Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £50,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 679 692 832
Rank change year-on-year +13 +140 -148
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 101 36 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.065% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.073% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 82 33 39
10th Percentile - £44,118 £27,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,750 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £58,000 £65,689
Median % change year-on-year -12.93% -11.70% -12.42%
75th Percentile £53,250 £72,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £57,125 £94,400 -
UK median annual salary £50,500 £58,000 £65,689
% change year-on-year -12.93% -11.70% -2.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Specialist in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +36 72 £50,500 +8.18% 2
North of England +25 24 £60,000 -11.76% 2
North West -1 24 £60,000 -11.76% 1
South West - 4 £45,000 -
Scotland -76 1 - - 1
Cybersecurity Specialist
UK

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 101 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (73.27%) NIST
3 68 (67.33%) Def Stans
4 66 (65.35%) GRC
5 18 (17.82%) Degree
5 18 (17.82%) Risk Management
6 16 (15.84%) Security Cleared
7 13 (12.87%) Incident Response
8 12 (11.88%) Operational Technology
8 12 (11.88%) Change Management
9 9 (8.91%) Manufacturing
9 9 (8.91%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 7 (6.93%) Mentoring
10 7 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (5.94%) Information Security
11 6 (5.94%) Aerospace
11 6 (5.94%) Coaching
11 6 (5.94%) Information Assurance
11 6 (5.94%) Security Architecture
11 6 (5.94%) Cyber Assurance
11 6 (5.94%) NCSC
11 6 (5.94%) NIST 800
12 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared
12 5 (4.95%) Identity Access Management
13 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (3.96%) Finance
14 3 (2.97%) Microsoft
14 3 (2.97%) CISSP
14 3 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (2.97%) Azure
2 2 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.97%) Network Security
2 1 (0.99%) Firewall
General
1 9 (8.91%) Manufacturing
2 6 (5.94%) Aerospace
3 4 (3.96%) Finance
4 2 (1.98%) Automotive
4 2 (1.98%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.99%) J2EE
1 1 (0.99%) LDAP
1 1 (0.99%) OAuth
1 1 (0.99%) OAuth2
1 1 (0.99%) OpenID
1 1 (0.99%) REST
1 1 (0.99%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.88%) Operational Technology
2 9 (8.91%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 2 (1.98%) NHS
4 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Linux
1 1 (0.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (17.82%) Risk Management
3 13 (12.87%) Incident Response
4 12 (11.88%) Change Management
5 7 (6.93%) Mentoring
6 6 (5.94%) Coaching
6 6 (5.94%) Cyber Assurance
6 6 (5.94%) Information Assurance
6 6 (5.94%) Information Security
6 6 (5.94%) Security Architecture
7 5 (4.95%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (1.98%) ITIL
8 2 (1.98%) Migration
8 2 (1.98%) SIEM
8 2 (1.98%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 1 (0.99%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.99%) Penetration Testing
9 1 (0.99%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (0.99%) Software Testing
9 1 (0.99%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.99%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (17.82%) Degree
2 16 (15.84%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.97%) CISSP
5 1 (0.99%) CISA
5 1 (0.99%) CISM
5 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (73.27%) NIST
2 68 (67.33%) Def Stans
3 66 (65.35%) GRC
4 7 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (5.94%) NCSC
5 6 (5.94%) NIST 800
6 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Systems Management
1 1 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.99%) Okta
2 1 (0.99%) Rapid7
2 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
2 1 (0.99%) ServiceNow
2 1 (0.99%) Splunk
2 1 (0.99%) VMware