Cybersecurity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 45 78
Rank change year-on-year +8 +33 -8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,442 6,141 7,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.53% 6.05% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.45% 6.32% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,955 3,250 3,628
10th Percentile £35,631 £37,463 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £58,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% +2.63% +5.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
England +18 4,873 £57,500 -11.54% 1,145
UK excluding London +5 3,800 £52,500 -11.80% 783
Work from Home +7 1,881 £57,500 -13.60% 575
London +24 1,435 £72,500 +3.57% 378
South East +25 956 £50,500 -8.18% 181
North of England +11 906 £52,084 -15.99% 197
Midlands +12 688 £55,000 -8.33% 131
South West +12 626 £60,000 - 130
North West -1 563 £52,084 -15.99% 113
West Midlands +12 504 £55,000 -12.00% 81
Scotland -58 317 £55,000 -7.60% 43
Yorkshire +10 253 £52,000 -13.33% 71
East of England +18 222 £54,000 +2.86% 80
East Midlands +23 180 £42,500 -10.53% 50
North East +47 90 £42,500 -10.53% 13
Wales -38 54 £52,504 -24.99% 35
Northern Ireland -10 23 £42,500 -20.93% 7
Isle of Man -14 8 £37,500 -16.67%
Channel Islands -4 1 £100,000 -13.04% 1

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 250 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 226 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (0.75%) IIS
4 26 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.31%) Apache
6 15 (0.28%) Confluence
7 14 (0.26%) FileNet
8 10 (0.18%) CMS
9 6 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.092%) Site Server
11 4 (0.074%) CloudStack
11 4 (0.074%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (0.074%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.055%) nginx
13 2 (0.037%) MS Project Server
13 2 (0.037%) SharePoint 2013
13 2 (0.037%) WordPress
14 1 (0.018%) Apache Airflow
14 1 (0.018%) Hyperledger
14 1 (0.018%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 250 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
2 106 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.18%) Revit
7 9 (0.17%) Simulink
8 6 (0.11%) Trello
9 5 (0.092%) CANalyzer
10 4 (0.074%) Stateflow
10 4 (0.074%) Windchill
11 2 (0.037%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 17 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.092%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.092%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.074%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.055%) Primavera
6 2 (0.037%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.037%) SAP FI-GL
6 2 (0.037%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.018%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.018%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,387 (25.49%) Azure
2 842 (15.47%) Microsoft 365
3 575 (10.57%) AWS
4 429 (7.88%) Entra ID
5 274 (5.03%) SaaS
6 191 (3.51%) GCP
7 133 (2.44%) PaaS
8 126 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
9 119 (2.19%) IaaS
10 101 (1.86%) Power Platform
11 84 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
12 69 (1.27%) Amazon S3
13 56 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
14 52 (0.96%) OneDrive
15 51 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
16 38 (0.70%) Serverless
17 37 (0.68%) GitHub
18 36 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
18 36 (0.66%) PowerApps
19 34 (0.62%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 837 (15.38%) Firewall
2 368 (6.76%) Network Security
3 258 (4.74%) WAN
4 248 (4.56%) DNS
5 247 (4.54%) 5G
6 235 (4.32%) Broadband
7 221 (4.06%) TCP/IP
8 191 (3.51%) LAN
9 167 (3.07%) DHCP
9 167 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
10 143 (2.63%) VPN
11 136 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
12 109 (2.00%) SD-WAN
13 93 (1.71%) Wireless
14 92 (1.69%) Internet
15 83 (1.53%) SAN
16 59 (1.08%) VLAN
17 58 (1.07%) MPLS
18 54 (0.99%) Unified Communications
19 52 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 87 (1.60%) Power BI
3 65 (1.19%) NoSQL
4 55 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
4 55 (1.01%) MySQL
5 54 (0.99%) Big Data
6 49 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (0.68%) Hadoop
8 31 (0.57%) Data Lake
