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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 47 80
Rank change year-on-year +16 +33 -6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,907 5,013 6,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.52% 5.79% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.56% 6.06% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,634 2,732 3,176
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,463 £37,286
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
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 74,781 82,738 134,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.16% 95.57% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 54,521 49,312 73,714
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,329 £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 £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 28 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 28 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 +23 1,413 £72,500 +3.57% 336
South East +23 974 £50,500 -8.18% 155
North of England +10 942 £52,084 -13.19% 216
Midlands +16 703 £54,650 -8.92% 138
South West +8 620 £60,000 -4.00% 141
North West -5 581 £52,084 -15.99% 131
West Midlands +10 511 £55,000 -12.00% 81
Yorkshire +16 266 £50,000 -16.67% 77
East of England +16 209 £50,000 -4.76% 65
East Midlands +23 188 £42,500 -10.53% 57
North East +48 95 £42,500 -3.95% 8
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 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 205 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (0.67%) IIS
4 19 (0.39%) Apache
5 15 (0.31%) Confluence
6 10 (0.20%) CMS
7 5 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.10%) Luigi
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 2 (0.041%) nginx
9 2 (0.041%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.041%) WordPress
10 1 (0.020%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.020%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.020%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 199 (4.06%) Microsoft Office
2 87 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.18%) Simulink
7 7 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.14%) Revit
8 5 (0.10%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.082%) Stateflow
9 4 (0.082%) Windchill
10 3 (0.061%) Trello
11 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 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.061%) Primavera
5 2 (0.041%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.020%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.020%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,235 (25.17%) Azure
2 755 (15.39%) Microsoft 365
3 437 (8.91%) Entra ID
4 415 (8.46%) AWS
5 166 (3.38%) SaaS
6 135 (2.75%) GCP
7 116 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
8 97 (1.98%) Power Platform
9 87 (1.77%) PaaS
10 78 (1.59%) IaaS
11 70 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
12 55 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
13 49 (1.00%) OneDrive
14 45 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
15 37 (0.75%) Serverless
16 34 (0.69%) GitHub
17 33 (0.67%) Power Automate
17 33 (0.67%) PowerApps
18 29 (0.59%) Amazon S3
19 28 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 772 (15.73%) Firewall
2 350 (7.13%) Network Security
3 252 (5.14%) WAN
4 245 (4.99%) 5G
5 235 (4.79%) Broadband
6 227 (4.63%) DNS
7 189 (3.85%) TCP/IP
8 171 (3.48%) Wi-Fi
9 164 (3.34%) LAN
10 150 (3.06%) DHCP
11 127 (2.59%) Intrusion Detection
12 122 (2.49%) VPN
13 103 (2.10%) SD-WAN
14 86 (1.75%) Internet
15 84 (1.71%) Wireless
16 79 (1.61%) SAN
17 65 (1.32%) MPLS
18 57 (1.16%) VLAN
19 53 (1.08%) Unified Communications
20 48 (0.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (2.12%) SQL Server
2 85 (1.73%) Power BI
3 46 (0.94%) MySQL
4 35 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (0.57%) NoSQL
6 27 (0.55%) Big Data
6 27 (0.55%) MongoDB
7 26 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 21 (0.43%) Oracle Database
9 19 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (0.33%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.26%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (0.16%) Redis
