Cybersecurity Jobs in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 50 75
Rank change year-on-year +20 +25 -2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,902 5,308 5,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.75% 5.74% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.70% 6.01% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,679 2,869 3,161
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,463 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.69%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,147 88,376 126,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.80% 95.62% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,950 52,212 73,732
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,243 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +24 1,456 £72,500 +3.57% 377
South East +22 953 £50,500 -8.18% 213
North of England +10 906 £52,084 -15.99% 313
Midlands +14 690 £55,000 -8.33% 163
South West +13 634 £60,000 - 155
North West 0 562 £52,084 -15.99% 204
West Midlands +9 507 £55,000 -12.00% 106
Yorkshire +13 252 £50,000 -16.67% 91
East of England +23 221 £54,000 +2.86% 85
East Midlands +25 179 £42,500 -10.53% 56
North East +43 92 £42,500 -12.60% 18
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 224 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 215 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (0.80%) IIS
4 16 (0.33%) Apache
5 14 (0.29%) Confluence
6 10 (0.20%) CMS
7 5 (0.10%) Site Server
8 4 (0.082%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.082%) nginx
8 4 (0.082%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.061%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.041%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.041%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.041%) WordPress
11 1 (0.020%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.020%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.020%) Gunicorn
11 1 (0.020%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.020%) uWSGI
Applications
1 231 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 63 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.20%) Revit
7 9 (0.18%) Simulink
8 5 (0.10%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.082%) Stateflow
9 4 (0.082%) Windchill
10 3 (0.061%) Trello
11 2 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 16 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
2 5 (0.10%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.082%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.061%) Primavera
5 2 (0.041%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.041%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.041%) SAP FI-GL
5 2 (0.041%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.020%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,247 (25.44%) Azure
2 772 (15.75%) Microsoft 365
3 435 (8.87%) AWS
4 399 (8.14%) Entra ID
5 187 (3.81%) SaaS
6 144 (2.94%) GCP
7 111 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
8 100 (2.04%) PaaS
9 93 (1.90%) Power Platform
10 89 (1.82%) IaaS
11 75 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
12 51 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
13 48 (0.98%) OneDrive
14 46 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
15 38 (0.78%) Serverless
16 32 (0.65%) Power Automate
17 31 (0.63%) GitHub
18 30 (0.61%) PowerApps
19 29 (0.59%) Amazon S3
20 26 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 794 (16.20%) Firewall
2 338 (6.90%) Network Security
3 244 (4.98%) 5G
4 243 (4.96%) DNS
5 238 (4.86%) WAN
6 235 (4.79%) Broadband
7 205 (4.18%) TCP/IP
8 167 (3.41%) DHCP
9 166 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
10 160 (3.26%) LAN
11 133 (2.71%) VPN
12 130 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
13 100 (2.04%) SD-WAN
14 86 (1.75%) Internet
14 86 (1.75%) Wireless
15 84 (1.71%) SAN
16 60 (1.22%) VLAN
17 57 (1.16%) MPLS
18 53 (1.08%) VoIP
19 52 (1.06%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (2.12%) SQL Server
2 84 (1.71%) Power BI
3 44 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (0.86%) MySQL
5 36 (0.73%) NoSQL
6 29 (0.59%) MongoDB
7 25 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 23 (0.47%) Big Data
