Cyber Threat Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threats
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 466 543
Rank change year-on-year -29 +77 -35
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 272 329 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.54% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.13% 1.30% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 210 194 157
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +22.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £94,412 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber Threat is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,979 25,227 30,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.06% 41.04% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 15,221 11,488 15,928
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,412 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +21 79 £50,000 -9.09% 25
South East +22 68 £58,750 -17.54% 12
North West -15 52 £50,000 -16.00% 17
East of England +51 46 £65,000 +44.44% 5
South West -60 26 £55,000 -20.87% 16
Midlands +15 25 £65,000 +18.18% 10
Scotland -89 21 £67,500 +16.38% 1
Yorkshire +62 18 £60,000 +12.82% 7
East Midlands +8 16 £65,000 +85.71% 4
West Midlands +6 9 £70,000 +27.27% 6
North East +4 9 £39,500 -28.18% 1
Isle of Man - 4 - - 1
Wales -23 2 - - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.74%) Apache
1 2 (0.74%) Confluence
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (0.37%) IIS
2 1 (0.37%) nginx
2 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (4.04%) Simulink
2 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 52 (19.12%) Azure
2 37 (13.60%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (11.40%) AWS
4 15 (5.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (2.94%) Cloudflare
6 5 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (0.74%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.74%) GCP
7 2 (0.74%) Google Docs
7 2 (0.74%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.74%) Serverless
8 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.37%) IaaS
8 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.37%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (18.38%) Firewall
2 39 (14.34%) Intrusion Detection
3 21 (7.72%) Network Security
4 17 (6.25%) Internet
5 7 (2.57%) LAN
5 7 (2.57%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.57%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.21%) DNS
6 6 (2.21%) HTTP
6 6 (2.21%) SMTP
6 6 (2.21%) WAN
6 6 (2.21%) Wireless
7 5 (1.84%) MPLS
7 5 (1.84%) SNMP
7 5 (1.84%) SSL
8 3 (1.10%) VPN
9 2 (0.74%) DHCP
9 2 (0.74%) DMZ
9 2 (0.74%) FTP
9 2 (0.74%) Sourcefire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.74%) Big Data
1 2 (0.74%) Power BI
2 1 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Bitbucket
1 2 (0.74%) GitLab
1 2 (0.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) GDB
General
1 81 (29.78%) Analytical Skills
2 80 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 44 (16.18%) Finance
4 19 (6.99%) Law
5 16 (5.88%) Electronics
5 16 (5.88%) Games
5 16 (5.88%) Retail
6 15 (5.51%) Legal
7 14 (5.15%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.68%) Banking
9 6 (2.21%) Automotive
9 6 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.74%) Local Government
12 2 (0.74%) Police
12 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.37%) Marketing
13 1 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 75 (27.57%) Analyst
2 36 (13.24%) Security Manager
3 32 (11.76%) Senior
4 31 (11.40%) Lead
5 28 (10.29%) SOC Analyst
6 23 (8.46%) Security Analyst
7 18 (6.62%) Architect
8 16 (5.88%) Software Engineer
9 15 (5.51%) Embedded Engineer
9 15 (5.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 15 (5.51%) IT Manager
10 13 (4.78%) Security Architect
11 12 (4.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
11 12 (4.41%) Cyber Threat Specialist
11 12 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 12 (4.41%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 11 (4.04%) IT Security Manager
13 10 (3.68%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (3.68%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.94%) Laravel
2 6 (2.21%) Middleware
3 5 (1.84%) NETCONF
4 3 (1.10%) React
5 2 (0.74%) .NET
5 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.74%) Flask
5 2 (0.74%) LDAP
5 2 (0.74%) RESTful
6 1 (0.37%) EDI
6 1 (0.37%) HTML
6 1 (0.37%) HTML5
6 1 (0.37%) Redux
6 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.18%) Management Information System
2 42 (15.44%) Security Operations Centre
3 34 (12.50%) Cyberattack
4 31 (11.40%) Security Posture
5 19 (6.99%) Client/Server
6 14 (5.15%) Operational Technology
7 12 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (4.04%) Algorithms
9 8 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (2.21%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.84%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (1.10%) Cloud Native
13 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.10%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.10%) Smart Energy
14 2 (0.74%) Cybercrime
14 2 (0.74%) EPoS
14 2 (0.74%) PKI
14 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.03%) Windows
2 9 (3.31%) Linux
3 5 (1.84%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.47%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.74%) Android
5 2 (0.74%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (70.96%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (41.54%) Incident Response
3 84 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (25.37%) Security Operations
5 64 (23.53%) SIEM
6 59 (21.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 59 (21.69%) Threat Intelligence
7 50 (18.38%) Information Security
8 39 (14.34%) Computer Science
9 38 (13.97%) Cyber Intelligence
10 36 (13.24%) Penetration Testing
11 33 (12.13%) Project Management
12 30 (11.03%) Vulnerability Management
13 29 (10.66%) Cloud Security
13 29 (10.66%) Risk Management
14 26 (9.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 25 (9.19%) Risk Assessment
16 23 (8.46%) Agile
17 21 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
17 21 (7.72%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.46%) Python
2 19 (6.99%) PHP
3 14 (5.15%) C
4 13 (4.78%) C#
5 11 (4.04%) MATLAB
6 10 (3.68%) SQL
7 8 (2.94%) Rust
8 7 (2.57%) C++
9 4 (1.47%) Bash
10 3 (1.10%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.10%) R
11 2 (0.74%) Java
11 2 (0.74%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.37%) Perl
12 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 80 (29.41%) Degree
2 68 (25.00%) CISSP
3 60 (22.06%) Security Cleared
4 33 (12.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 28 (10.29%) SC Cleared
6 27 (9.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (9.19%) CISM
8 20 (7.35%) GIAC
9 18 (6.62%) CREST Certified
10 16 (5.88%) DV Cleared
11 13 (4.78%) CEH
12 11 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (3.68%) CISA
14 7 (2.57%) Master's Degree
15 6 (2.21%) CCIE
15 6 (2.21%) CCNP
15 6 (2.21%) GCFA
16 5 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (1.84%) CCSP
16 5 (1.84%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (20.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (15.44%) NIST
3 25 (9.19%) GDPR
4 15 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (4.78%) GRC
6 9 (3.31%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 6 (2.21%) SOC 2
10 5 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.84%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.84%) NIST 800
10 5 (1.84%) SLA
11 4 (1.47%) ISO 9001
11 4 (1.47%) NCSC
12 3 (1.10%) PMO
13 2 (0.74%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.74%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
13 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 8 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.47%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.74%) Docker
5 1 (0.37%) Firmware
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.47%) Nessus
3 3 (1.10%) SELinux
4 2 (0.74%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.74%) Terraform
5 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.37%) QRadar
Vendors
1 42 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.78%) Splunk
3 12 (4.41%) Cisco
4 9 (3.31%) VMware
5 6 (2.21%) Sage
5 6 (2.21%) Workday
6 3 (1.10%) Apple
6 3 (1.10%) Darktrace
7 2 (0.74%) ArcSight
7 2 (0.74%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.74%) F5
7 2 (0.74%) Google
7 2 (0.74%) IBM
7 2 (0.74%) Juniper
7 2 (0.74%) TippingPoint
7 2 (0.74%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.37%) Citrix
8 1 (0.37%) Qualys
8 1 (0.37%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.37%) Tripwire