Cybersecurity Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 47 35
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 +50
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 435 343 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.50% 5.60% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.63% 5.92% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 210 125 287
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,500 £100,000
South East median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% -8.33% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,700 5,796 6,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.11% 94.69% 92.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,989 3,145 3,933
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,750 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Buckinghamshire +21 261 £50,000 -4.76% 17
Berkshire -14 125 £52,550 -24.93% 39
Oxfordshire +26 49 £42,500 -26.09% 13
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 30 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (7.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 92 (21.15%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (15.63%) Azure
3 25 (5.75%) Entra ID
4 19 (4.37%) OneDrive
5 15 (3.45%) AWS
6 14 (3.22%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.61%) SaaS
9 6 (1.38%) WhatsApp
10 5 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.92%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.92%) GCP
12 3 (0.69%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.46%) Serverless
14 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.23%) Azure Pipelines
14 1 (0.23%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 72 (16.55%) Firewall
2 27 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
3 25 (5.75%) Intrusion Detection
4 21 (4.83%) Network Security
5 16 (3.68%) WAN
6 14 (3.22%) SD-WAN
7 11 (2.53%) DNS
8 10 (2.30%) Internet
9 9 (2.07%) Unified Communications
10 6 (1.38%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (1.38%) MPLS
11 5 (1.15%) SAN
11 5 (1.15%) SNMP
11 5 (1.15%) VPN
12 4 (0.92%) DHCP
12 4 (0.92%) LAN
12 4 (0.92%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.69%) 5G
13 3 (0.69%) Broadband
13 3 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.60%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.69%) Power BI
3 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.46%) Tableau
4 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.23%) Git
General
1 141 (32.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 50 (11.49%) Social Skills
3 36 (8.28%) Finance
4 28 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (5.29%) Law
6 20 (4.60%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (4.14%) Legal
8 16 (3.68%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.76%) Retail
10 11 (2.53%) Automotive
11 7 (1.61%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.38%) Banking
12 6 (1.38%) Games
12 6 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Marketing
14 2 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.23%) Local Government
15 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (23.45%) Data Scientist
2 58 (13.33%) Analyst
3 56 (12.87%) Senior
4 32 (7.36%) Data Engineer
4 32 (7.36%) Security Engineer
5 30 (6.90%) Architect
6 29 (6.67%) IT Support
7 27 (6.21%) Security Manager
7 27 (6.21%) SOC Analyst
8 23 (5.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (5.29%) Security Architect
9 22 (5.06%) Lead
9 22 (5.06%) Support Engineer
10 20 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 20 (4.60%) IT Engineer
10 20 (4.60%) Systems Engineer
11 19 (4.37%) IT Manager
11 19 (4.37%) IT Support Engineer
12 18 (4.14%) Consultant
13 17 (3.91%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.15%) NETCONF
2 4 (0.92%) Web Services
3 1 (0.23%) .NET
3 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.23%) CSS
3 1 (0.23%) HTML
3 1 (0.23%) JSON
3 1 (0.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 102 (23.45%) Algorithms
2 58 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 50 (11.49%) Data Centre
4 32 (7.36%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 13 (2.99%) Client/Server
8 11 (2.53%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.53%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.30%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.07%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.69%) Cloud Native
13 3 (0.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (0.69%) IoT
13 3 (0.69%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.69%) Social Media
14 2 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 107 (24.60%) Windows
2 52 (11.95%) Windows Server
3 41 (9.43%) Windows 10
4 19 (4.37%) Windows Server 2012
4 19 (4.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 19 (4.37%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (3.68%) Windows 7
6 9 (2.07%) Linux
7 4 (0.92%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.69%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.23%) Unix
10 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (45.52%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (35.40%) Mentoring
3 146 (33.56%) Coaching
4 143 (32.87%) Decision-Making
5 142 (32.64%) Red Team
6 139 (31.95%) Computer Science
7 134 (30.80%) Data Science
8 108 (24.83%) Mathematics
9 102 (23.45%) Data Analysis
9 102 (23.45%) Digital Forensics
9 102 (23.45%) Statistical Modelling
10 63 (14.48%) ITIL
11 52 (11.95%) Analytics
12 48 (11.03%) Security Operations
12 48 (11.03%) Software Licensing
13 44 (10.11%) Presales
14 42 (9.66%) Incident Response
15 41 (9.43%) SIEM
16 40 (9.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 34 (7.82%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.52%) PowerShell
2 20 (4.60%) SQL
3 4 (0.92%) Python
4 3 (0.69%) Bash
4 3 (0.69%) VBScript
5 2 (0.46%) R
6 1 (0.23%) C#
6 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 251 (57.70%) Degree
2 60 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 36 (8.28%) CISSP
4 20 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.37%) CompTIA Security+
6 17 (3.91%) MCP
7 16 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (3.68%) HNC
8 15 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (3.45%) SC Cleared
9 13 (2.99%) CCNA
9 13 (2.99%) CCNP
10 11 (2.53%) AWS Certification
11 10 (2.30%) CISM
12 9 (2.07%) Azure Certification
13 8 (1.84%) GIAC
13 8 (1.84%) GPEN
14 7 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.36%) Data Quality
1 32 (7.36%) NIST
2 31 (7.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (6.67%) GDPR
4 14 (3.22%) GRC
4 14 (3.22%) PCI DSS
5 12 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.76%) NIST 800
5 12 (2.76%) SLA
6 7 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (1.38%) NCSC
8 5 (1.15%) COBIT
8 5 (1.15%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.92%) ISO 22301
9 4 (0.92%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.69%) QA
11 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.23%) IASME
System Software
1 87 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 38 (8.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.46%) Docker
5 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (8.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.14%) SCCM
3 7 (1.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 7 (1.61%) Nessus
4 6 (1.38%) Stealthwatch
5 5 (1.15%) CASB
6 4 (0.92%) Suricata
7 3 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.23%) Terraform
9 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 165 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.18%) VMware
3 49 (11.26%) Apple
4 48 (11.03%) Adobe
5 24 (5.52%) Citrix
6 19 (4.37%) Veeam
7 17 (3.91%) Cisco
8 14 (3.22%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.76%) Dell
9 12 (2.76%) HP
9 12 (2.76%) Meraki
10 11 (2.53%) Samsung
11 6 (1.38%) Intel
11 6 (1.38%) Qualys
11 6 (1.38%) Sophos
11 6 (1.38%) Splunk
12 5 (1.15%) Datto
12 5 (1.15%) WatchGuard
13 4 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.92%) SAP