Cybersecurity Jobs in Leeds

Cybersecurity
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 51 49
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 110 169 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 4.84% 5.58% 5.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 5.72% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 96 93 59
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,515 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% +24.57% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,316 £73,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £97,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £59,526 £64,029 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.03% +16.42% -2.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,977 2,953 3,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 86.90% 97.49% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,707 2,551
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,423 £32,996
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,900 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Leeds over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.73%) IIS
3 2 (1.82%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (32.73%) Azure
2 11 (10.00%) AWS
2 11 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.36%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (2.73%) GCP
4 3 (2.73%) SaaS
5 1 (0.91%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (0.91%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.91%) IaaS
5 1 (0.91%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 25 (22.73%) Firewall
2 19 (17.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (3.64%) DNS
3 4 (3.64%) Network Security
3 4 (3.64%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.73%) VPN
5 2 (1.82%) DHCP
5 2 (1.82%) DMZ
5 2 (1.82%) HTTP
5 2 (1.82%) Internet
5 2 (1.82%) SMTP
5 2 (1.82%) tcpdump
5 2 (1.82%) VLAN
5 2 (1.82%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.91%) LAN
6 1 (0.91%) SSL
6 1 (0.91%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.55%) MySQL
2 4 (3.64%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Git
2 2 (1.82%) Burp Suite
General
1 28 (25.45%) Law
2 24 (21.82%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.91%) Finance
5 10 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.45%) Games
7 3 (2.73%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.82%) Banking
8 2 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.82%) Local Government
9 1 (0.91%) Legal
9 1 (0.91%) Marketing
9 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (24.55%) Lead
2 20 (18.18%) Team Leader
3 19 (17.27%) Analyst
4 12 (10.91%) Architect
4 12 (10.91%) Consultant
4 12 (10.91%) Security Analyst
5 11 (10.00%) Developer
6 10 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 10 (9.09%) Security Consultant
7 9 (8.18%) Data Architect
8 7 (6.36%) Information Security Consultant
8 7 (6.36%) IT Manager
9 6 (5.45%) Security Engineer
10 5 (4.55%) Penetration Tester
10 5 (4.55%) PHP Developer
10 5 (4.55%) Tester
11 4 (3.64%) Senior
12 3 (2.73%) Business Development Executive
12 3 (2.73%) Graduate
12 3 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.55%) Laravel
2 4 (3.64%) RESTful
3 3 (2.73%) .NET
3 3 (2.73%) OAuth
3 3 (2.73%) OpenID
3 3 (2.73%) REST
3 3 (2.73%) Web Services
4 1 (0.91%) HTML
4 1 (0.91%) Node.js
4 1 (0.91%) Vue
4 1 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.91%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.36%) Cyberattack
2 7 (6.36%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (5.45%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (5.45%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.64%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.73%) NHS
5 3 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.73%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.91%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.91%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.91%) SCADA
6 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.36%) Linux
2 6 (5.45%) Windows
3 3 (2.73%) Unix
3 3 (2.73%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.91%) Android
4 1 (0.91%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.91%) VMS
4 1 (0.91%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.91%) SIEM
2 33 (30.00%) Information Security
3 30 (27.27%) Incident Response
4 24 (21.82%) ISMS
4 24 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (17.27%) Migration
6 18 (16.36%) Risk Analysis
6 18 (16.36%) Vulnerability Management
7 17 (15.45%) Cryptography
7 17 (15.45%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (15.45%) Kalman Filter
7 17 (15.45%) Social Engineering
8 14 (12.73%) Security Operations
8 14 (12.73%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 12 (10.91%) Information Governance
10 10 (9.09%) Cloud Security
10 10 (9.09%) Roadmaps
10 10 (9.09%) Security Testing
11 9 (8.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 9 (8.18%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.36%) SQL
2 6 (5.45%) PHP
3 3 (2.73%) Python
4 1 (0.91%) Java
4 1 (0.91%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.91%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (11.82%) Degree
2 11 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 9 (8.18%) SSCP
4 7 (6.36%) OSCP
4 7 (6.36%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.64%) CCNA
6 4 (3.64%) CEH
6 4 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.64%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.64%) MCSE
6 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.82%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.82%) CASP
7 2 (1.82%) CISM
7 2 (1.82%) CISSP
7 2 (1.82%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.82%) Linux+ Certification
7 2 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (8.18%) NIST
4 8 (7.27%) GDPR
5 6 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (4.55%) COBIT
6 5 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (2.73%) QA
8 2 (1.82%) NCSC
9 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.91%) GRC
9 1 (0.91%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.91%) Docker
4 1 (0.91%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.55%) Nessus
2 2 (1.82%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.82%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.91%) SCCM
3 1 (0.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.27%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.55%) Cisco
4 4 (3.64%) HP
4 4 (3.64%) Splunk
4 4 (3.64%) VMware
5 3 (2.73%) Citrix
6 2 (1.82%) Veeam
7 1 (0.91%) Apple
7 1 (0.91%) Datto
7 1 (0.91%) Epicor
7 1 (0.91%) Meraki
7 1 (0.91%) Sophos
7 1 (0.91%) WatchGuard