Cybersecurity Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 39 39 52
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,929 3,680 4,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.97% 6.61% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.13% 6.92% 5.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,773 1,751 1,887
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +3.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £88,866
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,107 53,150 71,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.14% 95.49% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,360 28,415 41,497
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK excluding London 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
South East +16 997 £50,500 -8.22% 150
North of England +3 961 £52,084 -13.19% 202
Midlands +6 724 £54,825 -0.32% 127
South West +2 633 £60,000 -4.00% 125
North West -8 598 £52,084 -15.99% 140
West Midlands +5 531 £56,282 -6.20% 79
Scotland -52 316 £51,000 -14.32% 48
Yorkshire +16 270 £50,000 -16.67% 58
East of England +14 209 £50,000 -4.76% 51
East Midlands +12 191 £42,500 -10.53% 48
North East +43 93 £42,500 -3.68% 5
Wales -38 52 £52,500 -25.00% 22
Northern Ireland -12 28 £42,500 -22.73% 13
Isle of Man -12 8 £37,500 -16.67%
Channel Islands -3 1 £100,000 -13.04% 1
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 176 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 174 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (0.69%) IIS
4 14 (0.36%) FileNet
5 13 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.31%) Confluence
7 11 (0.28%) Apache
8 8 (0.20%) CMS
9 5 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.13%) Luigi
9 5 (0.13%) Site Server
10 4 (0.10%) CloudStack
10 4 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.10%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.051%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.051%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.025%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.025%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.025%) WordPress
Applications
1 165 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 68 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.20%) Simulink
7 4 (0.10%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.10%) Stateflow
7 4 (0.10%) Windchill
8 1 (0.025%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 10 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.10%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.051%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.051%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 837 (21.30%) Azure
2 610 (15.53%) Microsoft 365
3 360 (9.16%) AWS
4 262 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 135 (3.44%) SaaS
6 97 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
7 73 (1.86%) GCP
8 65 (1.65%) Power Platform
9 53 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 50 (1.27%) OneDrive
11 49 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
12 46 (1.17%) IaaS
13 45 (1.15%) Amazon S3
14 44 (1.12%) PaaS
15 36 (0.92%) PowerApps
16 32 (0.81%) Datadog
17 31 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 30 (0.76%) Power Automate
19 28 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
20 18 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 544 (13.85%) Firewall
2 237 (6.03%) Network Security
3 208 (5.29%) WAN
4 150 (3.82%) DNS
5 145 (3.69%) TCP/IP
6 123 (3.13%) LAN
7 120 (3.05%) DHCP
8 117 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
9 99 (2.52%) VPN
10 90 (2.29%) 5G
11 89 (2.27%) SD-WAN
12 87 (2.21%) Intrusion Detection
13 78 (1.99%) Broadband
14 58 (1.48%) SAN
15 53 (1.35%) Internet
16 49 (1.25%) Wireless
17 48 (1.22%) MPLS
18 47 (1.20%) VLAN
19 39 (0.99%) VoIP
20 34 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 52 (1.32%) Power BI
3 51 (1.30%) MySQL
4 50 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 43 (1.09%) Big Data
6 34 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (0.59%) Relational Database
8 22 (0.56%) Hadoop
9 21 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (0.48%) Redis
12 15 (0.38%) MongoDB
13 14 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
