Cybersecurity Jobs in Merseyside

Cybersecurity
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 12 32
Rank change year-on-year -14 +20 0
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 79 133 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 5.61% 13.53% 7.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.14% 14.26% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57 59 42
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £37,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,875 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £62,000 £56,151
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +10.42% +30.58%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,600 - £69,500
North West median annual salary £52,084 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.99% +3.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,107 933 1,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 78.57% 94.91% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 768 388 674
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,175 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,625 £64,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Merseyside

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Merseyside

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Merseyside over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Merseyside

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 2 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
Liverpool -17 67 £45,000 -27.42% 7
St Helens - 3 £85,000 -
Prenton - 2 £32,500 -
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (1.27%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.58%) Azure
2 15 (18.99%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (15.19%) SaaS
4 6 (7.59%) AWS
4 6 (7.59%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.27%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.33%) DHCP
2 4 (5.06%) Firewall
3 3 (3.80%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.53%) Network Security
5 1 (1.27%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (34.18%) Legal
2 22 (27.85%) Finance
3 13 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.92%) Law
4 11 (13.92%) Social Skills
5 7 (8.86%) Banking
5 7 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.27%) Games
7 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.27%) Local Government
7 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (20.25%) IT Manager
2 15 (18.99%) Project Manager
3 11 (13.92%) Security Manager
4 10 (12.66%) Analyst
4 10 (12.66%) Systems Manager
5 9 (11.39%) Lead
6 8 (10.13%) Senior
7 6 (7.59%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (7.59%) Governance Analyst
7 6 (7.59%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (6.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Consultant
8 5 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) Developer
9 4 (5.06%) IT Project Manager
10 3 (3.80%) Change Manager
10 3 (3.80%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) .NET
2 3 (3.80%) AngularJS
2 3 (3.80%) CSS
2 3 (3.80%) HTML
2 3 (3.80%) HTML5
2 3 (3.80%) jQuery
2 3 (3.80%) Vue
3 2 (2.53%) Jest
3 2 (2.53%) OAuth
3 2 (2.53%) OpenID
3 2 (2.53%) REST
3 2 (2.53%) Sass
3 2 (2.53%) Vitest
3 2 (2.53%) Web Services
4 1 (1.27%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.27%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.27%) Material Design
4 1 (1.27%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.32%) Management Information System
2 11 (13.92%) Security Posture
3 9 (11.39%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (8.86%) Cyberattack
5 6 (7.59%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.80%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.86%) Windows
2 6 (7.59%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.27%) Unix
3 1 (1.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Roadmaps
2 21 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (24.05%) Information Security
3 19 (24.05%) Project Management
4 16 (20.25%) Security Operations
5 15 (18.99%) Decision-Making
6 13 (16.46%) Agile
6 13 (16.46%) Lean Six Sigma
6 13 (16.46%) Migration
6 13 (16.46%) Six Sigma
7 12 (15.19%) Business Analysis
8 11 (13.92%) Artificial Intelligence
9 10 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (12.66%) Project Governance
10 9 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (11.39%) Project Delivery
11 8 (10.13%) Cloud Security
11 8 (10.13%) ISMS
11 8 (10.13%) Line Management
11 8 (10.13%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.86%) SQL
2 6 (7.59%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.27%) C#
5 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.33%) Degree
2 2 (2.53%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (13.92%) PMO
2 11 (13.92%) QA
3 9 (11.39%) NIST
4 7 (8.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.53%) GRC
6 1 (1.27%) NCSC
6 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (22.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.59%) RACF
3 5 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) SCCM
1 1 (1.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.59%) CyberArk
3 5 (6.33%) VMware
4 4 (5.06%) Cisco
4 4 (5.06%) Meraki
5 1 (1.27%) Aderant
5 1 (1.27%) Apple
5 1 (1.27%) Ceridian
5 1 (1.27%) iManage
5 1 (1.27%) Planview