Cybersecurity Jobs in the North of England

Cybersecurity
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 33 43 57
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 942 1,123 944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.18% 6.79% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.32% 7.02% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 756 535 401
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,895 16,001 17,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.86% 96.69% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11,380 7,839 10,706
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,074 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the North of 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
North West -5 581 £52,084 -15.99% 131
Yorkshire +16 266 £50,000 -16.67% 77
North East +48 95 £42,500 -3.95% 8
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 43 (4.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.42%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.32%) IIS
5 1 (0.11%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.53%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 203 (21.55%) Azure
2 139 (14.76%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (8.92%) AWS
4 53 (5.63%) Entra ID
5 36 (3.82%) SaaS
6 28 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
7 18 (1.91%) PaaS
8 17 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (1.70%) GCP
10 15 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
12 11 (1.17%) GitHub
13 10 (1.06%) IaaS
13 10 (1.06%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.06%) Serverless
14 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (0.42%) Amazon S3
15 4 (0.42%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 146 (15.50%) Firewall
2 69 (7.32%) Network Security
3 59 (6.26%) WAN
4 39 (4.14%) LAN
5 37 (3.93%) Intrusion Detection
6 35 (3.72%) TCP/IP
7 32 (3.40%) DHCP
8 29 (3.08%) DNS
9 22 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (1.80%) SD-WAN
10 17 (1.80%) VPN
11 13 (1.38%) Internet
12 12 (1.27%) Unified Communications
13 11 (1.17%) SAN
14 9 (0.96%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.96%) Wireshark
15 8 (0.85%) VLAN
16 7 (0.74%) VoIP
16 7 (0.74%) Wireless
17 6 (0.64%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.49%) MySQL
2 14 (1.49%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.74%) Power BI
3 7 (0.74%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.64%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.21%) Tableau
6 1 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 28 (2.97%) JIRA
2 18 (1.91%) Git
3 12 (1.27%) GitLab
4 9 (0.96%) TeamCity
5 8 (0.85%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.64%) Burp Suite
6 6 (0.64%) IntelliJ
6 6 (0.64%) JUnit
6 6 (0.64%) Mockito
7 5 (0.53%) Gradle
8 4 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.42%) Subversion
9 3 (0.32%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 206 (21.87%) Social Skills
2 122 (12.95%) Finance
3 84 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (7.64%) Law
5 59 (6.26%) Legal
6 51 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 43 (4.56%) Public Sector
8 39 (4.14%) Banking
9 34 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (2.97%) Military
11 25 (2.65%) Retail
12 24 (2.55%) Games
13 16 (1.70%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.06%) Marketing
17 9 (0.96%) Local Government
18 8 (0.85%) Aerospace
19 6 (0.64%) Automotive
20 3 (0.32%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 129 (13.69%) Senior
2 116 (12.31%) Lead
3 115 (12.21%) Analyst
4 78 (8.28%) IT Manager
5 67 (7.11%) Architect
6 60 (6.37%) Security Engineer
7 57 (6.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 56 (5.94%) Security Analyst
9 50 (5.31%) Team Leader
10 42 (4.46%) Developer
11 35 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (3.61%) Security Manager
13 33 (3.50%) Consultant
14 31 (3.29%) Project Manager
14 31 (3.29%) Software Engineer
14 31 (3.29%) Vulnerability Manager
15 30 (3.18%) Service Manager
16 29 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 28 (2.97%) Security Specialist
18 26 (2.76%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.76%) .NET
2 18 (1.91%) Node.js
3 15 (1.59%) OpenID
3 15 (1.59%) REST
3 15 (1.59%) Web Services
4 11 (1.17%) HTML
5 10 (1.06%) CSS
5 10 (1.06%) OAuth
6 9 (0.96%) Spring
7 8 (0.85%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.64%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.64%) HTML5
9 5 (0.53%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.53%) Laravel
9 5 (0.53%) RESTful
9 5 (0.53%) Sass
9 5 (0.53%) Vue
10 4 (0.42%) Akka
10 4 (0.42%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (0.42%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 132 (14.01%) Management Information System