14 13 (0.33%) Scylla
15 11 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
16 7 (0.18%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.13%) Bigtable
17 5 (0.13%) CouchDB
17 5 (0.13%) RethinkDB
17 5 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (1.27%) JIRA
2 43 (1.09%) Git
3 22 (0.56%) JUnit
4 21 (0.53%) GitLab
4 21 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
5 18 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.46%) SonarQube
6 14 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 9 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.18%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.18%) Selenium
9 6 (0.15%) IntelliJ
9 6 (0.15%) Mockito
9 6 (0.15%) Rational Team Concert
9 6 (0.15%) Subversion
10 5 (0.13%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.13%) Gradle
11 4 (0.10%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.10%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.10%) PHPUnit
General
1 897 (22.83%) Social Skills
2 577 (14.69%) Finance
3 440 (11.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 397 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 243 (6.18%) Law
6 171 (4.35%) Legal
7 144 (3.67%) Public Sector
8 131 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 122 (3.11%) Manufacturing
10 98 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
10 98 (2.49%) Retail
11 96 (2.44%) Military
12 82 (2.09%) Aerospace
13 80 (2.04%) Banking
14 77 (1.96%) Marketing
15 75 (1.91%) Games
16 62 (1.58%) Automotive
17 37 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
18 31 (0.79%) Electronics
19 27 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 554 (14.10%) Senior
2 474 (12.06%) Analyst
3 367 (9.34%) Lead
4 282 (7.18%) Consultant
5 277 (7.05%) Architect
6 225 (5.73%) Software Engineer
7 217 (5.52%) Security Consultant
8 215 (5.47%) Security Analyst
9 207 (5.27%) Security Manager
10 196 (4.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 191 (4.86%) IT Manager
12 167 (4.25%) Security Engineer
13 158 (4.02%) IT Support
14 146 (3.72%) IT Engineer
15 145 (3.69%) Security Architect
16 136 (3.46%) Data Scientist
17 135 (3.44%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 131 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 126 (3.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
20 120 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (1.43%) HTML
2 55 (1.40%) Node.js
3 52 (1.32%) .NET
4 51 (1.30%) AngularJS
5 49 (1.25%) Kafka
6 48 (1.22%) CSS
7 47 (1.20%) Web Services
8 46 (1.17%) React
9 42 (1.07%) Spring
10 41 (1.04%) REST
11 31 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
12 27 (0.69%) GraphQL
12 27 (0.69%) OAuth
13 24 (0.61%) jQuery
13 24 (0.61%) RESTful
14 23 (0.59%) JSON
15 22 (0.56%) 802.1X
15 22 (0.56%) OpenID
16 18 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
16 18 (0.46%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 444 (11.30%) Management Information System
2 272 (6.92%) Data Centre
3 186 (4.73%) Algorithms
4 184 (4.68%) Cyber Threat
5 167 (4.25%) Operational Technology
6 156 (3.97%) Security Operations Centre
7 148 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
8 126 (3.21%) Security Posture
9 116 (2.95%) Driving Licence
10 108 (2.75%) Cyberattack
11 107 (2.72%) Public Cloud
12 101 (2.57%) Social Media
13 90 (2.29%) IoT
14 78 (1.99%) Onboarding
15 71 (1.81%) Cloud Native
16 54 (1.37%) Private Cloud
17 52 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
18 51 (1.30%) Product Ownership
19 44 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
20 38 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 711 (18.10%) Windows
2 355 (9.04%) Linux
3 319 (8.12%) Windows Server
4 115 (2.93%) Windows 10
5 87 (2.21%) Ubuntu
6 64 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 63 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 62 (1.58%) Unix
9 54 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
10 39 (0.99%) Apple iOS
10 39 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
11 31 (0.79%) Mac OS
12 27 (0.69%) Android
13 25 (0.64%) Windows 7
14 20 (0.51%) VMS
15 16 (0.41%) Mac OS X
16 12 (0.31%) Kali Linux
17 8 (0.20%) Solaris
18 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