15 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.12%) SAP HANA
16 5 (0.10%) Bigtable
16 5 (0.10%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 76 (1.55%) Jenkins
2 69 (1.41%) JIRA
3 45 (0.92%) Git
4 36 (0.73%) Burp Suite
4 36 (0.73%) Metasploit
5 23 (0.47%) GitLab
6 20 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 19 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
9 13 (0.26%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.18%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.16%) JUnit
11 8 (0.16%) Subversion
12 7 (0.14%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.14%) IntelliJ
13 6 (0.12%) Mockito
13 6 (0.12%) Selenium
14 5 (0.10%) CANoe
14 5 (0.10%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.10%) Gradle
General
1 1,090 (22.21%) Social Skills
2 802 (16.34%) Finance
3 684 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 532 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 276 (5.62%) Legal
6 263 (5.36%) Law
7 207 (4.22%) Public Sector
8 167 (3.40%) Telecoms
9 155 (3.16%) Banking
10 133 (2.71%) Retail
11 122 (2.49%) Manufacturing
12 115 (2.34%) Marketing
13 106 (2.16%) Aerospace
14 102 (2.08%) Military
15 101 (2.06%) Games
16 96 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
17 75 (1.53%) Automotive
18 71 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
19 63 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
20 45 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 849 (17.30%) Senior
2 654 (13.33%) Analyst
3 392 (7.99%) Lead
4 368 (7.50%) Architect
5 346 (7.05%) Consultant
6 328 (6.68%) Security Analyst
7 296 (6.03%) Security Engineer
8 261 (5.32%) Security Manager
9 255 (5.20%) Security Consultant
10 214 (4.36%) Technical Specialist
11 212 (4.32%) Linux Specialist
12 211 (4.30%) IT Manager
13 206 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 192 (3.91%) Security Architect
15 175 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 174 (3.55%) IT Engineer
17 172 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
18 165 (3.36%) IT Support
19 154 (3.14%) Software Engineer
20 150 (3.06%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (1.65%) .NET
2 68 (1.39%) HTML
3 55 (1.12%) CSS
3 55 (1.12%) REST
4 40 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
5 39 (0.79%) OpenID
5 39 (0.79%) Web Services
6 37 (0.75%) JSON
7 35 (0.71%) OAuth
8 32 (0.65%) Node.js
9 29 (0.59%) jQuery
10 24 (0.49%) 802.1X
11 22 (0.45%) React
12 21 (0.43%) AngularJS
12 21 (0.43%) ARM Templates
12 21 (0.43%) Spring Boot
13 20 (0.41%) Middleware
14 18 (0.37%) Spring
15 17 (0.35%) Kafka
15 17 (0.35%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 544 (11.09%) Management Information System
2 316 (6.44%) Data Centre
3 244 (4.97%) Cyber Threat
3 244 (4.97%) Social Media
4 203 (4.14%) Security Posture
5 185 (3.77%) Operational Technology
6 182 (3.71%) Security Operations Centre
7 168 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
8 153 (3.12%) Cyberattack
9 147 (3.00%) Algorithms
10 118 (2.40%) IoT
11 103 (2.10%) Driving Licence
12 91 (1.85%) Onboarding
13 90 (1.83%) PKI
14 84 (1.71%) Public Cloud
15 80 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
16 68 (1.39%) Product Ownership
17 66 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
18 64 (1.30%) Private Cloud
19 57 (1.16%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 900 (18.34%) Windows
2 600 (12.23%) Linux
3 397 (8.09%) Windows Server
4 238 (4.85%) Ubuntu
5 137 (2.79%) Windows 10
6 81 (1.65%) Apple iOS
7 69 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 65 (1.32%) Android
9 64 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 63 (1.28%) Unix
11 54 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
12 46 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
13 43 (0.88%) Mac OS
14 41 (0.84%) Kali Linux
15 25 (0.51%) Windows 7
16 19 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
17 16 (0.33%) VMS
18 9 (0.18%) Solaris
19 7 (0.14%) CentOS
19 7 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 967 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