8 23 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 21 (0.43%) Oracle Database
10 16 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.24%) Hadoop
14 8 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.14%) Tableau
16 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.12%) SAP HANA
17 5 (0.10%) CockroachDB
17 5 (0.10%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 78 (1.59%) Jenkins
2 67 (1.37%) JIRA
3 53 (1.08%) Git
4 37 (0.75%) Burp Suite
4 37 (0.75%) Metasploit
5 23 (0.47%) GitLab
6 19 (0.39%) SonarQube
7 18 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
9 13 (0.27%) TeamCity
9 13 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 12 (0.24%) JUnit
11 11 (0.22%) Gradle
11 11 (0.22%) IntelliJ
12 10 (0.20%) Mockito
13 9 (0.18%) Subversion
14 8 (0.16%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.10%) CANoe
15 5 (0.10%) Jaeger
15 5 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,125 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 761 (15.52%) Finance
3 672 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
4 526 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 271 (5.53%) Law
6 253 (5.16%) Legal
7 223 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 162 (3.30%) Telecoms
9 134 (2.73%) Retail
10 118 (2.41%) Banking
11 114 (2.33%) Games
12 113 (2.31%) Aerospace
12 113 (2.31%) Manufacturing
12 113 (2.31%) Marketing
13 101 (2.06%) Military
14 93 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
15 78 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
16 71 (1.45%) Automotive
17 66 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
18 52 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 794 (16.20%) Senior
2 628 (12.81%) Analyst
3 371 (7.57%) Lead
4 369 (7.53%) Architect
5 358 (7.30%) Consultant
6 336 (6.85%) Security Analyst
7 279 (5.69%) Security Engineer
8 268 (5.47%) Security Consultant
9 262 (5.34%) Security Manager
10 216 (4.41%) IT Manager
10 216 (4.41%) Technical Specialist
11 212 (4.32%) Linux Specialist
12 205 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 186 (3.79%) Security Architect
14 178 (3.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 177 (3.61%) IT Engineer
16 158 (3.22%) Developer
17 156 (3.18%) IT Support
18 154 (3.14%) Software Engineer
19 153 (3.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (1.63%) .NET
2 70 (1.43%) HTML
3 57 (1.16%) REST
4 55 (1.12%) CSS
5 52 (1.06%) OpenID
6 47 (0.96%) Web Services
7 45 (0.92%) JSON
8 41 (0.84%) OAuth
9 37 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
10 30 (0.61%) Node.js
11 29 (0.59%) jQuery
12 26 (0.53%) Spring Boot
13 25 (0.51%) Middleware
13 25 (0.51%) React
13 25 (0.51%) Spring
14 24 (0.49%) 802.1X
15 21 (0.43%) ARM Templates
16 19 (0.39%) AngularJS
17 18 (0.37%) RESTful
18 17 (0.35%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 497 (10.14%) Management Information System
2 305 (6.22%) Data Centre
3 258 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
4 241 (4.92%) Social Media
5 212 (4.32%) Security Posture
6 193 (3.94%) Operational Technology
7 174 (3.55%) Security Operations Centre
8 170 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
9 152 (3.10%) Cyberattack
10 146 (2.98%) Algorithms
11 118 (2.41%) IoT
12 117 (2.39%) Driving Licence
13 98 (2.00%) PKI
14 94 (1.92%) Onboarding
15 84 (1.71%) Public Cloud
16 79 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
17 72 (1.47%) Product Ownership
18 63 (1.29%) Private Cloud
19 57 (1.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 54 (1.10%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 925 (18.87%) Windows
2 606 (12.36%) Linux
3 416 (8.49%) Windows Server
4 237 (4.83%) Ubuntu
5 143 (2.92%) Windows 10
6 96 (1.96%) Apple iOS
7 74 (1.51%) Android
8 71 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 63 (1.29%) Unix
10 57 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
12 48 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
13 47 (0.96%) Mac OS
14 42 (0.86%) Kali Linux
15 24 (0.49%) Windows 7
16 18 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
17 16 (0.33%) VMS
18 11 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 9 (0.18%) Mac OS X
