Cybersecurity Jobs in the North of England

Cybersecurity
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 32 39 56
Rank change year-on-year +7 +17 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 955 1,105 951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.05% 6.88% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.22% 7.11% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 758 529 406
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £36,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £64,855 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,358 15,551 17,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.16% 96.76% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,581 7,807 10,650
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,600 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North of England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the North of England 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
North West -8 586 £52,084 -15.99% 153
Yorkshire +20 274 £50,000 -16.67% 69
North East +43 95 £42,500 -3.95% 7
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 43 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.42%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.31%) IIS
5 1 (0.10%) Site Server
5 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 203 (21.26%) Azure
2 143 (14.97%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (8.69%) AWS
4 53 (5.55%) Entra ID
5 34 (3.56%) SaaS
6 28 (2.93%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
8 15 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.57%) PaaS
9 14 (1.47%) GCP
10 13 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (1.05%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.05%) Serverless
12 9 (0.94%) GitHub
12 9 (0.94%) IaaS
13 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.42%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.42%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 148 (15.50%) Firewall
2 70 (7.33%) Network Security
3 60 (6.28%) WAN
4 40 (4.19%) LAN
5 37 (3.87%) Intrusion Detection
5 37 (3.87%) TCP/IP
6 33 (3.46%) DHCP
7 31 (3.25%) DNS
8 20 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (1.88%) SD-WAN
10 17 (1.78%) VPN
11 13 (1.36%) Internet
12 12 (1.26%) Unified Communications
13 10 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (1.05%) SAN
14 9 (0.94%) Wireshark
15 8 (0.84%) VLAN
16 7 (0.73%) HTTP
16 7 (0.73%) VoIP
16 7 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.47%) MySQL
3 13 (1.36%) NoSQL
4 8 (0.84%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.73%) Power BI
6 5 (0.52%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.10%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.10%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (2.93%) JIRA
2 18 (1.88%) Git
3 12 (1.26%) GitLab
4 9 (0.94%) TeamCity
5 6 (0.63%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.63%) IntelliJ
5 6 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.63%) JUnit
5 6 (0.63%) Mockito
6 5 (0.52%) Gradle
7 4 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.42%) Subversion
8 3 (0.31%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 208 (21.78%) Social Skills
2 118 (12.36%) Finance
3 86 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (7.43%) Law
5 58 (6.07%) Legal
6 51 (5.34%) Manufacturing
7 44 (4.61%) Public Sector
8 36 (3.77%) Banking
9 33 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (2.93%) Military
11 26 (2.72%) Retail
12 24 (2.51%) Games
13 16 (1.68%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.05%) Local Government
16 10 (1.05%) Marketing
17 8 (0.84%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.63%) Automotive
19 3 (0.31%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 129 (13.51%) Senior
2 119 (12.46%) Lead
3 117 (12.25%) Analyst
4 77 (8.06%) IT Manager
5 67 (7.02%) Architect
6 59 (6.18%) Security Engineer
7 58 (6.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 58 (6.07%) Security Analyst
8 51 (5.34%) Team Leader
9 44 (4.61%) Developer
10 36 (3.77%) Consultant
11 35 (3.66%) Security Manager
11 35 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (3.25%) Service Manager
12 31 (3.25%) Software Engineer
12 31 (3.25%) Vulnerability Manager
13 30 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 29 (3.04%) Project Manager
15 28 (2.93%) Security Architect
15 28 (2.93%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.72%) .NET
2 18 (1.88%) Node.js
3 15 (1.57%) REST
3 15 (1.57%) Web Services
4 14 (1.47%) OpenID
5 12 (1.26%) HTML
6 11 (1.15%) CSS
7 10 (1.05%) OAuth
8 9 (0.94%) Spring
9 8 (0.84%) Spring Boot
10 6 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.63%) HTML5
11 5 (0.52%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.52%) Laravel
11 5 (0.52%) RESTful
11 5 (0.52%) Sass
11 5 (0.52%) Vue
