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 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 33 44 52
Rank change year-on-year +11 +8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 716 557 590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.34% 6.55% 5.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.71% 6.79% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 534 242 316
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,825 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.68% +17.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £83,360
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 10,667 8,205 10,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.56% 96.46% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7,533 4,363 6,992
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,800 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £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 6 June 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 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
West Midlands +5 521 £55,173 -11.72% 81
East Midlands +18 192 £42,500 -10.53% 54
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 44 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.14%) Confluence
4 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 51 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (6.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.56%) CANalyzer
4 4 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.28%) Simulink
6 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 159 (22.21%) Azure
2 152 (21.23%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (7.26%) Entra ID
4 46 (6.42%) SaaS
5 41 (5.73%) AWS
6 35 (4.89%) Power Platform
7 26 (3.63%) IaaS
8 24 (3.35%) PowerApps
9 23 (3.21%) Power Automate
10 21 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (2.93%) PaaS
11 18 (2.51%) GCP
12 13 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 13 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (1.40%) GitHub
14 10 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
16 8 (1.12%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 114 (15.92%) Firewall
2 55 (7.68%) DNS
3 45 (6.28%) DHCP
4 44 (6.15%) WAN
5 28 (3.91%) SAN
6 26 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (3.49%) TCP/IP
8 24 (3.35%) LAN
9 19 (2.65%) SD-WAN
9 19 (2.65%) VLAN
10 17 (2.37%) Network Security
11 16 (2.23%) VPN
12 12 (1.68%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (1.40%) Unified Communications
14 9 (1.26%) 802.11
15 8 (1.12%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (1.12%) Wireshark
16 6 (0.84%) 5G
16 6 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
16 6 (0.84%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.89%) Power BI
2 18 (2.51%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.12%) MySQL
6 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.28%) Metadata
6 2 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (1.40%) SonarQube
2 4 (0.56%) CANoe
2 4 (0.56%) JIRA
2 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.28%) Git
3 2 (0.28%) GitLab
General
1 162 (22.63%) Social Skills
2 93 (12.99%) Finance
3 60 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 58 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (7.82%) Legal
6 48 (6.70%) Telecoms
7 33 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
7 33 (4.61%) Public Sector
8 28 (3.91%) Manufacturing
9 27 (3.77%) Automotive
10 18 (2.51%) Games
10 18 (2.51%) Retail
11 16 (2.23%) Banking
12 12 (1.68%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.12%) Law
15 5 (0.70%) Marketing
16 4 (0.56%) Multimedia
16 4 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 96 (13.41%) Senior
2 83 (11.59%) Analyst
3 67 (9.36%) Architect
4 55 (7.68%) Lead
5 52 (7.26%) IT Engineer
6 48 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 45 (6.28%) Senior Architect
8 40 (5.59%) IT Support
9 37 (5.17%) Developer
10 35 (4.89%) Security Analyst
10 35 (4.89%) Security Manager
11 31 (4.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 31 (4.33%) IT Manager
12 28 (3.91%) Network Engineer
13 27 (3.77%) Security Architect
14 26 (3.63%) Security Engineer
14 26 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
14 26 (3.63%) Support Engineer
15 25 (3.49%) Senior Solutions Architect
16 24 (3.35%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.93%) 802.1X
2 10 (1.40%) ARM Templates
2 10 (1.40%) Azure Blueprints
3 8 (1.12%) EDI
3 8 (1.12%) HTML
3 8 (1.12%) Laravel
3 8 (1.12%) Middleware
4 6 (0.84%) .NET
4 6 (0.84%) XML
5 4 (0.56%) JSON
5 4 (0.56%) OAuth
5 4 (0.56%) OpenID
5 4 (0.56%) REST
5 4 (0.56%) Web Services
6 3 (0.42%) jQuery
6 3 (0.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.28%) CSS
7 2 (0.28%) LDAP
7 2 (0.28%) SAML
7 2 (0.28%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.99%) Data Centre