2 888 (18.10%) Information Security
3 595 (12.13%) Incident Response
4 579 (11.80%) SIEM
5 520 (10.60%) Mentoring
5 520 (10.60%) Risk Management
6 499 (10.17%) Security Operations
7 471 (9.60%) Computer Science
8 438 (8.93%) Agile
9 411 (8.38%) ITIL
10 368 (7.50%) Coaching
11 349 (7.11%) IT Strategy
12 347 (7.07%) Artificial Intelligence
13 342 (6.97%) Decision-Making
14 340 (6.93%) Penetration Testing
15 334 (6.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 320 (6.52%) Project Management
17 312 (6.36%) Vulnerability Management
18 297 (6.05%) Roadmaps
19 296 (6.03%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 418 (8.52%) Python
2 393 (8.01%) Bash
3 307 (6.26%) SQL
4 306 (6.24%) PowerShell
5 131 (2.67%) C
6 115 (2.34%) JavaScript
7 112 (2.28%) Java
8 71 (1.45%) C#
9 61 (1.24%) Rust
10 51 (1.04%) Embedded C
11 47 (0.96%) C++
12 26 (0.53%) PHP
13 24 (0.49%) Perl
14 21 (0.43%) TypeScript
15 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.29%) R
17 12 (0.24%) Go
18 11 (0.22%) MATLAB
19 10 (0.20%) RPG
20 9 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,062 (21.64%) Degree
2 775 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 603 (12.29%) CISSP
4 378 (7.70%) SC Cleared
5 353 (7.19%) CISM
6 222 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
7 203 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 186 (3.79%) DV Cleared
9 162 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 148 (3.02%) CRISC
11 147 (3.00%) CISA
12 144 (2.93%) CCNA
13 114 (2.32%) CEH
14 109 (2.22%) GIAC
15 108 (2.20%) CCNP
16 104 (2.12%) Master's Degree
17 99 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
18 95 (1.94%) Azure Certification
19 89 (1.81%) CREST Certified
20 71 (1.45%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 673 (13.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 553 (11.27%) NIST
3 311 (6.34%) GDPR
4 273 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 201 (4.10%) GRC
6 191 (3.89%) NCSC
7 150 (3.06%) PCI DSS
8 100 (2.04%) SLA
9 84 (1.71%) Def Stans
10 77 (1.57%) NIST 800
11 76 (1.55%) QA
12 66 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 63 (1.28%) Data Quality
14 56 (1.14%) COBIT
15 50 (1.02%) ISO 9001
16 47 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 44 (0.90%) JSP 440
18 43 (0.88%) SOC 2
19 37 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
20 28 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 818 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 244 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (2.89%) Hyper-V
4 122 (2.49%) Docker
5 52 (1.06%) vSphere
6 45 (0.92%) RACF
7 37 (0.75%) Firmware
8 32 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
9 29 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
10 27 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
12 11 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
13 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
15 6 (0.12%) Terminal Services
16 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
16 5 (0.10%) XenApp
17 4 (0.082%) pfSense
17 4 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
17 4 (0.082%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 388 (7.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (4.34%) Jamf Pro
3 92 (1.87%) Ansible
3 92 (1.87%) Kubernetes
4 77 (1.57%) Terraform
5 42 (0.86%) WSUS
6 41 (0.84%) SCCM
7 39 (0.79%) CASB
8 37 (0.75%) Nessus
9 35 (0.71%) FortiGate
10 32 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 31 (0.63%) Stealthwatch
12 30 (0.61%) QRadar
13 27 (0.55%) Puppet
14 26 (0.53%) vCenter Server
15 24 (0.49%) EnCase
16 20 (0.41%) Nagios
17 19 (0.39%) SCOM
18 18 (0.37%) Nmap
19 15 (0.31%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1,541 (31.40%) Microsoft
2 344 (7.01%) VMware
3 281 (5.73%) Cisco
3 281 (5.73%) CyberArk
4 237 (4.83%) Tanium
5 174 (3.55%) Apple
6 154 (3.14%) Adobe
7 124 (2.53%) Veeam
8 108 (2.20%) Splunk
9 98 (2.00%) Google
10 95 (1.94%) Meraki
11 88 (1.79%) HP
12 71 (1.45%) Dell
13 58 (1.18%) Juniper
14 55 (1.12%) Qualys
15 52 (1.06%) ServiceNow
16 51 (1.04%) Fortinet
17 42 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
17 42 (0.86%) SolarWinds
18 41 (0.84%) Citrix