Cybersecurity Jobs in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 49 80
Rank change year-on-year +18 +31 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,876 5,062 6,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.64% 5.74% 4.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.63% 6.00% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,634 2,743 3,152
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,079 £37,325
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,598 84,339 129,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.11% 95.60% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 53,968 50,108 73,057
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London +25 1,425 £72,500 +3.57% 401
South East +24 973 £50,500 -8.18% 217
North of England +11 909 £52,084 -13.19% 215
Midlands +18 694 £55,000 -8.33% 123
South West +11 622 £60,000 -4.00% 124
North West -1 567 £52,084 -15.99% 117
West Midlands +10 504 £55,000 -12.00% 79
Yorkshire +15 251 £50,000 -16.67% 87
East of England +22 212 £54,000 +2.86% 69
East Midlands +29 186 £42,500 -10.53% 44
North East +49 91 £42,500 -3.41% 11
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 220 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 206 (4.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (0.76%) IIS
4 17 (0.35%) Apache
5 15 (0.31%) Confluence
6 10 (0.21%) CMS
7 5 (0.10%) Site Server
8 4 (0.082%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.082%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.082%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.062%) Luigi
9 3 (0.062%) nginx
10 2 (0.041%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.041%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.041%) WordPress
11 1 (0.021%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.021%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.021%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 208 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 88 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.18%) Revit
6 9 (0.18%) Simulink
7 5 (0.10%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.082%) Stateflow
8 4 (0.082%) Windchill
9 3 (0.062%) Trello
10 2 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 16 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
2 5 (0.10%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.082%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.062%) Primavera
5 2 (0.041%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.041%) SAP FI-GL
5 2 (0.041%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.021%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,237 (25.37%) Azure
2 763 (15.65%) Microsoft 365
3 424 (8.70%) AWS
4 405 (8.31%) Entra ID
5 188 (3.86%) SaaS
6 147 (3.01%) GCP
7 116 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
8 99 (2.03%) PaaS
9 96 (1.97%) Power Platform
10 87 (1.78%) IaaS
11 69 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
12 51 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
13 48 (0.98%) OneDrive
14 46 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
15 39 (0.80%) Serverless
16 32 (0.66%) Power Automate
16 32 (0.66%) PowerApps
17 31 (0.64%) GitHub
18 29 (0.59%) Amazon S3
19 28 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 772 (15.83%) Firewall
2 344 (7.05%) Network Security
3 248 (5.09%) WAN
4 244 (5.00%) 5G
5 235 (4.82%) Broadband
6 233 (4.78%) DNS
7 193 (3.96%) TCP/IP
8 173 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
9 167 (3.42%) LAN
10 156 (3.20%) DHCP
11 127 (2.60%) VPN
12 126 (2.58%) Intrusion Detection
13 102 (2.09%) SD-WAN
14 86 (1.76%) Internet
14 86 (1.76%) Wireless
15 80 (1.64%) SAN
16 62 (1.27%) MPLS
17 58 (1.19%) VLAN
18 53 (1.09%) Unified Communications
19 50 (1.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (2.19%) SQL Server
2 85 (1.74%) Power BI
3 45 (0.92%) MySQL
4 41 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
5 34 (0.70%) NoSQL
6 28 (0.57%) MongoDB
7 26 (0.53%) Big Data
8 24 (0.49%) Oracle Database
8 24 (0.49%) Relational Database
9 22 (0.45%) Data Lake
10 17 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (0.27%) Hadoop
12 11 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.14%) Tableau