19 5 (0.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 801 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
2 568 (14.46%) Information Security
3 439 (11.17%) Incident Response
4 430 (10.94%) Risk Management
5 427 (10.87%) Mentoring
6 405 (10.31%) Agile
7 364 (9.26%) Security Operations
8 360 (9.16%) Computer Science
9 345 (8.78%) Coaching
10 336 (8.55%) SIEM
11 329 (8.37%) Software Engineering
12 312 (7.94%) Decision-Making
12 312 (7.94%) ITIL
13 294 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 280 (7.13%) Project Management
15 253 (6.44%) Artificial Intelligence
16 246 (6.26%) Analytics
17 240 (6.11%) Vulnerability Management
18 239 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
19 220 (5.60%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 294 (7.48%) Python
2 259 (6.59%) SQL
3 216 (5.50%) Bash
4 200 (5.09%) PowerShell
5 164 (4.17%) Java
6 104 (2.65%) C
7 93 (2.37%) JavaScript
8 69 (1.76%) Rust
9 51 (1.30%) C#
9 51 (1.30%) Embedded C
10 38 (0.97%) C++
11 31 (0.79%) Go
12 30 (0.76%) PHP
13 21 (0.53%) TypeScript
14 19 (0.48%) Perl
15 18 (0.46%) Scala
16 10 (0.25%) R
17 9 (0.23%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.23%) Ruby
18 5 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 880 (22.40%) Degree
2 679 (17.28%) Security Cleared
3 360 (9.16%) CISSP
4 313 (7.97%) SC Cleared
5 234 (5.96%) CISM
6 164 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
7 140 (3.56%) CCNA
8 124 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 115 (2.93%) DV Cleared
10 110 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 96 (2.44%) CRISC
12 93 (2.37%) CCNP
13 88 (2.24%) CISA
14 82 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
15 77 (1.96%) Azure Certification
16 68 (1.73%) Master's Degree
17 57 (1.45%) CEH
18 56 (1.43%) CESG Certified Professional
19 50 (1.27%) GIAC
20 45 (1.15%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 455 (11.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 405 (10.31%) NIST
3 251 (6.39%) GDPR
4 236 (6.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 143 (3.64%) GRC
6 140 (3.56%) NCSC
7 93 (2.37%) SLA
8 90 (2.29%) PCI DSS
9 84 (2.14%) Def Stans
10 69 (1.76%) NIST 800
11 64 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 54 (1.37%) QA
13 47 (1.20%) Data Quality
14 40 (1.02%) ISO 9001
15 38 (0.97%) JSP 440
16 30 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 30 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 25 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
18 23 (0.59%) Accessibility
19 22 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 566 (14.41%) Active Directory
2 182 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 132 (3.36%) Hyper-V
4 70 (1.78%) Docker
5 44 (1.12%) RACF
6 39 (0.99%) vSphere
7 30 (0.76%) Firmware
8 20 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
9 18 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
10 11 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 6 (0.15%) XenApp
13 5 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.10%) NFS
14 4 (0.10%) pfSense
14 4 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 4 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.10%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 225 (5.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (2.39%) Kubernetes
3 84 (2.14%) Terraform
4 68 (1.73%) Jamf Pro
5 41 (1.04%) WSUS
6 40 (1.02%) SCCM
7 38 (0.97%) Ansible
8 35 (0.89%) Grafana
9 33 (0.84%) Stealthwatch
10 32 (0.81%) FortiGate
11 28 (0.71%) CASB
12 25 (0.64%) Nessus
13 21 (0.53%) EnCase
14 17 (0.43%) Puppet
14 17 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
14 17 (0.43%) vCenter Server
15 12 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 10 (0.25%) Functional Safety
17 9 (0.23%) logstash
17 9 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,094 (27.84%) Microsoft
2 269 (6.85%) VMware
3 235 (5.98%) Cisco
4 155 (3.95%) Apple
5 133 (3.39%) Adobe
6 119 (3.03%) CyberArk
7 92 (2.34%) Veeam
8 91 (2.32%) Meraki
9 88 (2.24%) Splunk
10 83 (2.11%) Tanium
11 77 (1.96%) Dell
12 66 (1.68%) HP
13 58 (1.48%) Google
14 46 (1.17%) Oracle
15 41 (1.04%) Citrix
16 37 (0.94%) Fortinet
17 35 (0.89%) Juniper
18 34 (0.87%) Sage
19 33 (0.84%) ServiceNow
20 31 (0.79%) Dynatrace