37 (0.75%) Metasploit
5 23 (0.46%) GitLab
6 21 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
6 21 (0.42%) SonarQube
7 17 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
8 14 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.18%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.16%) JUnit
10 8 (0.16%) Selenium
10 8 (0.16%) Subversion
11 7 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.14%) IntelliJ
12 6 (0.12%) Mockito
12 6 (0.12%) Rational Team Concert
13 5 (0.10%) Jaeger
13 5 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,103 (22.27%) Social Skills
2 804 (16.24%) Finance
3 689 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 533 (10.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 270 (5.45%) Legal
6 257 (5.19%) Law
7 203 (4.10%) Public Sector
8 167 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 150 (3.03%) Banking
10 133 (2.69%) Retail
11 121 (2.44%) Manufacturing
12 115 (2.32%) Marketing
13 100 (2.02%) Games
14 99 (2.00%) Aerospace
15 98 (1.98%) Military
16 96 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
17 74 (1.49%) Automotive
18 70 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
19 66 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
20 40 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 849 (17.14%) Senior
2 658 (13.29%) Analyst
3 406 (8.20%) Lead
4 365 (7.37%) Architect
5 355 (7.17%) Consultant
6 329 (6.64%) Security Analyst
7 293 (5.92%) Security Engineer
8 266 (5.37%) Security Manager
9 265 (5.35%) Security Consultant
10 214 (4.32%) Technical Specialist
11 213 (4.30%) IT Manager
12 212 (4.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 212 (4.28%) Linux Specialist
13 197 (3.98%) Security Architect
14 174 (3.51%) IT Engineer
15 173 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 168 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
17 167 (3.37%) IT Support
18 163 (3.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 158 (3.19%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (1.64%) .NET
2 69 (1.39%) HTML
3 57 (1.15%) CSS
4 55 (1.11%) REST
5 43 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
6 41 (0.83%) Web Services
7 36 (0.73%) JSON
8 35 (0.71%) OpenID
9 34 (0.69%) OAuth
10 33 (0.67%) Node.js
11 30 (0.61%) jQuery
12 25 (0.50%) 802.1X
13 24 (0.48%) React
14 21 (0.42%) AngularJS
14 21 (0.42%) Middleware
14 21 (0.42%) Spring Boot
15 20 (0.40%) ARM Templates
16 19 (0.38%) Kafka
17 18 (0.36%) Laravel
17 18 (0.36%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 542 (10.95%) Management Information System
2 319 (6.44%) Data Centre
3 246 (4.97%) Cyber Threat
4 244 (4.93%) Social Media
5 194 (3.92%) Security Posture
6 186 (3.76%) Security Operations Centre
7 185 (3.74%) Operational Technology
8 170 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
9 156 (3.15%) Cyberattack
10 148 (2.99%) Algorithms
11 119 (2.40%) IoT
12 102 (2.06%) Driving Licence
13 95 (1.92%) Onboarding
14 84 (1.70%) PKI
15 82 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
16 75 (1.51%) Public Cloud
17 71 (1.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 64 (1.29%) Private Cloud
19 61 (1.23%) Product Ownership
20 58 (1.17%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 893 (18.03%) Windows
2 602 (12.16%) Linux
3 393 (7.94%) Windows Server
4 238 (4.81%) Ubuntu
5 136 (2.75%) Windows 10
6 78 (1.58%) Apple iOS
7 67 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 66 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 63 (1.27%) Android
10 60 (1.21%) Unix
11 54 (1.09%) Embedded Linux
12 44 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
13 42 (0.85%) Kali Linux
14 40 (0.81%) Mac OS
15 25 (0.50%) Windows 7
16 18 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
17 17 (0.34%) VMS
18 9 (0.18%) Solaris
19 7 (0.14%) CentOS
19 7 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 963 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
2 892 (18.01%) Information Security
3 600 (12.12%) Incident Response
4 583 (11.77%) SIEM