2 87 (12.15%) Management Information System
3 48 (6.70%) Driving Licence
4 30 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (4.05%) Security Operations Centre
6 23 (3.21%) Operational Technology
6 23 (3.21%) Security Posture
7 22 (3.07%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.93%) Algorithms
9 19 (2.65%) SCADA
10 18 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (1.96%) Freedom of Information
11 14 (1.96%) Taxonomies
12 13 (1.82%) Public Cloud
13 12 (1.68%) Cyberattack
14 11 (1.54%) Cloud Native
15 10 (1.40%) Enterprise Storage
15 10 (1.40%) Private Cloud
16 9 (1.26%) Clustering
16 9 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 172 (24.02%) Windows
2 95 (13.27%) Windows Server
3 48 (6.70%) Linux
4 19 (2.65%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (1.68%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.40%) Unix
7 10 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (1.12%) Solaris
9 5 (0.70%) VMS
10 4 (0.56%) CentOS
10 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.28%) Android
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (17.46%) Information Security
3 81 (11.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 78 (10.89%) Mentoring
5 71 (9.92%) Project Management
6 69 (9.64%) Risk Management
7 64 (8.94%) Decision-Making
8 62 (8.66%) Incident Response
9 61 (8.52%) ITIL
10 60 (8.38%) Analytics
10 60 (8.38%) Disaster Recovery
11 58 (8.10%) Security Operations
12 57 (7.96%) Agile
12 57 (7.96%) Business Intelligence
13 55 (7.68%) Coaching
14 54 (7.54%) Computer Science
15 47 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 47 (6.56%) Data Protection
16 44 (6.15%) Penetration Testing
16 44 (6.15%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.73%) PowerShell
1 41 (5.73%) SQL
2 13 (1.82%) Python
3 12 (1.68%) PHP
3 12 (1.68%) Rust
4 9 (1.26%) JavaScript
5 7 (0.98%) C#
6 6 (0.84%) Bash
6 6 (0.84%) C
7 4 (0.56%) C++
7 4 (0.56%) Go
7 4 (0.56%) Java
7 4 (0.56%) R
8 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.28%) Ladder Logic
9 2 (0.28%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 151 (21.09%) Degree
2 112 (15.64%) Security Cleared
3 57 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 41 (5.73%) CISSP
5 35 (4.89%) CISM
6 32 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (4.19%) CCNA
8 27 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.63%) CCNP
10 23 (3.21%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.65%) CISA
12 17 (2.37%) OSCP
13 14 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (1.82%) DV Cleared
15 12 (1.68%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (1.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 11 (1.54%) CRISC
17 9 (1.26%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (12.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (9.64%) GDPR
3 46 (6.42%) NIST
4 39 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (3.49%) ISO 9001
6 24 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 22 (3.07%) NCSC
8 17 (2.37%) GRC
9 14 (1.96%) QA
10 13 (1.82%) Def Stans
11 12 (1.68%) PCI DSS
12 10 (1.40%) Data Quality
13 9 (1.26%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.98%) ISO 26262
14 7 (0.98%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.70%) SLA
15 5 (0.70%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 3 (0.42%) JSP 440
System Software
1 136 (18.99%) Active Directory
2 56 (7.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (6.42%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
5 10 (1.40%) Docker
5 10 (1.40%) RACF
6 7 (0.98%) vSphere
7 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.56%) pfSense
9 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.56%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.56%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.42%) XenApp
10 3 (0.42%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (2.79%) EnCase
3 15 (2.09%) Terraform
4 11 (1.54%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.40%) Ansible
5 10 (1.40%) SCCM
5 10 (1.40%) Stealthwatch
6 8 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.84%) CASB
8 5 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.70%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.56%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.42%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.42%) Nagios
10 3 (0.42%) WSUS
Vendors
1 252 (35.20%) Microsoft
2 94 (13.13%) VMware
3 49 (6.84%) Cisco
4 48 (6.70%) Veeam
5 37 (5.17%) Apple
6 35 (4.89%) Adobe
7 25 (3.49%) Aruba
8 22 (3.07%) Meraki
9 20 (2.79%) Dell
10 17 (2.37%) Juniper
11 15 (2.09%) HP
11 15 (2.09%) Nimble Storage
12 14 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
12 14 (1.96%) CyberArk
13 13 (1.82%) Sage
14 11 (1.54%) Fortinet
15 10 (1.40%) Acronis
16 9 (1.26%) CheckPoint
16 9 (1.26%) EqualLogic
16 9 (1.26%) Rapid7