Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs in Bristol

Cybersecurity Specialist
South West > Bristol

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in Bristol is £75,000 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 113 138 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 7 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.32% 0.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.11% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £64,500 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £67,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £85,500 £63,500 -
South West median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 2,110 1,787 2,727
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.95% 95.51% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,217 1,298 1,726
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,733 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,419 £83,125
South West median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in Bristol

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in Bristol.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in Bristol

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in Bristol over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Specialist in Bristol

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 15 November 2024, Cybersecurity Specialist 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 Bristol region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) CISSP
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Application Security
4 3 (42.86%) Key Management
4 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (42.86%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
4 3 (42.86%) Secure Coding
4 3 (42.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (42.86%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
4 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) PKI
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Project Management
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) Linux
4 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (42.86%) VPN
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) CCSP
4 3 (42.86%) Firewall
4 3 (42.86%) Law
4 3 (42.86%) Legal
4 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Law
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) React
1 1 (14.29%) Spring
1 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
1 3 (42.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) Application Security
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
4 3 (42.86%) Key Management
4 3 (42.86%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (42.86%) Project Management
4 3 (42.86%) Secure Coding
4 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) OWASP
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (42.86%) CCSP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft