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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 47 76
Rank change year-on-year +17 +29 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,897 5,540 5,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.77% 5.91% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.71% 6.18% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,681 2,888 3,143
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,463 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £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 £99,825 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.52%

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 72,981 89,600 124,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.92% 95.65% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,915 52,820 73,594
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,306
25th Percentile £39,750 £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 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +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 25 April 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 25 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 +22 1,469 £72,500 +3.57% 460
South East +22 950 £50,500 -8.18% 236
North of England +5 899 £52,084 -13.19% 325
Midlands +7 684 £55,000 -3.51% 149
South West +15 633 £60,000 - 143
North West -5 558 £52,084 -15.99% 215
West Midlands +8 503 £55,000 -12.00% 102
Yorkshire +7 251 £51,250 -13.90% 92
East of England +20 222 £54,000 +2.86% 98
East Midlands +22 178 £42,500 -10.53% 47
North East +49 90 £42,500 -14.57% 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
1 219 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 211 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (0.80%) IIS
4 15 (0.31%) Apache
5 12 (0.25%) Confluence
6 10 (0.20%) CMS
7 5 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.10%) Site Server
8 4 (0.082%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.082%) nginx
8 4 (0.082%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.041%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.041%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.041%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.041%) WordPress
10 1 (0.020%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.020%) Gunicorn
10 1 (0.020%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.020%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.020%) uWSGI
Applications
1 233 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 99 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 65 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.20%) Revit
6 9 (0.18%) Simulink
7 5 (0.10%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.082%) Stateflow
8 4 (0.082%) Windchill
9 3 (0.061%) Trello
10 2 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.020%) 1Password
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 1,245 (25.42%) Azure
2 771 (15.74%) Microsoft 365
3 438 (8.94%) AWS
4 395 (8.07%) Entra ID
5 189 (3.86%) SaaS
6 140 (2.86%) GCP
7 111 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
8 100 (2.04%) PaaS
9 90 (1.84%) IaaS
10 87 (1.78%) Power Platform
11 77 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
12 52 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
13 49 (1.00%) OneDrive
14 45 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
15 36 (0.74%) Serverless
16 32 (0.65%) GitHub
17 30 (0.61%) PowerApps
18 29 (0.59%) Power Automate
19 28 (0.57%) Amazon S3
20 26 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 795 (16.23%) Firewall
2 336 (6.86%) Network Security
3 244 (4.98%) 5G
4 242 (4.94%) DNS
5 234 (4.78%) Broadband
5 234 (4.78%) WAN
6 209 (4.27%) TCP/IP
7 168 (3.43%) DHCP
8 167 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
9 158 (3.23%) LAN
10 137 (2.80%) VPN
11 130 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
12 98 (2.00%) SD-WAN
13 87 (1.78%) Wireless
14 86 (1.76%) Internet
15 85 (1.74%) SAN
16 64 (1.31%) VLAN
17 56 (1.14%) MPLS
18 52 (1.06%) Unified Communications
18 52 (1.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (2.06%) SQL Server
2 78 (1.59%) Power BI
3 44 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (0.86%) MySQL
