Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Cybersecurity Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in Birmingham is £50,309 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 - 169
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 5 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.23% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,713 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,309 - £63,342
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.51%
75th Percentile £53,904 - -
90th Percentile £56,062 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £51,251 £65,000 £46,171
% change year-on-year -21.15% +40.78% -34.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,109 1,183 2,593
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 95.40% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 977 2,012
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,398 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% - -

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Birmingham

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Birmingham

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 15 November 2024, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (60.00%) dbt
3 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Python
3 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (60.00%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) Splunk
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 3 (60.00%) AWS CloudTrail
3 3 (60.00%) Target Operating Model
3 3 (60.00%) Django
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (20.00%) Network Security
5 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security
5 1 (20.00%) Linux

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 3 (60.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) AWS CloudTrail
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (60.00%) dbt
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) NGFW
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CASP
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Splunk
3 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Rapid7