8 31 (0.57%) MongoDB
9 29 (0.53%) Redis
10 24 (0.44%) Relational Database
11 23 (0.42%) Scylla
12 22 (0.40%) Oracle Database
13 17 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
14 15 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
16 12 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
17 10 (0.18%) Tableau
18 6 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 86 (1.58%) Jenkins
2 73 (1.34%) JIRA
3 56 (1.03%) Git
4 37 (0.68%) Burp Suite
4 37 (0.68%) Metasploit
5 25 (0.46%) JUnit
6 24 (0.44%) GitLab
7 19 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (0.35%) SonarQube
8 17 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
9 16 (0.29%) Visual Studio
10 12 (0.22%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.17%) Gradle
11 9 (0.17%) IntelliJ
11 9 (0.17%) Subversion
12 8 (0.15%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.15%) Mockito
13 5 (0.092%) CANoe
13 5 (0.092%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.092%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,360 (24.99%) Social Skills
2 937 (17.22%) Finance
3 713 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 678 (12.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 372 (6.84%) Law
6 277 (5.09%) Legal
7 255 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 177 (3.25%) Telecoms
9 154 (2.83%) Retail
10 150 (2.76%) Marketing
11 145 (2.66%) Banking
12 138 (2.54%) Games
13 133 (2.44%) Manufacturing
14 117 (2.15%) Aerospace
14 117 (2.15%) Military
15 112 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
16 96 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
17 71 (1.30%) Automotive
18 65 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
19 62 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 872 (16.02%) Senior
2 688 (12.64%) Analyst
3 445 (8.18%) Architect
4 418 (7.68%) Lead
5 376 (6.91%) Consultant
6 358 (6.58%) Security Analyst
7 319 (5.86%) Security Engineer
8 281 (5.16%) Security Manager
8 281 (5.16%) Software Engineer
9 275 (5.05%) Security Consultant
10 236 (4.34%) IT Manager
11 230 (4.23%) Security Architect
12 215 (3.95%) Technical Specialist
13 214 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 212 (3.90%) Linux Specialist
15 197 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 190 (3.49%) IT Engineer
17 170 (3.12%) IT Support
18 161 (2.96%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 158 (2.90%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (1.67%) HTML
2 83 (1.53%) .NET
3 76 (1.40%) CSS
4 75 (1.38%) REST
5 65 (1.19%) Kafka
6 63 (1.16%) Web Services
7 58 (1.07%) JSON
8 56 (1.03%) AngularJS
8 56 (1.03%) OpenID
8 56 (1.03%) React
9 53 (0.97%) Spring
10 52 (0.96%) Node.js
11 49 (0.90%) OAuth
12 43 (0.79%) jQuery
13 38 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
14 37 (0.68%) GraphQL
15 36 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
16 29 (0.53%) Middleware
17 28 (0.51%) RESTful
17 28 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 572 (10.51%) Management Information System
2 334 (6.14%) Data Centre
3 287 (5.27%) Cyber Threat
4 253 (4.65%) Social Media
5 228 (4.19%) Security Posture
6 222 (4.08%) Operational Technology
7 198 (3.64%) Algorithms
8 186 (3.42%) Cyberattack
9 185 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
10 184 (3.38%) Security Operations Centre
11 145 (2.66%) Public Cloud
12 139 (2.55%) Driving Licence
13 131 (2.41%) IoT
14 123 (2.26%) Onboarding
15 102 (1.87%) Cloud Native
16 99 (1.82%) PKI
17 86 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
18 79 (1.45%) Product Ownership
19 63 (1.16%) Private Cloud
20 59 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 996 (18.30%) Windows
2 658 (12.09%) Linux
3 432 (7.94%) Windows Server
4 241 (4.43%) Ubuntu
5 146 (2.68%) Windows 10
6 106 (1.95%) Apple iOS
7 93 (1.71%) Unix
8 84 (1.54%) Android
9 71 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 65 (1.19%) Mac OS
11 56 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
12 53 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
13 47 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
14 42 (0.77%) Kali Linux
15 24 (0.44%) Windows 7
16 22 (0.40%) Mac OS X
17 21 (0.39%) VMS
18 17 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
19 10 (0.18%) Debian
19 10 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,071 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