15 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.12%) Redis
15 6 (0.12%) SAP HANA
16 5 (0.10%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 79 (1.62%) Jenkins
2 68 (1.39%) JIRA
3 51 (1.05%) Git
4 36 (0.74%) Burp Suite
4 36 (0.74%) Metasploit
5 23 (0.47%) GitLab
6 19 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
6 19 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 17 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
8 13 (0.27%) Visual Studio
9 10 (0.21%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.18%) JUnit
10 9 (0.18%) Subversion
11 8 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.16%) IntelliJ
12 7 (0.14%) Gradle
12 7 (0.14%) Mockito
13 5 (0.10%) CANoe
13 5 (0.10%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,103 (22.62%) Social Skills
2 773 (15.85%) Finance
3 679 (13.93%) Analytical Skills
4 532 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 263 (5.39%) Law
6 248 (5.09%) Legal
7 212 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 165 (3.38%) Telecoms
9 136 (2.79%) Retail
10 130 (2.67%) Banking
11 118 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 117 (2.40%) Marketing
13 109 (2.24%) Games
14 108 (2.21%) Aerospace
15 102 (2.09%) Military
16 95 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
17 76 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
18 74 (1.52%) Automotive
19 64 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
20 50 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 802 (16.45%) Senior
2 631 (12.94%) Analyst
3 380 (7.79%) Lead
4 368 (7.55%) Architect
5 345 (7.08%) Consultant
6 331 (6.79%) Security Analyst
7 281 (5.76%) Security Engineer
8 263 (5.39%) Security Manager
9 254 (5.21%) Security Consultant
10 214 (4.39%) Technical Specialist
11 212 (4.35%) Linux Specialist
12 211 (4.33%) IT Manager
13 202 (4.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 188 (3.86%) Security Architect
15 177 (3.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 177 (3.63%) IT Engineer
16 163 (3.34%) IT Support
17 153 (3.14%) Software Engineer
18 152 (3.12%) Developer
19 147 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (1.62%) .NET
2 68 (1.39%) HTML
3 54 (1.11%) CSS
3 54 (1.11%) REST
4 47 (0.96%) OpenID
4 47 (0.96%) Web Services
5 41 (0.84%) JSON
6 39 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
6 39 (0.80%) OAuth
7 30 (0.62%) Node.js
8 29 (0.59%) jQuery
9 26 (0.53%) Middleware
10 24 (0.49%) 802.1X
10 24 (0.49%) React
11 23 (0.47%) Spring Boot
12 21 (0.43%) ARM Templates
12 21 (0.43%) Spring
13 19 (0.39%) AngularJS
14 18 (0.37%) Kafka
15 16 (0.33%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 514 (10.54%) Management Information System
2 313 (6.42%) Data Centre
3 249 (5.11%) Cyber Threat
4 245 (5.02%) Social Media
5 202 (4.14%) Security Posture
6 189 (3.88%) Operational Technology
7 181 (3.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 168 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
9 153 (3.14%) Cyberattack
10 146 (2.99%) Algorithms
11 121 (2.48%) IoT
12 105 (2.15%) Driving Licence
13 93 (1.91%) Onboarding
13 93 (1.91%) PKI
14 87 (1.78%) Public Cloud
15 78 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
16 68 (1.39%) Product Ownership
17 64 (1.31%) Private Cloud
18 63 (1.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 56 (1.15%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 912 (18.70%) Windows
2 604 (12.39%) Linux
3 402 (8.24%) Windows Server
4 238 (4.88%) Ubuntu
5 139 (2.85%) Windows 10
6 87 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 71 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 68 (1.39%) Android
9 65 (1.33%) Unix
10 62 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (1.09%) Embedded Linux
12 48 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
13 47 (0.96%) Mac OS
14 42 (0.86%) Kali Linux
15 25 (0.51%) Windows 7
16 18 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
17 16 (0.33%) VMS
18 9 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 8 (0.16%) Solaris
20 7 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 966 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
2 861 (17.66%) Information Security