5 527 (10.64%) Mentoring
6 526 (10.62%) Risk Management
7 497 (10.04%) Security Operations
8 470 (9.49%) Computer Science
9 436 (8.80%) Agile
10 417 (8.42%) ITIL
11 371 (7.49%) Coaching
12 348 (7.03%) IT Strategy
13 343 (6.93%) Decision-Making
14 342 (6.91%) Artificial Intelligence
15 338 (6.83%) Penetration Testing
16 336 (6.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 329 (6.64%) Project Management
18 317 (6.40%) Vulnerability Management
19 293 (5.92%) Technology Strategy
20 281 (5.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 414 (8.36%) Python
2 393 (7.94%) Bash
3 314 (6.34%) SQL
4 307 (6.20%) PowerShell
5 130 (2.63%) C
6 118 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 114 (2.30%) Java
8 70 (1.41%) C#
9 65 (1.31%) Rust
10 51 (1.03%) C++
10 51 (1.03%) Embedded C
11 31 (0.63%) PHP
12 26 (0.53%) Perl
13 20 (0.40%) TypeScript
14 17 (0.34%) Go
14 17 (0.34%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.22%) R
16 10 (0.20%) RPG
17 9 (0.18%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,072 (21.65%) Degree
2 792 (15.99%) Security Cleared
3 597 (12.06%) CISSP
4 382 (7.71%) SC Cleared
5 348 (7.03%) CISM
6 219 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
7 204 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 191 (3.86%) DV Cleared
9 158 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 148 (2.99%) CCNA
11 147 (2.97%) CISA
12 145 (2.93%) CRISC
13 112 (2.26%) CCNP
14 109 (2.20%) CEH
14 109 (2.20%) GIAC
15 100 (2.02%) Master's Degree
16 96 (1.94%) Azure Certification
17 94 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
18 91 (1.84%) CREST Certified
19 70 (1.41%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 671 (13.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 553 (11.17%) NIST
3 311 (6.28%) GDPR
4 279 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 196 (3.96%) GRC
6 193 (3.90%) NCSC
7 145 (2.93%) PCI DSS
8 105 (2.12%) SLA
9 84 (1.70%) Def Stans
10 80 (1.62%) NIST 800
11 74 (1.49%) QA
12 71 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 61 (1.23%) Data Quality
14 57 (1.15%) COBIT
15 50 (1.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 46 (0.93%) ISO 9001
17 43 (0.87%) JSP 440
18 40 (0.81%) SOC 2
19 39 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
20 27 (0.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 819 (16.54%) Active Directory
2 244 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 143 (2.89%) Hyper-V
4 120 (2.42%) Docker
5 56 (1.13%) vSphere
6 45 (0.91%) RACF
7 39 (0.79%) Firmware
8 30 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
9 29 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
10 25 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
12 11 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
13 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
15 7 (0.14%) Terminal Services
15 7 (0.14%) XenApp
16 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
17 4 (0.081%) NFS
17 4 (0.081%) pfSense
17 4 (0.081%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 387 (7.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (4.30%) Jamf Pro
3 94 (1.90%) Ansible
4 88 (1.78%) Kubernetes
5 71 (1.43%) Terraform
6 44 (0.89%) WSUS
7 42 (0.85%) SCCM
8 39 (0.79%) CASB
9 38 (0.77%) FortiGate
9 38 (0.77%) Nessus
10 33 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
11 32 (0.65%) Stealthwatch
12 30 (0.61%) QRadar
13 26 (0.53%) Puppet
14 25 (0.50%) vCenter Server
15 21 (0.42%) EnCase
16 19 (0.38%) Nagios
16 19 (0.38%) SCOM
17 17 (0.34%) Nmap
18 14 (0.28%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1,539 (31.08%) Microsoft
2 347 (7.01%) VMware
3 287 (5.80%) Cisco
4 283 (5.71%) CyberArk
5 240 (4.85%) Tanium
6 173 (3.49%) Apple
7 150 (3.03%) Adobe
8 122 (2.46%) Veeam
9 105 (2.12%) Splunk
10 101 (2.04%) Meraki
11 94 (1.90%) Google
12 86 (1.74%) HP
13 71 (1.43%) Dell
14 58 (1.17%) Juniper
15 56 (1.13%) Fortinet
16 54 (1.09%) Qualys
17 51 (1.03%) ServiceNow
18 44 (0.89%) Citrix
18 44 (0.89%) CrowdStrike
18 44 (0.89%) SolarWinds