2 935 (17.18%) Information Security
3 668 (12.27%) Incident Response
4 615 (11.30%) SIEM
5 558 (10.25%) Mentoring
6 530 (9.74%) Risk Management
7 517 (9.50%) Agile
8 513 (9.43%) Security Operations
9 505 (9.28%) Computer Science
10 457 (8.40%) Artificial Intelligence
11 445 (8.18%) ITIL
12 406 (7.46%) Software Engineering
13 392 (7.20%) IT Strategy
14 375 (6.89%) Penetration Testing
15 367 (6.74%) Vulnerability Management
16 362 (6.65%) Project Management
17 360 (6.62%) Coaching
18 348 (6.39%) Decision-Making
19 344 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 334 (6.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 462 (8.49%) Python
2 424 (7.79%) Bash
3 294 (5.40%) SQL
4 276 (5.07%) PowerShell
5 238 (4.37%) Java
6 148 (2.72%) JavaScript
7 132 (2.43%) C
8 86 (1.58%) C#
9 65 (1.19%) Rust
10 56 (1.03%) C++
11 51 (0.94%) Embedded C
12 46 (0.85%) Go
13 36 (0.66%) TypeScript
14 29 (0.53%) Scala
15 24 (0.44%) Perl
16 23 (0.42%) PHP
17 18 (0.33%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.26%) R
19 13 (0.24%) MATLAB
20 12 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,160 (21.32%) Degree
2 874 (16.06%) Security Cleared
3 676 (12.42%) CISSP
4 440 (8.09%) SC Cleared
5 412 (7.57%) CISM
6 246 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
7 217 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 187 (3.44%) DV Cleared
9 168 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 155 (2.85%) CRISC
11 150 (2.76%) CCNA
12 143 (2.63%) CISA
13 128 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 124 (2.28%) Master's Degree
15 119 (2.19%) CEH
16 115 (2.11%) Azure Certification
16 115 (2.11%) GIAC
17 103 (1.89%) CCNP
17 103 (1.89%) CREST Certified
18 87 (1.60%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 746 (13.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 603 (11.08%) NIST
3 342 (6.28%) GDPR
4 319 (5.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 210 (3.86%) GRC
6 206 (3.79%) NCSC
7 157 (2.88%) PCI DSS
8 110 (2.02%) QA
9 105 (1.93%) SLA
10 84 (1.54%) Def Stans
11 80 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 77 (1.41%) NIST 800
13 71 (1.30%) ISO 9001
14 61 (1.12%) COBIT
15 60 (1.10%) SOC 2
16 58 (1.07%) Data Quality
17 50 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 45 (0.83%) JSP 440
19 42 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 17025
20 38 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 861 (15.82%) Active Directory
2 267 (4.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 149 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 139 (2.55%) Docker
5 46 (0.85%) vSphere
6 37 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 36 (0.66%) Firmware
8 35 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
9 33 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
10 27 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
11 11 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 11 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
12 9 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
13 6 (0.11%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.092%) XenApp
15 4 (0.074%) NFS
15 4 (0.074%) pfSense
15 4 (0.074%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 4 (0.074%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.074%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 424 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 214 (3.93%) Jamf Pro
3 154 (2.83%) Kubernetes
4 133 (2.44%) Terraform
5 91 (1.67%) Ansible
6 51 (0.94%) SCCM
7 48 (0.88%) Grafana
7 48 (0.88%) WSUS
8 45 (0.83%) Nessus
9 43 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
10 38 (0.70%) CASB
10 38 (0.70%) EnCase
11 34 (0.62%) FortiGate
12 29 (0.53%) QRadar
13 28 (0.51%) Puppet
14 27 (0.50%) vCenter Server
15 25 (0.46%) Stealthwatch
16 19 (0.35%) Nagios
16 19 (0.35%) SCOM
17 18 (0.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,636 (30.06%) Microsoft
2 358 (6.58%) VMware
3 296 (5.44%) Cisco
4 238 (4.37%) CyberArk
5 236 (4.34%) Tanium
6 176 (3.23%) Apple
7 154 (2.83%) Adobe
8 141 (2.59%) Splunk
9 140 (2.57%) Google
10 133 (2.44%) Dell
11 128 (2.35%) Veeam
12 95 (1.75%) Meraki
13 91 (1.67%) HP
14 81 (1.49%) Oracle
15 62 (1.14%) Qualys
15 62 (1.14%) ServiceNow
16 57 (1.05%) Juniper
17 55 (1.01%) Fortinet
18 54 (0.99%) SAP
19 50 (0.92%) CrowdStrike