2 82 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 57 (6.05%) Operational Technology
4 56 (5.94%) Cyber Threat
5 42 (4.46%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.50%) Cyberattack
6 33 (3.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 30 (3.18%) Private Cloud
8 25 (2.65%) IoT
9 24 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (2.44%) Product Ownership
10 23 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
11 18 (1.91%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.91%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.27%) Driving Licence
13 12 (1.27%) NHS
14 11 (1.17%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.06%) SCADA
16 9 (0.96%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 140 (14.86%) Windows
2 69 (7.32%) Linux
2 69 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 26 (2.76%) Windows 10
4 25 (2.65%) Unix
5 18 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (1.80%) Mac OS
7 16 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (1.27%) Android
8 12 (1.27%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.85%) VMS
10 6 (0.64%) Kali Linux
11 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.32%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.11%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (19.85%) Information Security
2 163 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
3 161 (17.09%) Incident Response
4 105 (11.15%) SIEM
5 104 (11.04%) Risk Management
6 103 (10.93%) Agile
7 96 (10.19%) Project Management
8 95 (10.08%) Roadmaps
9 94 (9.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 90 (9.55%) ITIL
11 85 (9.02%) Mentoring
12 74 (7.86%) Security Operations
13 69 (7.32%) Vulnerability Management
14 66 (7.01%) Coaching
14 66 (7.01%) Disaster Recovery
15 65 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (6.48%) Cloud Security
17 57 (6.05%) Change Management
17 57 (6.05%) Computer Science
18 52 (5.52%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 72 (7.64%) SQL
2 64 (6.79%) PowerShell
3 63 (6.69%) Python
4 37 (3.93%) Java
5 28 (2.97%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.49%) Bash
7 13 (1.38%) C#
8 10 (1.06%) Perl
9 9 (0.96%) Ruby
10 6 (0.64%) PHP
11 3 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.21%) C
13 1 (0.11%) C++
13 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 230 (24.42%) Degree
2 87 (9.24%) CISSP
3 58 (6.16%) Cisco Certification
3 58 (6.16%) Security Cleared
4 47 (4.99%) CCNA
5 46 (4.88%) CISM
6 39 (4.14%) SC Cleared
7 38 (4.03%) CCNP
8 34 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (2.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 21 (2.23%) CISA
12 20 (2.12%) Azure Certification
13 19 (2.02%) CEH
14 18 (1.91%) GIAC
15 16 (1.70%) Master's Degree
16 15 (1.59%) AWS Certification
16 15 (1.59%) CREST Certified
17 14 (1.49%) PMI Certification
17 14 (1.49%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (13.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 99 (10.51%) NIST
3 71 (7.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 45 (4.78%) SLA
5 43 (4.56%) GDPR
6 36 (3.82%) PCI DSS
7 27 (2.87%) NCSC
8 18 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 16 (1.70%) PMO
9 16 (1.70%) QA
10 10 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 9 (0.96%) GRC
12 8 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.74%) COBIT
13 7 (0.74%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 7 (0.74%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.64%) IEC 62304
14 6 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 123 (13.06%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.40%) Docker
2 32 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (2.55%) RACF
4 23 (2.44%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.64%) Firmware
7 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.32%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) Snort
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.91%) Terraform
4 14 (1.49%) Nessus
5 9 (0.96%) Nmap
5 9 (0.96%) Stealthwatch
6 6 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.53%) CASB
8 4 (0.42%) Autotask
8 4 (0.42%) Cacti
8 4 (0.42%) cPanel
8 4 (0.42%) Plesk
8 4 (0.42%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.32%) SCCM
9 3 (0.32%) SELinux
9 3 (0.32%) WSUS
10 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.11%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 259 (27.49%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.86%) Cisco
3 50 (5.31%) Apple
4 48 (5.10%) VMware
5 47 (4.99%) Adobe
6 24 (2.55%) CyberArk
6 24 (2.55%) Meraki
7 22 (2.34%) Splunk
8 19 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.80%) Dell
9 17 (1.80%) Fortinet
9 17 (1.80%) HP
10 15 (1.59%) Veeam
11 12 (1.27%) Samsung
12 11 (1.17%) Facebook
12 11 (1.17%) Qualys
13 10 (1.06%) Google
13 10 (1.06%) Intel
14 9 (0.96%) Salesforce
14 9 (0.96%) Sophos