Cybersecurity Jobs in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 42 54
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 692 605 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.91% 6.34% 5.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.17% 6.57% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 540 251 298
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £34,950
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £72,188
90th Percentile £81,392 £86,250 £82,970
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,653 9,211 10,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.39% 96.58% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,129 4,625 6,971
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
West Midlands +10 509 £55,000 -12.00% 85
East Midlands +27 179 £42,500 -10.53% 46
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 46 (6.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 71 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (6.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.72%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.43%) Simulink
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 153 (22.11%) Azure
2 145 (20.95%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.50%) SaaS
4 44 (6.36%) Entra ID
5 37 (5.35%) AWS
6 34 (4.91%) Power Platform
7 23 (3.32%) PowerApps
8 22 (3.18%) Power Automate
9 21 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (3.03%) IaaS
10 17 (2.46%) PaaS
11 13 (1.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 13 (1.88%) GCP
12 12 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (1.16%) Cloudflare
15 8 (1.16%) GitHub
15 8 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 117 (16.91%) Firewall
2 54 (7.80%) DNS
3 44 (6.36%) DHCP
4 36 (5.20%) WAN
5 30 (4.34%) SAN
6 24 (3.47%) TCP/IP
6 24 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (2.75%) LAN
7 19 (2.75%) VLAN
8 16 (2.31%) SD-WAN
9 13 (1.88%) VPN
10 12 (1.73%) Network Security
11 11 (1.59%) Cisco Firepower
12 10 (1.45%) Unified Communications
13 9 (1.30%) 802.11
14 8 (1.16%) Ethernet
14 8 (1.16%) Fibre Channel
14 8 (1.16%) Wireshark
15 7 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
16 6 (0.87%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.91%) Power BI
2 15 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (1.88%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.58%) MySQL
6 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.29%) Metadata
7 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.29%) Tableau
8 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.16%) SonarQube
2 5 (0.72%) CANoe
3 4 (0.58%) JIRA
4 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.29%) Git
5 2 (0.29%) GitLab
General
1 181 (26.16%) Social Skills
2 88 (12.72%) Finance
3 59 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (6.65%) Legal
5 46 (6.65%) Public Sector
6 45 (6.50%) Telecoms
7 32 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (4.19%) Manufacturing
9 24 (3.47%) Automotive
10 22 (3.18%) Games
11 18 (2.60%) Retail
12 12 (1.73%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.45%) Banking
13 10 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.30%) Law
15 8 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.01%) Marketing
17 5 (0.72%) Multimedia
18 4 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (10.40%) Analyst
2 71 (10.26%) Senior
3 65 (9.39%) Architect
4 53 (7.66%) Lead
5 49 (7.08%) IT Engineer
6 48 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 38 (5.49%) Senior Architect
8 34 (4.91%) IT Manager
9 32 (4.62%) Developer
9 32 (4.62%) IT Support
9 32 (4.62%) Security Analyst
10 31 (4.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (4.48%) Network Engineer
10 31 (4.48%) Security Manager
11 28 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
12 25 (3.61%) Senior Solutions Architect
13 24 (3.47%) Security Architect
14 23 (3.32%) Security Engineer
15 20 (2.89%) Data Scientist
15 20 (2.89%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.03%) 802.1X
2 8 (1.16%) ARM Templates
2 8 (1.16%) Azure Blueprints
2 8 (1.16%) Laravel
3 7 (1.01%) EDI
4 6 (0.87%) .NET
4 6 (0.87%) Middleware
4 6 (0.87%) XML
5 4 (0.58%) JSON
5 4 (0.58%) OAuth
5 4 (0.58%) OpenID
5 4 (0.58%) REST
5 4 (0.58%) Web Services
6 3 (0.43%) HTML
6 3 (0.43%) jQuery
6 3 (0.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.29%) LDAP
7 2 (0.29%) SAML
7 2 (0.29%) ServiceStack
8 1 (0.14%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.28%) Data Centre
2 73 (10.55%) Management Information System
3 68 (9.83%) Driving Licence
4 33 (4.77%) Security Operations Centre
5 28 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (3.03%) Algorithms
6 21 (3.03%) Security Posture
7 20 (2.89%) Cyber Threat
7 20 (2.89%) Operational Technology
8 16 (2.31%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.31%) SCADA
9 14 (2.02%) Freedom of Information
9 14 (2.02%) Public Cloud
9 14 (2.02%) Taxonomies
10 10 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
10 10 (1.45%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.30%) Cloud Native
11 9 (1.30%) Clustering
11 9 (1.30%) Cyberattack
11 9 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 163 (23.55%) Windows
2 92 (13.29%) Windows Server
3 41 (5.92%) Linux
4 19 (2.75%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (1.45%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.16%) Unix
7 8 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.87%) Solaris
9 5 (0.72%) VMS
9 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.58%) CentOS
10 4 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.29%) Android
11 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (15.75%) Information Security
3 79 (11.42%) Incident Response
4 77 (11.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 74 (10.69%) Mentoring
6 70 (10.12%) Project Management
7 69 (9.97%) Risk Management
8 62 (8.96%) Decision-Making
9 60 (8.67%) Disaster Recovery
10 56 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
11 55 (7.95%) Analytics
12 53 (7.66%) Computer Science
13 51 (7.37%) ITIL
14 49 (7.08%) Data Protection
14 49 (7.08%) Security Operations
15 45 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 44 (6.36%) Agile
16 44 (6.36%) Coaching
17 41 (5.92%) Data Modelling
18 40 (5.78%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 29 (4.19%) PowerShell
2 28 (4.05%) SQL
3 14 (2.02%) Python
4 8 (1.16%) C
4 8 (1.16%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.16%) PHP
4 8 (1.16%) Rust
5 6 (0.87%) Bash
5 6 (0.87%) C#
6 5 (0.72%) Java
6 5 (0.72%) R
7 3 (0.43%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.29%) C++
8 2 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 135 (19.51%) Degree
2 128 (18.50%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 39 (5.64%) CISSP
5 34 (4.91%) CISM
6 32 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (3.76%) CCNA
7 26 (3.76%) CCNP
8 25 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (2.89%) Azure Certification
10 18 (2.60%) CISA
11 13 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.88%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 11 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.59%) OSCP
14 10 (1.45%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (1.30%) CRISC
15 9 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (15.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (9.97%) GDPR
3 54 (7.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 46 (6.65%) NIST
5 42 (6.07%) ISO 9001
6 41 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 20 (2.89%) NCSC
8 18 (2.60%) GRC
9 15 (2.17%) QA
10 13 (1.88%) Def Stans
11 11 (1.59%) Data Quality
12 10 (1.45%) PCI DSS
13 9 (1.30%) Accessibility
14 8 (1.16%) ISO 26262
15 5 (0.72%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.72%) SLA
15 5 (0.72%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 3 (0.43%) Automotive SPICE
17 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 120 (17.34%) Active Directory
2 49 (7.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (6.21%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.88%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (1.16%) Docker
5 8 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.58%) pfSense
7 4 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.58%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.58%) VMware Server
7 4 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (5.35%) EnCase
2 29 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.73%) Terraform
4 9 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.30%) SCCM
5 8 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (1.16%) Ansible
6 6 (0.87%) CASB
6 6 (0.87%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.58%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.58%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.43%) Backup Exec
9 3 (0.43%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.29%) Nagios
11 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 257 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 82 (11.85%) VMware
3 49 (7.08%) Veeam
4 47 (6.79%) Cisco
5 37 (5.35%) Apple
6 35 (5.06%) Adobe
7 25 (3.61%) Aruba
8 20 (2.89%) Dell
9 17 (2.46%) Juniper
9 17 (2.46%) Meraki
10 15 (2.17%) HP
10 15 (2.17%) Nimble Storage
11 13 (1.88%) CrowdStrike
11 13 (1.88%) Sage
12 12 (1.73%) Fortinet
13 10 (1.45%) Acronis
14 9 (1.30%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.30%) EqualLogic
14 9 (1.30%) Rapid7
15 8 (1.16%) Barracuda Networks