Cybersecurity Jobs in the East of England

Cybersecurity
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 77 99
Rank change year-on-year +18 +22 -62
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 222 191 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.65% 3.56% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 3.75% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 175 98 121
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,125 £38,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -19.23% +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,918 5,098 6,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 80.83% 95.02% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,689 2,205 2,693
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,928 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £77,500
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 East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Hertfordshire +62 112 £57,500 +15.00% 36
Cambridgeshire +12 38 £60,000 +20.00% 25
Suffolk +10 20 £36,623 -21.87% 2
Bedfordshire +16 19 £42,250 -39.64% 4
Norfolk -23 17 £45,000 - 6
Essex -15 16 £26,372 -52.05% 5
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 27 (12.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (11.26%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.60%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) Confluence
4 1 (0.45%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (28.83%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (27.03%) Azure
3 17 (7.66%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.31%) AWS
5 6 (2.70%) Mimecast
5 6 (2.70%) SaaS
6 5 (2.25%) GCP
6 5 (2.25%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.25%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.90%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.90%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.90%) Serverless
8 1 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.06%) TCP/IP
2 25 (11.26%) Firewall
3 22 (9.91%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (8.56%) VoIP
5 15 (6.76%) DHCP
5 15 (6.76%) DNS
6 13 (5.86%) Ethernet
6 13 (5.86%) MPLS
6 13 (5.86%) SD-WAN
6 13 (5.86%) WAN
7 12 (5.41%) Internet
8 9 (4.05%) Network Security
9 8 (3.60%) SAN
10 6 (2.70%) LAN
10 6 (2.70%) VPN
11 5 (2.25%) IP Telephony
11 5 (2.25%) NAS
12 4 (1.80%) Wireless
13 2 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.90%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.70%) MySQL
3 5 (2.25%) Power BI
4 4 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.80%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.45%) Big Data
6 1 (0.45%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.80%) JIRA
1 4 (1.80%) Rational DOORS
1 4 (1.80%) Rational Team Concert
2 2 (0.90%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
General
1 73 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 39 (17.57%) Finance
3 29 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.81%) Aerospace
5 14 (6.31%) Law
6 12 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.95%) Automotive
8 10 (4.50%) Marketing
9 6 (2.70%) Electronics
9 6 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.80%) French Language
11 4 (1.80%) Legal
11 4 (1.80%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.90%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.90%) Local Government
12 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (14.41%) Analyst
2 21 (9.46%) Security Manager
3 19 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (8.56%) Support Technician
4 17 (7.66%) Security Engineer
5 16 (7.21%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (6.76%) Consultant
6 15 (6.76%) Security Consultant
7 14 (6.31%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 14 (6.31%) IT Support
8 13 (5.86%) Managing Consultant
9 12 (5.41%) Senior
10 11 (4.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 11 (4.95%) Security Analyst
11 10 (4.50%) Certification Manager
11 10 (4.50%) Developer
11 10 (4.50%) IT Technician
12 9 (4.05%) IT Engineer
12 9 (4.05%) IT Support Technician
12 9 (4.05%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.50%) Fluent Bit
2 6 (2.70%) Middleware
3 3 (1.35%) .NET
3 3 (1.35%) HTML
3 3 (1.35%) OAuth
3 3 (1.35%) OpenID
3 3 (1.35%) REST
3 3 (1.35%) Web Services
4 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.90%) Flask
4 2 (0.90%) React
5 1 (0.45%) FHIR
5 1 (0.45%) Flutter
5 1 (0.45%) Ionic Framework
5 1 (0.45%) Laravel
5 1 (0.45%) React Native
5 1 (0.45%) Symfony
5 1 (0.45%) Vue
5 1 (0.45%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.26%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (11.26%) Management Information System
1 25 (11.26%) Operational Technology
2 14 (6.31%) IoT
2 14 (6.31%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.50%) Security Posture
4 9 (4.05%) CCTV
4 9 (4.05%) Data Centre
4 9 (4.05%) NHS
4 9 (4.05%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (4.05%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.60%) LIMS
6 7 (3.15%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.15%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (2.70%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.70%) Cyber Security Posture
7 6 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.80%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.80%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 66 (29.73%) Windows
2 33 (14.86%) Windows Server
3 14 (6.31%) Linux
4 11 (4.95%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (4.50%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.80%) Android
7 4 (1.80%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (14.41%) Information Security
3 27 (12.16%) Security Operations
4 26 (11.71%) SIEM
5 25 (11.26%) Risk Management
6 22 (9.91%) Project Delivery
7 21 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (9.46%) ITIL
7 21 (9.46%) Mentoring
8 20 (9.01%) Agile
9 19 (8.56%) Security Architecture
10 18 (8.11%) Internal Audit
10 18 (8.11%) Kalman Filter
11 17 (7.66%) Project Management
12 16 (7.21%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (6.76%) Artificial Intelligence
13 15 (6.76%) Incident Response
14 14 (6.31%) Client Onboarding
14 14 (6.31%) Coaching
14 14 (6.31%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.61%) PowerShell
2 22 (9.91%) Python
3 14 (6.31%) Bash
4 12 (5.41%) SQL
5 4 (1.80%) C++
6 3 (1.35%) Swift
7 2 (0.90%) C#
7 2 (0.90%) Java
7 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.90%) PHP
7 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.45%) C
8 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.45%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 57 (25.68%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.86%) CISSP
2 33 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 23 (10.36%) Degree
4 20 (9.01%) CISM
5 13 (5.86%) CASP
5 13 (5.86%) CRISC
5 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (5.41%) CEH
7 11 (4.95%) CCNA
7 11 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (4.50%) HNC
8 10 (4.50%) HND
8 10 (4.50%) MCSE
9 8 (3.60%) CISA
9 8 (3.60%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (3.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (2.25%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.80%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (8.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (8.56%) GDPR
3 14 (6.31%) SLA
4 13 (5.86%) NCSC
4 13 (5.86%) NIST
5 8 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (3.60%) GRC
6 6 (2.70%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.90%) COBIT
7 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.45%) HL7
8 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (19.37%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.46%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.70%) Firmware
3 6 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (9.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.50%) Fluentd
2 10 (4.50%) logstash
3 2 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.45%) Ansible
4 1 (0.45%) Nessus
4 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 69 (31.08%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.01%) Meraki
2 20 (9.01%) Splunk
3 8 (3.60%) Cisco
4 6 (2.70%) Google
4 6 (2.70%) HP
4 6 (2.70%) Sage
4 6 (2.70%) Sophos
4 6 (2.70%) VMware
4 6 (2.70%) Workday
5 5 (2.25%) Acronis
5 5 (2.25%) Synology
6 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.90%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.90%) Veeam
7 1 (0.45%) Apple
7 1 (0.45%) Aruba
7 1 (0.45%) Citrix
7 1 (0.45%) Qualys
7 1 (0.45%) Zend