Cybersecurity Jobs in Kent

Cybersecurity
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 40 65
Rank change year-on-year -2 +25 -22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 68 60 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.16% 5.93% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.29% 6.22% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 60 53 43
10th Percentile £37,750 - £27,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £27,750 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -13.98% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £68,313 £65,000 £86,750
South East median annual salary £50,500 £55,025 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.22% -8.29% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,285 965 1,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 78.59% 95.36% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 913 486 711
10th Percentile £25,600 £27,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,800 £60,625
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Kent

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Kent

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Kent over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Kent

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Kent region over the 6 months to 9 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
Gravesend - 20 £55,000 -
Maidstone +4 19 £42,500 +49.12%
Chatham +10 8 £38,500 -23.00% 1
West Malling - 5 £42,500 - 1
Sevenoaks -7 2 £52,500 +69.35%
Dartford -11 2 £250,000 +488.24% 1
Tunbridge Wells -4 1 £100,000 +25.00%
Rochester -6 1 - -
Tonbridge - 1 £39,000 - 1
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.88%) Simulink
2 4 (5.88%) Stateflow
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 30 (44.12%) Azure
2 21 (30.88%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.88%) AWS
4 2 (2.94%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.47%) DigitalOcean
5 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (48.53%) Firewall
2 17 (25.00%) 4G
2 17 (25.00%) 5G
2 17 (25.00%) MPLS
2 17 (25.00%) WAN
3 11 (16.18%) DNS
4 4 (5.88%) J1939
5 3 (4.41%) NAS
5 3 (4.41%) SAN
6 1 (1.47%) Network Security
6 1 (1.47%) SSL
6 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.47%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
2 3 (4.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.47%) Telecoms
3 14 (20.59%) Finance
4 4 (5.88%) Automotive
5 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (26.47%) Analyst
2 17 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 15 (22.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (19.12%) Vulnerability Analyst
5 11 (16.18%) Senior
6 8 (11.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 7 (10.29%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) IT Technician
9 3 (4.41%) Administrator
9 3 (4.41%) Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Cloud Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Cloud Security Architect
9 3 (4.41%) IT Manager
9 3 (4.41%) Network Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.41%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Senior IT Technician
9 3 (4.41%) Systems Administrator
9 3 (4.41%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) .NET
1 3 (4.41%) ASP.NET
1 3 (4.41%) CSS
1 3 (4.41%) HTML
1 3 (4.41%) jQuery
2 2 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (29.41%) Driving Licence
2 17 (25.00%) IoT
3 16 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (22.06%) Management Information System
5 9 (13.24%) ARM Cortex
6 7 (10.29%) Security Posture
7 6 (8.82%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (5.88%) Algorithms
8 4 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (4.41%) Data Centre
9 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (4.41%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (2.94%) Digital Media
11 1 (1.47%) CCTV
11 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (1.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (41.18%) Windows
2 8 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 6 (8.82%) Android
3 6 (8.82%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.47%) Linux
4 1 (1.47%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (33.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (33.82%) Patch Management
3 21 (30.88%) Data Management
4 15 (22.06%) Project Management
5 14 (20.59%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 12 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (16.18%) Change Control
7 11 (16.18%) Threat Detection
8 8 (11.76%) Time Management
9 7 (10.29%) Cloud Security
10 6 (8.82%) Agile
10 6 (8.82%) Customer Service
11 5 (7.35%) Decision-Making
12 4 (5.88%) Asset Management
12 4 (5.88%) Business Continuity
12 4 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
12 4 (5.88%) FMEA
12 4 (5.88%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
12 4 (5.88%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) C
1 4 (5.88%) MATLAB
1 4 (5.88%) SQL
2 3 (4.41%) C#
2 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.41%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
1 12 (17.65%) CTC Cleared
1 12 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.29%) Degree
3 4 (5.88%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.47%) CCNP
5 1 (1.47%) CISA
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.47%) CISM
5 1 (1.47%) CISSP
5 1 (1.47%) CRISC
5 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.47%) MCSE
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (29.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (22.06%) GDPR
3 12 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (14.71%) COSHH
5 4 (5.88%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (5.88%) ISO 26262
6 1 (1.47%) GRC
6 1 (1.47%) NCSC
6 1 (1.47%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (26.47%) Hyper-V
2 16 (23.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (26.47%) FortiGate
2 11 (16.18%) WSUS
3 4 (5.88%) Functional Safety
4 3 (4.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (27.94%) Cisco
1 19 (27.94%) Darktrace
2 17 (25.00%) HP
2 17 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (25.00%) NEC
3 9 (13.24%) Mitel
3 9 (13.24%) Ribbon
3 9 (13.24%) VMware
4 4 (5.88%) Veeam
5 3 (4.41%) AppDynamics
5 3 (4.41%) New Relic
6 2 (2.94%) Apple
6 2 (2.94%) Civica
6 2 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.47%) Aruba
7 1 (1.47%) ConnectWise
7 1 (1.47%) Sage
7 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.47%) WatchGuard