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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 43 79
Rank change year-on-year +6 +36 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,482 5,924 7,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.31% 6.10% 4.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.31% 6.38% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,949 3,151 3,689
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £44,250 £48,750 £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 £79,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.80% +3.52% +4.55%

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 86,886 92,843 159,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.13% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,763 54,795 82,800
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 29 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 29 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 +16 4,920 £57,500 -11.54% 1,099
UK excluding London +5 3,868 £52,500 -11.80% 784
Work from Home +10 1,915 £57,500 -11.54% 501
London +21 1,410 £72,500 +3.57% 335
South East +22 979 £50,500 -8.18% 155
North of England +10 948 £52,084 -13.19% 213
Midlands +14 705 £55,000 -8.33% 134
South West +6 620 £60,000 -4.00% 139
North West -4 583 £52,084 -15.99% 129
West Midlands +9 511 £55,087 -11.86% 79
Scotland -56 318 £51,750 -13.06% 53
Yorkshire +17 270 £50,000 -16.67% 76
East of England +22 211 £50,000 -4.76% 71
East Midlands +14 190 £42,500 -10.53% 55
North East +51 95 £42,500 -3.95% 8
Wales -44 52 £52,500 -25.00% 24
Northern Ireland -13 27 £42,500 -22.73% 15
Isle of Man -13 8 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Channel Islands -3 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 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 220 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (0.66%) IIS
4 21 (0.38%) Apache
5 18 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.29%) Confluence
7 14 (0.26%) FileNet
8 10 (0.18%) CMS
9 6 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.091%) Luigi
10 5 (0.091%) Site Server
11 4 (0.073%) CloudStack
11 4 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (0.073%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.036%) nginx
12 2 (0.036%) SharePoint 2013
12 2 (0.036%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.036%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.036%) WordPress
Applications
1 225 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 94 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 48 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.16%) Simulink
7 7 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.13%) Revit
8 6 (0.11%) Trello
9 4 (0.073%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.073%) Stateflow
9 4 (0.073%) Windchill
10 2 (0.036%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 17 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.091%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.091%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.073%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.055%) Primavera
6 2 (0.036%) Infor LN
7 1 (0.018%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,387 (25.30%) Azure
2 836 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
3 553 (10.09%) AWS
4 474 (8.65%) Entra ID
5 230 (4.20%) SaaS
6 167 (3.05%) GCP
7 138 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
8 109 (1.99%) PaaS
9 106 (1.93%) Power Platform
10 101 (1.84%) IaaS
11 83 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
12 61 (1.11%) Amazon S3
13 57 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
14 53 (0.97%) OneDrive
15 50 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
16 40 (0.73%) PowerApps
17 37 (0.67%) GitHub
17 37 (0.67%) Serverless
18 35 (0.64%) Datadog
18 35 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 832 (15.18%) Firewall
2 380 (6.93%) Network Security
3 269 (4.91%) WAN
4 244 (4.45%) 5G
5 238 (4.34%) DNS
6 235 (4.29%) Broadband
7 210 (3.83%) TCP/IP
8 193 (3.52%) LAN
9 173 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
10 157 (2.86%) DHCP
11 135 (2.46%) Intrusion Detection
12 134 (2.44%) VPN
13 109 (1.99%) SD-WAN
14 94 (1.71%) Internet
15 93 (1.70%) Wireless
16 78 (1.42%) SAN
17 65 (1.19%) MPLS
18 58 (1.06%) VLAN
19 55 (1.00%) Unified Communications
