Cyber Threat Jobs in the West Midlands

Cyber Threats
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 242 215
Rank change year-on-year -10 -27 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 11 11 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.19% 1.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.49% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 49
10th Percentile - £46,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £47,875 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £86,875 £66,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £117,250 £72,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £59,526 £73,498
% change year-on-year +9.20% -19.01% +13.07%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,661 2,264 3,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.04% 39.18% 40.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,684 979 1,851
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,400 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the West Midlands

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the West Midlands

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the West Midlands

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -21 6 £92,500 +60.87% 3
Solihull - 4 £66,250 -
Staffordshire - 1 - - 2
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) LAN
1 5 (45.45%) WAN
2 4 (36.36%) Network Security
2 4 (36.36%) Wireless
3 2 (18.18%) Internet
3 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (18.18%) Wireshark
4 1 (9.09%) Firewall
4 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (9.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (36.36%) Retail
2 3 (27.27%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Incident Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
2 2 (18.18%) IT Technical Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Security
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) EPoS
1 2 (18.18%) Private Cloud
1 2 (18.18%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 2 (18.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
1 5 (45.45%) Information Security
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
3 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Budget Control
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) CRM
4 2 (18.18%) Data Integration
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) ETL
4 2 (18.18%) Line Management
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) CCIE
2 4 (36.36%) CCNA
2 4 (36.36%) CCNP
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (36.36%) CISSP
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CEH
3 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (18.18%) GCFA
3 2 (18.18%) GCFE
3 2 (18.18%) GCIH
3 2 (18.18%) GREM
3 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 2 (18.18%) MCSE
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (18.18%) OSCP
3 2 (18.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) GDPR
3 1 (9.09%) GRC
3 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) Apple