Cybersecurity Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Cybersecurity
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 77 68
Rank change year-on-year +40 -9 -26
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 64 18 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 4.34% 1.98% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 2.04% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 53 18 17
10th Percentile £31,700 £32,299 £42,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,783 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £39,897 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.02% -43.00% +27.27%
75th Percentile £50,000 £69,375 £110,000
90th Percentile £63,035 £72,000 -
North East median annual salary £42,500 £44,250 £56,000
% change year-on-year -3.95% -20.98% +1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,261 882 970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 85.61% 97.03% 88.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 443 676
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £75,000 £83,750
North East median annual salary £47,500 £48,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.55% +13.53% -5.56%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +31 49 £41,500 +4.29% 4
Sunderland -12 8 £42,000 -25.00%
Gateshead - 2 £40,000 -
Cybersecurity
North East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 7 (10.94%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.13%) Azure
2 13 (20.31%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (17.19%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.13%) AWS
4 2 (3.13%) Mimecast
4 2 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.31%) Firewall
2 5 (7.81%) WAN
3 4 (6.25%) Network Security
4 3 (4.69%) LAN
5 2 (3.13%) DHCP
5 2 (3.13%) DNS
5 2 (3.13%) VoIP
5 2 (3.13%) VPN
5 2 (3.13%) Wireless
6 1 (1.56%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.56%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
2 2 (3.13%) GitLab
General
1 21 (32.81%) Finance
2 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.06%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.38%) Automotive
4 6 (9.38%) Legal
5 5 (7.81%) Banking
5 5 (7.81%) Law
6 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Social Housing
8 2 (3.13%) Local Government
9 1 (1.56%) Games
9 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 17 (26.56%) Senior
2 15 (23.44%) Analyst
3 14 (21.88%) Lead
4 10 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (12.50%) Security Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Administrator
6 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Governance Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Security Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 5 (7.81%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (6.25%) Developer
7 4 (6.25%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Help Desk Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) IT Technician
8 3 (4.69%) Lead Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Senior IT Technician
8 3 (4.69%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) .NET
2 3 (4.69%) OAuth
2 3 (4.69%) OpenID
2 3 (4.69%) REST
2 3 (4.69%) Web Services
3 1 (1.56%) Flutter
3 1 (1.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (31.25%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.94%) NHS
3 6 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (7.81%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (6.25%) Private Cloud
5 4 (6.25%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.69%) Housing Association
6 3 (4.69%) IoT
6 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
7 2 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.56%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.56%) Online Games
8 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.31%) Windows
2 7 (10.94%) Windows 10
3 6 (9.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.13%) Unix
5 1 (1.56%) Android
5 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.56%) Linux
5 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.88%) Coaching
2 13 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (20.31%) Information Security
2 13 (20.31%) Risk Management
3 12 (18.75%) ITIL
3 12 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (18.75%) SIEM
4 11 (17.19%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (17.19%) Roadmaps
5 10 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (15.63%) Mentoring
5 10 (15.63%) Project Management
6 9 (14.06%) Agile
6 9 (14.06%) Information Governance
6 9 (14.06%) Risk Register
7 8 (12.50%) Security Operations
7 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (12.50%) Zero Trust
8 7 (10.94%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (9.38%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.19%) SQL
2 9 (14.06%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.13%) Bash
3 2 (3.13%) Python
4 1 (1.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) Degree
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (9.38%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (7.81%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.69%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.69%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.69%) MCITP
4 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.13%) CISA
5 2 (3.13%) CISMP
5 2 (3.13%) CISSP
5 2 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.13%) GIAC
5 2 (3.13%) SANS
5 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.88%) Cyber Essentials
1 14 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (21.88%) NIST
2 13 (20.31%) GDPR
3 9 (14.06%) NCSC
4 4 (6.25%) SLA
5 3 (4.69%) ISO 9001
6 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.13%) GRC
7 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) RACF
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (6.25%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.56%) Docker
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.56%) vSphere
6 1 (1.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) CyberArk
3 4 (6.25%) Intel
3 4 (6.25%) Splunk
4 3 (4.69%) CheckPoint
4 3 (4.69%) Cisco
4 3 (4.69%) Meraki
4 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.69%) Sophos
4 3 (4.69%) VMware
5 2 (3.13%) Citrix
5 2 (3.13%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.56%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.56%) Qualys
6 1 (1.56%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.56%) Veeam
6 1 (1.56%) Zerto