Cybersecurity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 46 78
Rank change year-on-year +9 +32 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,446 6,037 7,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.49% 6.05% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.42% 6.33% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,950 3,177 3,633
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,463 £37,344
25th Percentile £44,942 £49,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £58,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% +2.63% +6.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,815 95,319 153,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.51% 95.59% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 59,706 56,021 82,390
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +17 4,887 £57,500 -11.54% 1,055
UK excluding London +7 3,811 £52,500 -11.80% 748
Work from Home +10 1,883 £57,500 -12.88% 544
London +21 1,434 £72,500 +3.57% 338
South East +23 972 £50,500 -8.18% 160
North of England +10 908 £52,084 -13.19% 209
Midlands +17 693 £55,000 -8.33% 125
South West +12 622 £60,000 -2.04% 115
North West 0 566 £52,084 -15.99% 110
West Midlands +12 505 £55,000 -12.00% 79
Scotland -54 317 £55,000 -7.60% 47
Yorkshire +14 251 £51,000 -15.00% 80
East of England +23 216 £54,000 +8.00% 58
East Midlands +24 184 £42,500 -10.53% 46
North East +49 91 £42,500 -3.95% 19
Wales -41 51 £52,504 -24.99% 33
Northern Ireland -13 24 £42,500 -20.93% 18
Isle of Man -15 8 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Channel Islands -4 1 £100,000 -13.04% 1

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 251 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 224 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 40 (0.73%) IIS
4 26 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 19 (0.35%) Apache
6 16 (0.29%) Confluence
7 14 (0.26%) FileNet
8 10 (0.18%) CMS
9 6 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.092%) Site Server
11 4 (0.073%) CloudStack
11 4 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (0.073%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.055%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.055%) Luigi
12 3 (0.055%) nginx
13 2 (0.037%) MS Project Server
13 2 (0.037%) SharePoint 2013
13 2 (0.037%) WordPress
14 1 (0.018%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 243 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 98 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.17%) Revit
6 9 (0.17%) Simulink
7 6 (0.11%) Trello
8 5 (0.092%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.073%) Stateflow
9 4 (0.073%) Windchill
10 2 (0.037%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 17 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.092%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.092%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.073%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.055%) Primavera
6 2 (0.037%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.037%) SAP FI-GL
6 2 (0.037%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.018%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.018%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,388 (25.49%) Azure
2 842 (15.46%) Microsoft 365
3 571 (10.48%) AWS
4 430 (7.90%) Entra ID
5 273 (5.01%) SaaS
6 193 (3.54%) GCP
7 131 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
8 130 (2.39%) PaaS
9 115 (2.11%) IaaS
10 104 (1.91%) Power Platform
11 83 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
12 69 (1.27%) Amazon S3
13 56 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
14 52 (0.95%) OneDrive
15 51 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
16 38 (0.70%) PowerApps
16 38 (0.70%) Serverless
17 37 (0.68%) GitHub
17 37 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
18 35 (0.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 832 (15.28%) Firewall
2 368 (6.76%) Network Security
3 260 (4.77%) WAN
4 246 (4.52%) 5G
4 246 (4.52%) DNS
5 235 (4.32%) Broadband
6 216 (3.97%) TCP/IP
7 191 (3.51%) LAN
8 171 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
9 164 (3.01%) DHCP
10 138 (2.53%) VPN
11 135 (2.48%) Intrusion Detection
12 109 (2.00%) SD-WAN
13 94 (1.73%) Internet
14 93 (1.71%) Wireless
15 80 (1.47%) SAN
16 61 (1.12%) MPLS
17 57 (1.05%) VLAN
18 54 (0.99%) Unified Communications
19 50 (0.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (2.06%) SQL Server