3 600 (12.31%) Incident Response
4 580 (11.89%) SIEM
5 522 (10.71%) Mentoring
6 508 (10.42%) Risk Management
7 477 (9.78%) Security Operations
8 469 (9.62%) Computer Science
9 417 (8.55%) ITIL
10 410 (8.41%) Agile
11 353 (7.24%) Artificial Intelligence
12 352 (7.22%) IT Strategy
13 341 (6.99%) Penetration Testing
14 335 (6.87%) Coaching
15 333 (6.83%) Decision-Making
16 332 (6.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 320 (6.56%) Project Management
18 317 (6.50%) Vulnerability Management
19 298 (6.11%) Technology Strategy
20 289 (5.93%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 410 (8.41%) Python
2 393 (8.06%) Bash
3 271 (5.56%) SQL
4 262 (5.37%) PowerShell
5 132 (2.71%) C
6 119 (2.44%) JavaScript
7 115 (2.36%) Java
8 74 (1.52%) C#
9 63 (1.29%) Rust
10 51 (1.05%) Embedded C
11 47 (0.96%) C++
12 26 (0.53%) PHP
13 21 (0.43%) Perl
13 21 (0.43%) TypeScript
14 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.29%) R
16 12 (0.25%) Go
16 12 (0.25%) MATLAB
17 10 (0.21%) RPG
17 10 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,066 (21.86%) Degree
2 782 (16.04%) Security Cleared
3 600 (12.31%) CISSP
4 377 (7.73%) SC Cleared
5 349 (7.16%) CISM
6 223 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
7 202 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 187 (3.84%) DV Cleared
9 165 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 151 (3.10%) CRISC
11 144 (2.95%) CISA
12 141 (2.89%) CCNA
13 113 (2.32%) CEH
14 110 (2.26%) GIAC
15 108 (2.21%) Master's Degree
16 106 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
17 105 (2.15%) CCNP
18 93 (1.91%) Azure Certification
19 88 (1.80%) CREST Certified
20 72 (1.48%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 689 (14.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 555 (11.38%) NIST
3 317 (6.50%) GDPR
4 277 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 202 (4.14%) GRC
6 189 (3.88%) NCSC
7 157 (3.22%) PCI DSS
8 101 (2.07%) SLA
9 85 (1.74%) QA
10 84 (1.72%) Def Stans
11 76 (1.56%) NIST 800
12 64 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 60 (1.23%) Data Quality
14 59 (1.21%) COBIT
15 55 (1.13%) ISO 9001
16 49 (1.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 46 (0.94%) SOC 2
18 45 (0.92%) JSP 440
19 36 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
20 31 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 794 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 255 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (2.95%) Hyper-V
4 126 (2.58%) Docker
5 50 (1.03%) vSphere
6 36 (0.74%) Firmware
7 34 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 30 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
9 27 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 21 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
11 11 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
12 10 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 10 (0.21%) RACF
13 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
14 7 (0.14%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.12%) XenApp
16 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
17 4 (0.082%) NFS
17 4 (0.082%) pfSense
17 4 (0.082%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 394 (8.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (4.37%) Jamf Pro
3 88 (1.80%) Kubernetes
4 86 (1.76%) Ansible
5 74 (1.52%) Terraform
6 42 (0.86%) WSUS
7 40 (0.82%) SCCM
8 38 (0.78%) CASB
9 36 (0.74%) Nessus
10 35 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
11 33 (0.68%) FortiGate
12 30 (0.62%) QRadar
13 29 (0.59%) Stealthwatch
14 27 (0.55%) EnCase
15 26 (0.53%) Puppet
15 26 (0.53%) vCenter Server
16 20 (0.41%) Nagios
17 19 (0.39%) SCOM
18 18 (0.37%) Nmap
19 15 (0.31%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1,520 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 352 (7.22%) VMware
3 280 (5.74%) Cisco
4 244 (5.00%) CyberArk
5 238 (4.88%) Tanium
6 177 (3.63%) Apple
7 159 (3.26%) Adobe
8 128 (2.63%) Veeam
9 104 (2.13%) Splunk
10 102 (2.09%) Google
11 94 (1.93%) Meraki
12 88 (1.80%) HP
13 71 (1.46%) Dell
14 58 (1.19%) Juniper
15 56 (1.15%) Qualys
16 53 (1.09%) ServiceNow
17 50 (1.03%) Fortinet
18 44 (0.90%) Citrix
18 44 (0.90%) SAP
19 42 (0.86%) Oracle