Cybersecurity Jobs in the North East

Cybersecurity
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 38 81 82
Rank change year-on-year +43 +1 -40
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 90 32 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 4.93% 2.50% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.67% 2.59% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 68 20 22
10th Percentile £35,644 £32,598 £16,450
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,350 £24,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,625 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +11.14% -20.45%
75th Percentile £53,625 £70,313 £71,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,587 1,236 1,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 86.86% 96.71% 87.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 603 925
10th Percentile £27,873 £30,016 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,963 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +12.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £73,850 £75,000
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North East

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North East

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North East

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North East

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the North East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Tyne and Wear +28 58 £41,750 -24.09% 19
Durham +23 32 £51,321 +16.64% 6
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 17 (18.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.11%) Site Server
Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (31.11%) Azure
2 16 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.22%) AWS
5 1 (1.11%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (28.89%) Firewall
2 10 (11.11%) DHCP
2 10 (11.11%) DNS
2 10 (11.11%) WAN
3 8 (8.89%) LAN
4 6 (6.67%) Network Security
5 4 (4.44%) SAN
6 2 (2.22%) DMZ
6 2 (2.22%) VoIP
6 2 (2.22%) VPN
6 2 (2.22%) Wireless
7 1 (1.11%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.11%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.33%) JIRA
2 2 (2.22%) GitLab
General
1 18 (20.00%) Finance
2 16 (17.78%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.78%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.67%) Automotive
6 3 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.33%) Law
6 3 (3.33%) Social Housing
7 2 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.22%) Local Government
8 1 (1.11%) Back Office
8 1 (1.11%) Games
8 1 (1.11%) Legal
8 1 (1.11%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 21 (23.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (20.00%) Analyst
3 17 (18.89%) Lead
4 15 (16.67%) Senior
5 13 (14.44%) Security Analyst
6 8 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (5.56%) Administrator
7 5 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 5 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (4.44%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (4.44%) IT Manager
8 4 (4.44%) Network Engineer
8 4 (4.44%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.44%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (4.44%) Service Manager
9 3 (3.33%) IT Technician
9 3 (3.33%) Product Owner
9 3 (3.33%) Senior IT Technician
9 3 (3.33%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.33%) .NET
1 3 (3.33%) OAuth
1 3 (3.33%) OpenID
1 3 (3.33%) REST
1 3 (3.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.89%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (8.89%) IoT
3 7 (7.78%) NHS
3 7 (7.78%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.44%) Private Cloud
5 4 (4.44%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.33%) Housing Association
6 3 (3.33%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.11%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.11%) Online Games
8 1 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (27.78%) Windows
2 19 (21.11%) Windows Server
3 9 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (8.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (7.78%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.22%) Unix
7 1 (1.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (20.00%) SIEM
4 16 (17.78%) Risk Management
5 13 (14.44%) Energy Management
5 13 (14.44%) Operations Management
5 13 (14.44%) Project Management
6 12 (13.33%) Mentoring
7 11 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (12.22%) Data Protection
7 11 (12.22%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (12.22%) Risk Register
8 10 (11.11%) ITIL
8 10 (11.11%) Network Architecture
8 10 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 9 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (10.00%) Information Governance
10 8 (8.89%) Incident Response
10 8 (8.89%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.56%) SQL
2 12 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 6 (6.67%) Bash
3 6 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (13.33%) Degree
2 8 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (7.78%) CISSP
4 6 (6.67%) CISA
4 6 (6.67%) CISMP
4 6 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (6.67%) GIAC
4 6 (6.67%) SANS
5 5 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.56%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.44%) CCNA
6 4 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (4.44%) JNCIA
6 4 (4.44%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.33%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.33%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.33%) MCITP
8 2 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.22%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (16.67%) NIST
3 14 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (14.44%) GDPR
5 11 (12.22%) NCSC
6 8 (8.89%) SLA
7 3 (3.33%) ISO 9001
8 2 (2.22%) QA
9 1 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.11%) GRC
9 1 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.11%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.11%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (36.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (4.44%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.11%) vSphere
6 1 (1.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.44%) Cacti
2 4 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.33%) VMware
3 7 (7.78%) Cisco
4 4 (4.44%) Intel
4 4 (4.44%) Juniper
4 4 (4.44%) SolarWinds
4 4 (4.44%) Splunk
5 3 (3.33%) CheckPoint
5 3 (3.33%) Meraki
5 3 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.33%) Sophos
6 2 (2.22%) Citrix
6 2 (2.22%) Forcepoint
7 1 (1.11%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.11%) Oracle
7 1 (1.11%) Qualys
7 1 (1.11%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.11%) SAP
7 1 (1.11%) Veeam
7 1 (1.11%) Zerto