Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £51,251 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 210 167 285
Rank change year-on-year -43 +118 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 16 10 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.29% 0.29% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.30% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile £46,713 £55,125 £32,434
25th Percentile £48,000 £56,250 £37,586
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,251 £65,000 £46,171
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% +40.78% -34.04%
75th Percentile £53,904 £75,000 £54,757
90th Percentile £73,500 £78,000 £59,908
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -19.23% -5.45% +14.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 5,201 3,290 7,709
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.92% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,653 2,636 4,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £39,643
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,398 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% - -
75th Percentile £66,650 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Staffordshire -17 6 £51,251 -14.58% 1
Warwickshire -17 5 £75,000 - 2
Birmingham - 5 £50,309 - 1
Cybersecurity Engineer
England

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (68.75%) Firewall
3 11 (68.75%) CISSP
4 10 (62.50%) NCSC
5 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
5 9 (56.25%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (56.25%) SIEM
6 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
6 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
6 8 (50.00%) NIST
7 7 (43.75%) Security Management
7 7 (43.75%) Management Information System
8 6 (37.50%) Nessus
8 6 (37.50%) PKI
8 6 (37.50%) Internet
8 6 (37.50%) Identity Management
8 6 (37.50%) Degree
8 6 (37.50%) Police
9 5 (31.25%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (31.25%) CISM
10 4 (25.00%) SQL
10 4 (25.00%) ITIL
10 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (25.00%) CISA
10 4 (25.00%) GIAC
10 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
10 4 (25.00%) JSP 440

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

Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 3 (18.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) AWS CloudTrail
2 3 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (18.75%) dbt
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) Firewall
2 6 (37.50%) Internet
3 1 (6.25%) Network Security
3 1 (6.25%) NGFW
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Police
3 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (43.75%) Management Information System
3 6 (37.50%) PKI
4 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 9 (56.25%) SIEM
4 7 (43.75%) Security Management
5 6 (37.50%) Identity Management
6 5 (31.25%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (25.00%) ITIL
7 4 (25.00%) Problem Management
8 3 (18.75%) DevSecOps
8 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
8 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (18.75%) Target Operating Model
9 2 (12.50%) Information Security
9 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (6.25%) Benchmarking
10 1 (6.25%) Business Continuity
10 1 (6.25%) Information Security Management
10 1 (6.25%) Penetration Testing
10 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (18.75%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) CISSP
2 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) Degree
4 5 (31.25%) CISM
5 4 (25.00%) CISA
5 4 (25.00%) GIAC
6 3 (18.75%) ISACA
6 3 (18.75%) SANS
6 3 (18.75%) SSCP
7 1 (6.25%) CASP
7 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) NCSC
2 8 (50.00%) NIST
3 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (25.00%) JSP 440
4 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (6.25%) Def Stans
6 1 (6.25%) GPG13
6 1 (6.25%) GRC
6 1 (6.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Nessus
2 1 (6.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Splunk
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.25%) Rapid7