Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in England

Cybersecurity Engineer
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 708 756 857
Rank change year-on-year +48 +101 -147
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 124 200 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.23% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 94 154 146
10th Percentile £37,750 £41,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -22.58% +40.91%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,625 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -20.00% +30.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,061 86,064 125,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,068 54,328 75,797
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in England

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in England

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in England

Cybersecurity Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +107 53 £73,750 +18.00% 22
South East +21 27 £50,000 -9.09% 7
North of England +47 15 £47,000 -27.69% 21
East of England +36 15 £67,500 +17.39% 3
West Midlands +22 12 £65,000 +18.18% 6
North West +4 12 £50,000 -23.08% 17
Midlands -14 12 £65,000 +36.84% 8
Yorkshire +92 3 £38,500 - 1
Cybersecurity Engineer
UK

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 124 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (33.87%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (33.06%) Degree
4 40 (32.26%) SIEM
5 38 (30.65%) Firewall
6 37 (29.84%) Azure
7 36 (29.03%) CISSP
8 32 (25.81%) Information Security
9 30 (24.19%) Data Modelling
9 30 (24.19%) Python
9 30 (24.19%) Analytics
10 27 (21.77%) Data Quality
10 27 (21.77%) Data Engineering
10 27 (21.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (21.77%) Data Science
11 26 (20.97%) Coaching
12 24 (19.35%) Mentoring
12 24 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
13 23 (18.55%) Incident Response
13 23 (18.55%) Cloud Security
13 23 (18.55%) Red Team
14 21 (16.94%) Identity Access Management
14 21 (16.94%) Microsoft
14 21 (16.94%) Finance
15 20 (16.13%) Windows
15 20 (16.13%) Security Operations
15 20 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (16.13%) NIST
16 18 (14.52%) PowerShell
16 18 (14.52%) Management Information System

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (29.84%) Azure
2 20 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.87%) GCP
4 10 (8.06%) AWS
5 9 (7.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (5.65%) SaaS
7 3 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.42%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (2.42%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (30.65%) Firewall
2 15 (12.10%) Network Security
3 8 (6.45%) LAN
4 7 (5.65%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.84%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (4.03%) VPN
7 4 (3.23%) Internet
7 4 (3.23%) WAN
8 3 (2.42%) DNS
9 2 (1.61%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.03%) BigQuery
1 5 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (4.03%) Hadoop
1 5 (4.03%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (7.26%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.42%) Burp Suite
General
1 27 (21.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 21 (16.94%) Finance
3 17 (13.71%) Social Skills
4 8 (6.45%) Banking
5 7 (5.65%) Law
6 6 (4.84%) Retail
7 5 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.23%) Electronics
8 4 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.61%) French Language
10 2 (1.61%) German Language
10 2 (1.61%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.61%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.61%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.81%) Legal
11 1 (0.81%) Marketing
11 1 (0.81%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.03%) web3js
2 3 (2.42%) CSS
2 3 (2.42%) Fluent Bit
3 1 (0.81%) Django
3 1 (0.81%) Flask
3 1 (0.81%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.52%) Management Information System
2 13 (10.48%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (8.87%) Operational Technology
4 9 (7.26%) PKI
5 7 (5.65%) Blog
5 7 (5.65%) Cyberattack
5 7 (5.65%) SCADA
5 7 (5.65%) Security Posture
6 5 (4.03%) Blockchain
6 5 (4.03%) Web3
7 4 (3.23%) IoT
8 3 (2.42%) NHS
9 2 (1.61%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.61%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.61%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.13%) Windows
2 11 (8.87%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.45%) Linux
4 4 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.61%) Android
5 2 (1.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (33.87%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (32.26%) SIEM
4 32 (25.81%) Information Security
5 30 (24.19%) Analytics
5 30 (24.19%) Data Modelling
6 27 (21.77%) Data Engineering
6 27 (21.77%) Data Science
7 26 (20.97%) Coaching
8 24 (19.35%) Mentoring
8 24 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (18.55%) Cloud Security
9 23 (18.55%) Incident Response
9 23 (18.55%) Red Team
10 21 (16.94%) Identity Access Management
11 20 (16.13%) Security Operations
12 16 (12.90%) Computer Science
13 15 (12.10%) Cryptography
14 14 (11.29%) Penetration Testing
15 12 (9.68%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.19%) Python
2 18 (14.52%) PowerShell
3 16 (12.90%) Bash
4 9 (7.26%) Java
4 9 (7.26%) SQL
5 7 (5.65%) C
6 4 (3.23%) C++
7 1 (0.81%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.81%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.81%) Perl
7 1 (0.81%) Ruby
7 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (33.06%) Degree
2 36 (29.03%) CISSP
3 15 (12.10%) CISM
4 11 (8.87%) CEH
4 11 (8.87%) Security Cleared
5 10 (8.06%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (4.84%) CISA
8 5 (4.03%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (3.23%) CCSP
9 4 (3.23%) GIAC
9 4 (3.23%) SANS
10 3 (2.42%) CRISC
10 3 (2.42%) ISSMP
10 3 (2.42%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.61%) GCIA
11 2 (1.61%) SSCP
12 1 (0.81%) CCNA
12 1 (0.81%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (21.77%) Data Quality
2 20 (16.13%) NIST
3 16 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (8.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (4.03%) SOC 2
6 3 (2.42%) COBIT
6 3 (2.42%) GDPR
6 3 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.61%) GRC
7 2 (1.61%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.81%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (8.87%) Ansible
2 8 (6.45%) logstash
3 4 (3.23%) Nessus
3 4 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.42%) CASB
4 3 (2.42%) Fluentd
4 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.61%) Nmap
6 1 (0.81%) Core Impact
6 1 (0.81%) QRadar
6 1 (0.81%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 21 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.06%) CyberArk
3 9 (7.26%) Splunk
4 8 (6.45%) ArcSight
4 8 (6.45%) Atlassian
4 8 (6.45%) Carbon Black
4 8 (6.45%) Google
4 8 (6.45%) McAfee
4 8 (6.45%) Rapid7
5 6 (4.84%) Fortinet
6 5 (4.03%) Cisco
7 4 (3.23%) Qualys
8 3 (2.42%) Alibaba
8 3 (2.42%) iManage
8 3 (2.42%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.61%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.61%) Meraki
9 2 (1.61%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.61%) Symantec
9 2 (1.61%) Thycotic