2 88 (1.62%) Power BI
3 62 (1.14%) NoSQL
4 58 (1.07%) MySQL
5 57 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
6 56 (1.03%) Big Data
7 45 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 37 (0.68%) Hadoop
9 31 (0.57%) Redis
10 30 (0.55%) MongoDB
11 27 (0.50%) Data Lake
12 24 (0.44%) Oracle Database
12 24 (0.44%) Relational Database
13 23 (0.42%) Scylla
14 17 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
14 17 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
16 11 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
17 10 (0.18%) Tableau
18 6 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 88 (1.62%) Jenkins
2 74 (1.36%) JIRA
3 56 (1.03%) Git
4 37 (0.68%) Burp Suite
4 37 (0.68%) Metasploit
5 24 (0.44%) GitLab
5 24 (0.44%) JUnit
6 19 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
6 19 (0.35%) SonarQube
7 17 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
8 15 (0.28%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.20%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.17%) Subversion
11 8 (0.15%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.15%) IntelliJ
12 7 (0.13%) Gradle
12 7 (0.13%) Mockito
13 5 (0.092%) CANoe
13 5 (0.092%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.092%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,357 (24.92%) Social Skills
2 942 (17.30%) Finance
3 721 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 681 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 366 (6.72%) Law
6 271 (4.98%) Legal
7 247 (4.54%) Public Sector
8 180 (3.31%) Telecoms
9 155 (2.85%) Retail
10 154 (2.83%) Marketing
11 140 (2.57%) Banking
12 136 (2.50%) Manufacturing
13 131 (2.41%) Games
14 117 (2.15%) Military
15 114 (2.09%) Aerospace
16 113 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
17 94 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
18 73 (1.34%) Automotive
19 64 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
19 64 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 873 (16.03%) Senior
2 696 (12.78%) Analyst
3 440 (8.08%) Architect
4 425 (7.80%) Lead
5 373 (6.85%) Consultant
6 359 (6.59%) Security Analyst
7 321 (5.89%) Security Engineer
8 282 (5.18%) Security Manager
9 278 (5.10%) Software Engineer
10 272 (4.99%) Security Consultant
11 237 (4.35%) IT Manager
12 227 (4.17%) Security Architect
13 214 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 214 (3.93%) Technical Specialist
14 212 (3.89%) Linux Specialist
15 198 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 191 (3.51%) IT Engineer
17 174 (3.20%) IT Support
18 159 (2.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 156 (2.86%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (1.63%) HTML
2 83 (1.52%) .NET
3 75 (1.38%) CSS
4 74 (1.36%) REST
5 67 (1.23%) Kafka
6 66 (1.21%) Web Services
7 57 (1.05%) AngularJS
7 57 (1.05%) JSON
8 55 (1.01%) React
9 52 (0.95%) Node.js
9 52 (0.95%) OpenID
10 51 (0.94%) Spring
11 49 (0.90%) OAuth
12 43 (0.79%) jQuery
13 40 (0.73%) Elastic Stack
14 37 (0.68%) GraphQL
15 36 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
16 30 (0.55%) Middleware
17 28 (0.51%) RESTful
17 28 (0.51%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 578 (10.61%) Management Information System
2 339 (6.22%) Data Centre
3 282 (5.18%) Cyber Threat
4 255 (4.68%) Social Media
5 226 (4.15%) Security Posture
6 221 (4.06%) Operational Technology
7 198 (3.64%) Algorithms
8 187 (3.43%) Cyberattack
8 187 (3.43%) Security Operations Centre
9 184 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
10 147 (2.70%) Public Cloud
11 133 (2.44%) IoT
12 130 (2.39%) Driving Licence
13 123 (2.26%) Onboarding
14 101 (1.85%) Cloud Native
15 98 (1.80%) PKI
16 85 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
17 79 (1.45%) Product Ownership
18 64 (1.18%) Private Cloud
19 62 (1.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 999 (18.34%) Windows
2 656 (12.05%) Linux
3 427 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 242 (4.44%) Ubuntu
5 147 (2.70%) Windows 10
6 102 (1.87%) Apple iOS
7 92 (1.69%) Unix
8 82 (1.51%) Android
9 72 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 64 (1.18%) Mac OS
11 61 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 53 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
13 48 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
14 43 (0.79%) Kali Linux
15 25 (0.46%) Windows 7
16 21 (0.39%) Mac OS X
16 21 (0.39%) VMS