20 8 (0.16%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 975 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
2 861 (17.56%) Information Security
3 594 (12.12%) Incident Response
4 573 (11.69%) SIEM
5 525 (10.71%) Mentoring
6 499 (10.18%) Risk Management
7 471 (9.61%) Security Operations
8 467 (9.53%) Computer Science
9 406 (8.28%) Agile
10 404 (8.24%) ITIL
11 358 (7.30%) Artificial Intelligence
11 358 (7.30%) IT Strategy
12 350 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
13 330 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 326 (6.65%) Coaching
15 322 (6.57%) Decision-Making
16 319 (6.51%) Vulnerability Management
17 318 (6.49%) Project Management
18 301 (6.14%) Technology Strategy
19 294 (6.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 407 (8.30%) Python
2 397 (8.10%) Bash
3 259 (5.28%) SQL
4 255 (5.20%) PowerShell
5 130 (2.65%) C
6 123 (2.51%) JavaScript
7 120 (2.45%) Java
8 79 (1.61%) C#
9 63 (1.29%) Rust
10 51 (1.04%) Embedded C
11 48 (0.98%) C++
12 22 (0.45%) PHP
12 22 (0.45%) TypeScript
13 21 (0.43%) Perl
14 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.29%) MATLAB
15 14 (0.29%) R
16 11 (0.22%) Go
17 10 (0.20%) RPG
17 10 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,066 (21.75%) Degree
2 803 (16.38%) Security Cleared
3 614 (12.53%) CISSP
4 386 (7.87%) SC Cleared
5 358 (7.30%) CISM
6 224 (4.57%) Cisco Certification
7 204 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 190 (3.88%) DV Cleared
9 167 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 159 (3.24%) CRISC
11 141 (2.88%) CISA
12 133 (2.71%) CCNA
13 125 (2.55%) CompTIA Security+
14 112 (2.28%) CEH
15 111 (2.26%) Master's Degree
16 104 (2.12%) GIAC
17 98 (2.00%) CCNP
18 93 (1.90%) CREST Certified
19 89 (1.82%) Azure Certification
20 74 (1.51%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 708 (14.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 562 (11.46%) NIST
3 323 (6.59%) GDPR
4 289 (5.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 206 (4.20%) GRC
6 190 (3.88%) NCSC
7 155 (3.16%) PCI DSS
8 100 (2.04%) SLA
9 96 (1.96%) QA
10 84 (1.71%) Def Stans
11 75 (1.53%) NIST 800
12 64 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 63 (1.29%) ISO 9001
14 59 (1.20%) SOC 2
15 58 (1.18%) Data Quality
16 52 (1.06%) COBIT
17 50 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 45 (0.92%) JSP 440
19 42 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 17025
20 35 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 803 (16.38%) Active Directory
2 261 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (2.98%) Hyper-V
4 131 (2.67%) Docker
5 46 (0.94%) vSphere
6 35 (0.71%) Firmware
7 34 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
8 31 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
9 28 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
10 23 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
11 11 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
12 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
14 6 (0.12%) Terminal Services
15 5 (0.10%) XenApp
16 4 (0.082%) pfSense
16 4 (0.082%) VMware NSX
16 4 (0.082%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.061%) NFS
17 3 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 401 (8.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
3 85 (1.73%) Kubernetes
4 82 (1.67%) Ansible
5 78 (1.59%) Terraform
6 43 (0.88%) WSUS
7 39 (0.80%) CASB
7 39 (0.80%) SCCM
8 38 (0.78%) EnCase
9 35 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
10 34 (0.69%) Nessus
11 30 (0.61%) FortiGate
12 28 (0.57%) QRadar
13 27 (0.55%) Puppet
13 27 (0.55%) vCenter Server
14 25 (0.51%) Stealthwatch
15 19 (0.39%) Nmap
15 19 (0.39%) SCOM
16 18 (0.37%) Nagios
17 16 (0.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1,528 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 350 (7.14%) VMware
3 275 (5.61%) Cisco
4 236 (4.81%) Tanium
5 234 (4.77%) CyberArk
6 171 (3.49%) Apple
7 154 (3.14%) Adobe
8 127 (2.59%) Veeam
9 105 (2.14%) Splunk
10 103 (2.10%) Google
11 88 (1.80%) Meraki
12 87 (1.77%) HP
13 71 (1.45%) Dell
14 61 (1.24%) ServiceNow
15 57 (1.16%) Qualys
16 54 (1.10%) Juniper
17 50 (1.02%) Fortinet
18 45 (0.92%) SAP
19 42 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
19 42 (0.86%) SolarWinds