20 49 (0.89%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 89 (1.62%) Power BI
3 59 (1.08%) MySQL
4 54 (0.99%) NoSQL
5 52 (0.95%) Big Data
6 50 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
7 35 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (0.55%) Hadoop
9 28 (0.51%) MongoDB
10 27 (0.49%) Relational Database
11 25 (0.46%) Redis
12 23 (0.42%) Oracle Database
13 19 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
14 18 (0.33%) Data Lake
15 16 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
15 16 (0.29%) Scylla
16 14 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
18 8 (0.15%) Tableau
19 6 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 80 (1.46%) Jenkins
2 75 (1.37%) JIRA
3 51 (0.93%) Git
4 36 (0.66%) Burp Suite
4 36 (0.66%) Metasploit
5 24 (0.44%) GitLab
6 22 (0.40%) JUnit
7 21 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 19 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
9 17 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
10 13 (0.24%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.18%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.15%) Subversion
13 7 (0.13%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.13%) IntelliJ
14 6 (0.11%) Mockito
14 6 (0.11%) Selenium
15 5 (0.091%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.091%) Gradle
15 5 (0.091%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,320 (24.08%) Social Skills
2 970 (17.69%) Finance
3 726 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 679 (12.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 363 (6.62%) Law
6 310 (5.65%) Legal
7 241 (4.40%) Public Sector
8 181 (3.30%) Telecoms
9 174 (3.17%) Banking
10 150 (2.74%) Retail
11 147 (2.68%) Marketing
12 144 (2.63%) Manufacturing
13 121 (2.21%) Games
14 117 (2.13%) Military
15 113 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
16 107 (1.95%) Aerospace
17 86 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
18 74 (1.35%) Automotive
19 63 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
20 54 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 932 (17.00%) Senior
2 720 (13.13%) Analyst
3 448 (8.17%) Lead
4 445 (8.12%) Architect
5 373 (6.80%) Consultant
6 351 (6.40%) Security Analyst
7 330 (6.02%) Security Engineer
8 284 (5.18%) Security Manager
9 270 (4.93%) Security Consultant
10 260 (4.74%) Software Engineer
11 238 (4.34%) IT Manager
12 234 (4.27%) Security Architect
13 217 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 214 (3.90%) Technical Specialist
15 212 (3.87%) Linux Specialist
16 193 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 190 (3.47%) IT Engineer
18 183 (3.34%) Senior Analyst
19 178 (3.25%) IT Support
20 163 (2.97%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (1.61%) HTML
2 84 (1.53%) .NET
3 75 (1.37%) CSS
3 75 (1.37%) REST
4 61 (1.11%) AngularJS
4 61 (1.11%) Kafka
5 58 (1.06%) Web Services
6 57 (1.04%) Node.js
7 53 (0.97%) React
8 51 (0.93%) JSON
9 48 (0.88%) Spring
10 43 (0.78%) jQuery
10 43 (0.78%) OAuth
11 42 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
12 40 (0.73%) OpenID
13 36 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
14 30 (0.55%) GraphQL
15 26 (0.47%) RESTful
16 25 (0.46%) Middleware
16 25 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 627 (11.44%) Management Information System
2 346 (6.31%) Data Centre
3 277 (5.05%) Cyber Threat
4 254 (4.63%) Social Media
5 224 (4.09%) Security Posture
6 218 (3.98%) Operational Technology
7 192 (3.50%) Algorithms
8 188 (3.43%) Security Operations Centre
9 185 (3.37%) Cyberattack
10 184 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
11 139 (2.54%) Public Cloud
12 133 (2.43%) IoT
13 123 (2.24%) Driving Licence
14 119 (2.17%) Onboarding
15 91 (1.66%) PKI
16 90 (1.64%) Cloud Native
17 88 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
18 73 (1.33%) Product Ownership
19 68 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 64 (1.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 979 (17.86%) Windows
2 641 (11.69%) Linux
3 419 (7.64%) Windows Server
4 242 (4.41%) Ubuntu
5 143 (2.61%) Windows 10
6 94 (1.71%) Apple iOS
7 89 (1.62%) Unix
8 77 (1.40%) Android
9 71 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 65 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
11 54 (0.99%) Embedded Linux
12 52 (0.95%) Mac OS
13 46 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
14 41 (0.75%) Kali Linux