17 19 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
18 10 (0.18%) Debian
19 9 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,074 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
2 941 (17.28%) Information Security
3 672 (12.34%) Incident Response
4 618 (11.35%) SIEM
5 554 (10.17%) Mentoring
6 544 (9.99%) Risk Management
7 517 (9.49%) Agile
8 516 (9.47%) Security Operations
9 512 (9.40%) Computer Science
10 464 (8.52%) ITIL
11 452 (8.30%) Artificial Intelligence
12 406 (7.46%) Software Engineering
13 393 (7.22%) IT Strategy
14 373 (6.85%) Penetration Testing
15 367 (6.74%) Vulnerability Management
16 365 (6.70%) Project Management
17 360 (6.61%) Coaching
18 357 (6.56%) Decision-Making
19 349 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 333 (6.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 467 (8.58%) Python
2 423 (7.77%) Bash
3 301 (5.53%) SQL
4 279 (5.12%) PowerShell
5 234 (4.30%) Java
6 147 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 134 (2.46%) C
8 84 (1.54%) C#
9 65 (1.19%) Rust
10 53 (0.97%) C++
11 51 (0.94%) Embedded C
12 47 (0.86%) Go
13 35 (0.64%) TypeScript
14 29 (0.53%) Scala
15 26 (0.48%) PHP
16 24 (0.44%) Perl
17 18 (0.33%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.26%) R
19 12 (0.22%) MATLAB
19 12 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,170 (21.48%) Degree
2 862 (15.83%) Security Cleared
3 671 (12.32%) CISSP
4 437 (8.02%) SC Cleared
5 409 (7.51%) CISM
6 245 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
7 218 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 187 (3.43%) DV Cleared
9 170 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 154 (2.83%) CCNA
10 154 (2.83%) CRISC
11 146 (2.68%) CISA
12 127 (2.33%) Master's Degree
13 120 (2.20%) CEH
14 119 (2.19%) GIAC
15 118 (2.17%) Azure Certification
15 118 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
16 104 (1.91%) CCNP
17 102 (1.87%) CREST Certified
18 88 (1.62%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 742 (13.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 605 (11.11%) NIST
3 341 (6.26%) GDPR
4 312 (5.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 208 (3.82%) GRC
6 206 (3.78%) NCSC
7 161 (2.96%) PCI DSS
8 110 (2.02%) QA
9 106 (1.95%) SLA
10 84 (1.54%) Def Stans
11 81 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 78 (1.43%) NIST 800
13 67 (1.23%) COBIT
14 65 (1.19%) ISO 9001
15 59 (1.08%) Data Quality
16 55 (1.01%) SOC 2
17 50 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 45 (0.83%) JSP 440
19 39 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
20 35 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 858 (15.75%) Active Directory
2 267 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 149 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 138 (2.53%) Docker
5 49 (0.90%) vSphere
6 36 (0.66%) Firmware
7 35 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
8 33 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
8 33 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
9 27 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 11 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
11 9 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
12 7 (0.13%) Terminal Services
12 7 (0.13%) XenApp
13 5 (0.092%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.073%) NFS
14 4 (0.073%) pfSense
14 4 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 4 (0.073%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 422 (7.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 214 (3.93%) Jamf Pro
3 155 (2.85%) Kubernetes
4 130 (2.39%) Terraform
5 93 (1.71%) Ansible
6 52 (0.95%) SCCM
7 48 (0.88%) Grafana
7 48 (0.88%) WSUS
8 46 (0.84%) Nessus
9 43 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
10 38 (0.70%) CASB
11 33 (0.61%) FortiGate
12 30 (0.55%) EnCase
12 30 (0.55%) QRadar
13 28 (0.51%) Puppet
14 27 (0.50%) Stealthwatch
14 27 (0.50%) vCenter Server
15 21 (0.39%) Nagios
16 19 (0.35%) SCOM
17 18 (0.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,643 (30.17%) Microsoft
2 363 (6.67%) VMware
3 299 (5.49%) Cisco
4 239 (4.39%) CyberArk
5 237 (4.35%) Tanium
6 179 (3.29%) Apple
7 156 (2.86%) Adobe
8 143 (2.63%) Google
9 140 (2.57%) Splunk
10 132 (2.42%) Dell
11 129 (2.37%) Veeam
12 97 (1.78%) Meraki
13 91 (1.67%) HP
14 83 (1.52%) Oracle
15 62 (1.14%) Qualys
16 59 (1.08%) ServiceNow
17 58 (1.07%) Juniper
18 55 (1.01%) Fortinet
18 55 (1.01%) SAP
19 50 (0.92%) CrowdStrike