12 4 (0.42%) Akka
12 4 (0.42%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (0.42%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 133 (13.93%) Management Information System
2 83 (8.69%) Data Centre
3 59 (6.18%) Cyber Threat
4 58 (6.07%) Operational Technology
5 44 (4.61%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.46%) Cyberattack
6 33 (3.46%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 30 (3.14%) Private Cloud
8 25 (2.62%) IoT
8 25 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
9 24 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.20%) Product Ownership
11 20 (2.09%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (1.68%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.26%) Driving Licence
14 12 (1.26%) NHS
15 11 (1.15%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
16 10 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 140 (14.66%) Windows
2 69 (7.23%) Linux
2 69 (7.23%) Windows Server
3 26 (2.72%) Windows 10
4 24 (2.51%) Unix
5 18 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (1.68%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.26%) Android
7 12 (1.26%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.94%) VMS
9 6 (0.63%) Kali Linux
10 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (20.10%) Information Security
2 167 (17.49%) Incident Response
3 162 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (11.31%) SIEM
5 106 (11.10%) Risk Management
6 99 (10.37%) Agile
7 95 (9.95%) Project Management
8 94 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 91 (9.53%) ITIL
9 91 (9.53%) Roadmaps
10 85 (8.90%) Mentoring
11 76 (7.96%) Security Operations
12 71 (7.43%) Vulnerability Management
13 67 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 67 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
14 66 (6.91%) Coaching
15 62 (6.49%) Cloud Security
16 56 (5.86%) Change Management
16 56 (5.86%) Computer Science
17 52 (5.45%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 75 (7.85%) SQL
2 64 (6.70%) PowerShell
3 62 (6.49%) Python
4 37 (3.87%) Java
5 30 (3.14%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.47%) Bash
6 14 (1.47%) C#
7 10 (1.05%) Perl
8 9 (0.94%) Ruby
9 7 (0.73%) PHP
10 3 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.10%) C++
12 1 (0.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 232 (24.29%) Degree
2 88 (9.21%) CISSP
3 59 (6.18%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (6.07%) Security Cleared
5 48 (5.03%) CCNA
6 47 (4.92%) CISM
7 39 (4.08%) CCNP
8 38 (3.98%) SC Cleared
9 33 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (2.83%) CompTIA Security+
12 21 (2.20%) Azure Certification
12 21 (2.20%) CISA
13 20 (2.09%) CEH
14 19 (1.99%) GIAC
15 15 (1.57%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.57%) CREST Certified
15 15 (1.57%) Master's Degree
16 14 (1.47%) PMI Certification
16 14 (1.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (13.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (10.58%) NIST
3 72 (7.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 47 (4.92%) SLA
5 45 (4.71%) GDPR
6 36 (3.77%) PCI DSS
7 27 (2.83%) NCSC
8 18 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 17 (1.78%) QA
10 16 (1.68%) PMO
11 11 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 9 (0.94%) GRC
13 8 (0.84%) NIST 800
13 8 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.73%) COBIT
14 7 (0.73%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 6 (0.63%) IEC 62304
15 6 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 125 (13.09%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (3.25%) Docker
4 25 (2.62%) Hyper-V
5 24 (2.51%) RACF
6 13 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.63%) Firmware
8 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.21%) vSphere
10 2 (0.21%) XenApp
11 1 (0.10%) Snort
11 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (4.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 16 (1.68%) Terraform
4 14 (1.47%) Nessus
5 10 (1.05%) Stealthwatch
6 9 (0.94%) Nmap
7 6 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.52%) CASB
9 4 (0.42%) Autotask
9 4 (0.42%) Cacti
9 4 (0.42%) cPanel
9 4 (0.42%) Plesk
9 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.31%) SCCM
10 3 (0.31%) SELinux
10 3 (0.31%) WSUS
11 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.10%) FTK
Vendors
1 263 (27.54%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.85%) Cisco
3 50 (5.24%) Apple
3 50 (5.24%) VMware
4 47 (4.92%) Adobe
5 25 (2.62%) Meraki
6 24 (2.51%) CyberArk
7 22 (2.30%) Splunk
8 19 (1.99%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.78%) Dell
9 17 (1.78%) Fortinet
9 17 (1.78%) HP
10 15 (1.57%) Veeam
11 12 (1.26%) Samsung
12 11 (1.15%) Facebook
12 11 (1.15%) Qualys
13 10 (1.05%) Intel
14 9 (0.94%) Citrix
14 9 (0.94%) Google
14 9 (0.94%) Salesforce