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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 48 56
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +19
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 117 172 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 4.77% 6.14% 5.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.77% 6.27% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 95 99 62
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £38,850
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,515 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.78% +24.57% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £69,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £89,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -

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 2,027 2,744 3,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 82.67% 97.90% 97.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,434 1,603 2,568
10th Percentile £31,325 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,103 £41,750 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,938
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 7 June 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 2 (1.71%) IIS
1 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (35.04%) Azure
2 11 (9.40%) AWS
3 7 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.42%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.56%) GCP
6 3 (2.56%) SaaS
7 2 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.71%) GitHub
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 28 (23.93%) Firewall
2 22 (18.80%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (5.98%) Network Security
4 2 (1.71%) DMZ
4 2 (1.71%) DNS
4 2 (1.71%) HTTP
4 2 (1.71%) Internet
4 2 (1.71%) SMTP
4 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.71%) tcpdump
4 2 (1.71%) VPN
4 2 (1.71%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.85%) LAN
5 1 (0.85%) VLAN
5 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.13%) Relational Database
2 5 (4.27%) MySQL
3 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Git
2 2 (1.71%) Burp Suite
General
1 29 (24.79%) Law
2 22 (18.80%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.26%) Finance
5 11 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.42%) Banking
6 4 (3.42%) Games
6 4 (3.42%) Legal
7 3 (2.56%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.71%) Local Government
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (24.79%) Lead
2 22 (18.80%) Team Leader
3 21 (17.95%) Analyst
4 14 (11.97%) Consultant
4 14 (11.97%) Security Consultant
5 13 (11.11%) Security Analyst
6 11 (9.40%) Architect
6 11 (9.40%) Developer
7 9 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (7.69%) Data Architect
7 9 (7.69%) Security Engineer
8 7 (5.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 7 (5.98%) Information Security Consultant
8 7 (5.98%) IT Manager
8 7 (5.98%) Senior
9 5 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Penetration Tester
9 5 (4.27%) PHP Developer
9 5 (4.27%) Tester
10 4 (3.42%) Cloud Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) .NET
1 5 (4.27%) Laravel
2 4 (3.42%) RESTful
3 3 (2.56%) HTML
3 3 (2.56%) Node.js
3 3 (2.56%) OAuth
3 3 (2.56%) OpenID
3 3 (2.56%) REST
3 3 (2.56%) Web Services
4 2 (1.71%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.71%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.71%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.71%) CSS
4 2 (1.71%) CSS3
4 2 (1.71%) HTML5
4 2 (1.71%) Sass
5 1 (0.85%) Vue
5 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.82%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.84%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (5.13%) Cyberattack
3 6 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.27%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.42%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.56%) NHS
6 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.26%) Linux
2 8 (6.84%) Windows
3 3 (2.56%) Unix
4 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.85%) VMS
5 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (31.62%) Incident Response
2 36 (30.77%) SIEM
3 33 (28.21%) Information Security
4 25 (21.37%) ISMS
5 24 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (18.80%) Cryptography
7 21 (17.95%) Migration
7 21 (17.95%) Risk Analysis
8 19 (16.24%) Kalman Filter
8 19 (16.24%) Security Operations
8 19 (16.24%) Social Engineering
9 17 (14.53%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (13.68%) Vulnerability Management
11 14 (11.97%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 13 (11.11%) Roadmaps
13 12 (10.26%) Identity Access Management
13 12 (10.26%) Information Governance
14 11 (9.40%) Agile
14 11 (9.40%) Cloud Security
14 11 (9.40%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.26%) SQL
2 6 (5.13%) PHP
3 4 (3.42%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.56%) Python
5 2 (1.71%) C#
6 1 (0.85%) Java
6 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
2 11 (9.40%) Degree
3 8 (6.84%) SSCP
4 6 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.13%) OSCP
5 5 (4.27%) CISM
5 5 (4.27%) CISSP
5 5 (4.27%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.27%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.56%) CCNA
6 3 (2.56%) CEH
6 3 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.56%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.56%) MCSE
6 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (1.71%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.71%) Linux+ Certification
7 2 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (9.40%) NIST
3 8 (6.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.98%) GDPR
5 6 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (4.27%) COBIT
6 5 (4.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.85%) GRC
7 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.42%) RACF
3 2 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) Nessus
2 2 (1.71%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.71%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.71%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.85%) SCCM
3 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (23.93%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.84%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.42%) CyberArk
3 4 (3.42%) HP
3 4 (3.42%) Splunk
4 2 (1.71%) Cisco
4 2 (1.71%) Citrix
4 2 (1.71%) VMware
5 1 (0.85%) Apple
5 1 (0.85%) Epicor
5 1 (0.85%) Veeam