Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in the Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 255 335
Rank change year-on-year -4 +80 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 2 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.026% 0.014% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.015% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - £49,500
25th Percentile - £58,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile - £64,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - - £68,200
England median annual salary £61,375 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -5.58% +6.12% -5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,176 6,559 9,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 94.51% 94.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,808 5,251 5,373
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,806 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,445 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £59,908 £56,525 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.98% -9.56% +4.17%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Specialist
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 Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 January 2025. 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 -23 2 £60,000 -2.44%
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 2 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 January 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management