5 36 (0.74%) NoSQL
6 27 (0.55%) MongoDB
7 25 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 22 (0.45%) Big Data
8 22 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 21 (0.43%) Oracle Database
10 14 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (0.22%) Hadoop
11 11 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.12%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.12%) Tableau
14 5 (0.10%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.10%) CockroachDB
14 5 (0.10%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 75 (1.53%) Jenkins
2 64 (1.31%) JIRA
3 51 (1.04%) Git
4 38 (0.78%) Burp Suite
4 38 (0.78%) Metasploit
5 22 (0.45%) GitLab
6 17 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
6 17 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (0.33%) SonarQube
8 14 (0.29%) TeamCity
9 13 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 12 (0.25%) Gradle
10 12 (0.25%) IntelliJ
10 12 (0.25%) JUnit
11 11 (0.22%) Mockito
12 9 (0.18%) Subversion
13 6 (0.12%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.10%) CANoe
14 5 (0.10%) Jaeger
14 5 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,133 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 754 (15.40%) Finance
3 671 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
4 517 (10.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 264 (5.39%) Law
6 254 (5.19%) Legal
7 228 (4.66%) Public Sector
8 160 (3.27%) Telecoms
9 136 (2.78%) Retail
10 116 (2.37%) Aerospace
11 113 (2.31%) Games
11 113 (2.31%) Manufacturing
12 111 (2.27%) Marketing
13 110 (2.25%) Banking
14 99 (2.02%) Military
15 96 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
16 79 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
17 71 (1.45%) Automotive
18 66 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
19 50 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 784 (16.01%) Senior
2 629 (12.84%) Analyst
3 364 (7.43%) Architect
3 364 (7.43%) Consultant
4 362 (7.39%) Lead
5 337 (6.88%) Security Analyst
6 278 (5.68%) Security Engineer
7 274 (5.60%) Security Consultant
8 264 (5.39%) Security Manager
9 217 (4.43%) IT Manager
9 217 (4.43%) Technical Specialist
10 212 (4.33%) Linux Specialist
11 199 (4.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 183 (3.74%) Security Architect
13 179 (3.66%) IT Engineer
14 176 (3.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 157 (3.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 157 (3.21%) Software Engineer
16 156 (3.19%) IT Support
17 155 (3.17%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (1.59%) .NET
2 68 (1.39%) HTML
3 58 (1.18%) REST
4 53 (1.08%) CSS
5 52 (1.06%) OpenID
6 45 (0.92%) JSON
6 45 (0.92%) Web Services
7 41 (0.84%) OAuth
8 37 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
9 30 (0.61%) Node.js
10 29 (0.59%) jQuery
11 27 (0.55%) Middleware
11 27 (0.55%) Spring Boot
12 26 (0.53%) Spring
13 23 (0.47%) 802.1X
14 21 (0.43%) ARM Templates
14 21 (0.43%) React
15 19 (0.39%) Django
16 18 (0.37%) AngularJS
17 17 (0.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 494 (10.09%) Management Information System
2 301 (6.15%) Data Centre
3 259 (5.29%) Cyber Threat
4 241 (4.92%) Social Media
5 213 (4.35%) Security Posture
6 188 (3.84%) Operational Technology
7 176 (3.59%) Security Operations Centre
8 167 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
9 151 (3.08%) Cyberattack
10 148 (3.02%) Algorithms
11 119 (2.43%) Driving Licence
12 116 (2.37%) IoT
13 97 (1.98%) PKI
14 91 (1.86%) Onboarding
15 81 (1.65%) Public Cloud
16 79 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
17 69 (1.41%) Product Ownership
18 63 (1.29%) Private Cloud
19 57 (1.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
20 53 (1.08%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 920 (18.79%) Windows
2 615 (12.56%) Linux
3 407 (8.31%) Windows Server
4 236 (4.82%) Ubuntu
5 142 (2.90%) Windows 10
6 100 (2.04%) Apple iOS
7 78 (1.59%) Android
8 69 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 65 (1.33%) Unix
10 57 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
12 50 (1.02%) Mac OS
13 47 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
14 42 (0.86%) Kali Linux
15 24 (0.49%) Windows 7
16 20 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