15 25 (0.46%) Windows 7
16 22 (0.40%) VMS
17 19 (0.35%) Mac OS X
17 19 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
18 10 (0.18%) Debian
19 9 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,057 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
2 970 (17.69%) Information Security
3 665 (12.13%) Incident Response
4 614 (11.20%) SIEM
5 570 (10.40%) Risk Management
6 552 (10.07%) Mentoring
7 547 (9.98%) Security Operations
8 546 (9.96%) Agile
9 517 (9.43%) Computer Science
10 458 (8.35%) ITIL
11 446 (8.14%) Artificial Intelligence
12 406 (7.41%) Coaching
13 388 (7.08%) Software Engineering
14 386 (7.04%) IT Strategy
15 373 (6.80%) Decision-Making
16 369 (6.73%) Penetration Testing
16 369 (6.73%) Roadmaps
17 365 (6.66%) Project Management
18 359 (6.55%) Vulnerability Management
19 350 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 462 (8.43%) Python
2 411 (7.50%) Bash
3 360 (6.57%) SQL
4 329 (6.00%) PowerShell
5 221 (4.03%) Java
6 141 (2.57%) JavaScript
7 133 (2.43%) C
8 78 (1.42%) C#
9 63 (1.15%) Rust
10 52 (0.95%) C++
11 51 (0.93%) Embedded C
12 39 (0.71%) Go
13 35 (0.64%) TypeScript
14 28 (0.51%) PHP
15 25 (0.46%) Perl
16 21 (0.38%) Scala
17 19 (0.35%) PL/SQL
18 14 (0.26%) R
19 10 (0.18%) RPG
19 10 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,170 (21.34%) Degree
2 846 (15.43%) Security Cleared
3 674 (12.29%) CISSP
4 432 (7.88%) SC Cleared
5 414 (7.55%) CISM
6 245 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
7 223 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 188 (3.43%) DV Cleared
9 167 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 159 (2.90%) CCNA
11 150 (2.74%) CISA
11 150 (2.74%) CRISC
12 124 (2.26%) Master's Degree
13 120 (2.19%) CEH
14 119 (2.17%) Azure Certification
14 119 (2.17%) GIAC
15 111 (2.02%) CCNP
16 107 (1.95%) CompTIA Security+
17 101 (1.84%) CREST Certified
18 86 (1.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 714 (13.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 599 (10.93%) NIST
3 333 (6.07%) GDPR
4 305 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 208 (3.79%) NCSC
6 202 (3.68%) GRC
7 154 (2.81%) PCI DSS
8 107 (1.95%) SLA
9 97 (1.77%) QA
10 84 (1.53%) Def Stans
11 83 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 80 (1.46%) NIST 800
13 64 (1.17%) COBIT
13 64 (1.17%) Data Quality
14 55 (1.00%) ISO 9001
15 47 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 47 (0.86%) SOC 2
16 44 (0.80%) JSP 440
17 41 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 29 (0.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 887 (16.18%) Active Directory
2 253 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 149 (2.72%) Hyper-V
4 126 (2.30%) Docker
5 54 (0.99%) vSphere
6 50 (0.91%) RACF
7 37 (0.67%) Firmware
8 32 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
9 29 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
10 27 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 26 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
12 11 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 11 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
13 9 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
14 7 (0.13%) Terminal Services
14 7 (0.13%) XenApp
15 5 (0.091%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.073%) NFS
16 4 (0.073%) pfSense
16 4 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 414 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 214 (3.90%) Jamf Pro
3 148 (2.70%) Kubernetes
4 128 (2.33%) Terraform
5 99 (1.81%) Ansible
6 54 (0.99%) SCCM
7 48 (0.88%) Grafana
7 48 (0.88%) WSUS
8 45 (0.82%) Nessus
9 39 (0.71%) CASB
9 39 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
10 36 (0.66%) FortiGate
11 31 (0.57%) Stealthwatch
12 30 (0.55%) QRadar
13 27 (0.49%) Puppet
14 26 (0.47%) vCenter Server
15 23 (0.42%) EnCase
16 20 (0.36%) Nagios
17 19 (0.35%) SCOM
18 18 (0.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,669 (30.45%) Microsoft
2 356 (6.49%) VMware
3 304 (5.55%) Cisco
4 290 (5.29%) CyberArk
5 238 (4.34%) Tanium
6 179 (3.27%) Apple
7 154 (2.81%) Adobe
8 142 (2.59%) Splunk
9 130 (2.37%) Google
10 124 (2.26%) Veeam
11 114 (2.08%) Dell
12 101 (1.84%) Meraki
13 88 (1.61%) HP
14 80 (1.46%) Oracle
15 60 (1.09%) Juniper
16 58 (1.06%) Qualys
17 57 (1.04%) ServiceNow
18 56 (1.02%) Fortinet
19 51 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
20 47 (0.86%) SAP