17 16 (0.33%) VMS
18 11 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 10 (0.20%) Mac OS X
20 9 (0.18%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 974 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
2 871 (17.79%) Information Security
3 593 (12.11%) Incident Response
4 575 (11.74%) SIEM
5 525 (10.72%) Mentoring
6 506 (10.33%) Risk Management
7 477 (9.74%) Security Operations
8 467 (9.54%) Computer Science
9 408 (8.33%) Agile
10 398 (8.13%) ITIL
11 358 (7.31%) IT Strategy
12 353 (7.21%) Penetration Testing
13 348 (7.11%) Artificial Intelligence
14 322 (6.58%) Coaching
14 322 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 315 (6.43%) Project Management
16 314 (6.41%) Decision-Making
16 314 (6.41%) Vulnerability Management
17 300 (6.13%) Technology Strategy
18 294 (6.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 402 (8.21%) Python
2 400 (8.17%) Bash
3 251 (5.13%) PowerShell
3 251 (5.13%) SQL
4 127 (2.59%) C
5 125 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 115 (2.35%) Java
7 79 (1.61%) C#
8 61 (1.25%) Rust
9 51 (1.04%) Embedded C
10 50 (1.02%) C++
11 23 (0.47%) TypeScript
12 22 (0.45%) Perl
12 22 (0.45%) PHP
13 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.31%) MATLAB
15 14 (0.29%) Go
16 11 (0.22%) Ruby
17 10 (0.20%) R
17 10 (0.20%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1,061 (21.67%) Degree
2 797 (16.28%) Security Cleared
3 617 (12.60%) CISSP
4 388 (7.92%) SC Cleared
5 359 (7.33%) CISM
6 221 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
7 203 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 184 (3.76%) DV Cleared
9 168 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 159 (3.25%) CRISC
11 137 (2.80%) CISA
12 130 (2.65%) CCNA
12 130 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
13 111 (2.27%) Master's Degree
14 110 (2.25%) CEH
15 102 (2.08%) GIAC
16 95 (1.94%) CREST Certified
17 93 (1.90%) CCNP
18 87 (1.78%) Azure Certification
19 77 (1.57%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 719 (14.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 562 (11.48%) NIST
3 325 (6.64%) GDPR
4 293 (5.98%) Cyber Essentials
5 207 (4.23%) GRC
6 191 (3.90%) NCSC
7 157 (3.21%) PCI DSS
8 97 (1.98%) QA
8 97 (1.98%) SLA
9 84 (1.72%) Def Stans
10 72 (1.47%) NIST 800
11 68 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 66 (1.35%) ISO 9001
13 59 (1.20%) SOC 2
14 58 (1.18%) Data Quality
15 53 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 52 (1.06%) COBIT
17 44 (0.90%) JSP 440
18 43 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 17025
19 34 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 793 (16.19%) Active Directory
2 258 (5.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 146 (2.98%) Hyper-V
4 130 (2.65%) Docker
5 46 (0.94%) vSphere
6 34 (0.69%) Firmware
6 34 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
7 31 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
10 11 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
11 10 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
13 6 (0.12%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.10%) XenApp
15 4 (0.082%) pfSense
15 4 (0.082%) VMware NSX
15 4 (0.082%) VMware Server
16 2 (0.041%) NFS
16 2 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 401 (8.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
3 85 (1.74%) Kubernetes
4 78 (1.59%) Ansible
5 76 (1.55%) Terraform
6 43 (0.88%) WSUS
7 39 (0.80%) CASB
7 39 (0.80%) EnCase
8 38 (0.78%) SCCM
9 34 (0.69%) Nessus
9 34 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
10 29 (0.59%) FortiGate
11 28 (0.57%) QRadar
12 27 (0.55%) vCenter Server
13 26 (0.53%) Puppet
14 22 (0.45%) Stealthwatch
15 20 (0.41%) Nmap
16 19 (0.39%) SCOM
17 17 (0.35%) Nagios
18 16 (0.33%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,521 (31.06%) Microsoft
2 348 (7.11%) VMware
3 271 (5.53%) Cisco
4 236 (4.82%) Tanium
5 233 (4.76%) CyberArk
6 165 (3.37%) Apple
7 149 (3.04%) Adobe
8 127 (2.59%) Veeam
9 103 (2.10%) Splunk
10 101 (2.06%) Google
11 87 (1.78%) Meraki
12 84 (1.72%) HP
13 68 (1.39%) Dell
14 65 (1.33%) ServiceNow
15 55 (1.12%) Qualys
16 50 (1.02%) Juniper
17 48 (0.98%) Fortinet
18 45 (0.92%) SAP
19 42 (0.86%) Citrix
19 42 (0.86%) CrowdStrike