Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Computer Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 835 951 1101
Rank change year-on-year +116 +150 -223
Permanent jobs citing Computer Security 61 19 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.018% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.019% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 27 16 110
10th Percentile £29,150 - £56,125
25th Percentile £37,250 £51,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -44.21% +126.87%
75th Percentile £61,625 £83,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,875 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £53,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -19.81% -44.21% +126.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computer Security 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Computer Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Computer Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Security.

Salary trend for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Security in the UK

Computer Security
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Security within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
UK excluding London +56 55 £42,500 -19.81% 5
Work from Home +114 34 £65,000 +22.64% 3
Scotland - 33 - - 4
England +122 27 £42,500 -19.81% 1
South West 0 10 £42,500 -19.81%
South East - 10 £51,500 -
London +134 5 £80,000 -18.99%
North of England +50 2 £65,000 -23.53% 1
North West +10 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £65,000 -

Computer Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (37.70%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 31 (50.82%) SaaS
2 24 (39.34%) AWS
3 23 (37.70%) Amazon S3
3 23 (37.70%) Amazon SQS
3 23 (37.70%) GCP
3 23 (37.70%) Google Docs
3 23 (37.70%) Lucidchart
3 23 (37.70%) Miro
3 23 (37.70%) Slack
4 3 (4.92%) Azure
5 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.28%) Network Security
2 2 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.64%) Firewall
3 1 (1.64%) Internet
3 1 (1.64%) tcpdump
3 1 (1.64%) WAN
3 1 (1.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (37.70%) Big Data
1 23 (37.70%) Elasticsearch
1 23 (37.70%) Hadoop
1 23 (37.70%) Redis
1 23 (37.70%) Scylla
General
1 31 (50.82%) Social Skills
2 20 (32.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (13.11%) Legal
4 7 (11.48%) Retail
5 3 (4.92%) Banking
6 2 (3.28%) Automotive
6 2 (3.28%) Law
6 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Finance
7 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (52.46%) Principal Engineer
1 32 (52.46%) Principal Software Engineer
1 32 (52.46%) Software Engineer
2 9 (14.75%) Senior
2 9 (14.75%) Senior Software Engineer
2 9 (14.75%) Senior Windows Engineer
2 9 (14.75%) Windows Engineer
3 4 (6.56%) Analyst
3 4 (6.56%) Coordinator
3 4 (6.56%) IT Engineer
3 4 (6.56%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 4 (6.56%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (4.92%) Service Desk Technician
5 2 (3.28%) IT Support
5 2 (3.28%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (3.28%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (3.28%) Support Analyst
5 2 (3.28%) Support Engineer
5 2 (3.28%) Systems Support Analyst
5 2 (3.28%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (37.70%) GraphQL
1 23 (37.70%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (37.70%) Algorithms
1 23 (37.70%) Data Structures
2 9 (14.75%) Cloud Native
2 9 (14.75%) Virtual Team
3 7 (11.48%) Life Science
4 4 (6.56%) CESG
4 4 (6.56%) CESG CLAS
5 3 (4.92%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.28%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (3.28%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.64%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (1.64%) CSOC
7 1 (1.64%) Replication
7 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (29.51%) Linux
2 12 (19.67%) Windows
3 9 (14.75%) Mac OS
4 3 (4.92%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.28%) Android
5 2 (3.28%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (65.57%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (54.10%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 33 (54.10%) Threat Intelligence
3 32 (52.46%) Data Science
3 32 (52.46%) Software Engineering
4 28 (45.90%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (37.70%) High Availability
5 23 (37.70%) User Experience
5 23 (37.70%) UX Research
6 11 (18.03%) Reverse Engineering
7 10 (16.39%) Configuration Management
7 10 (16.39%) Kalman Filter
8 9 (14.75%) Agile
8 9 (14.75%) Analytics
8 9 (14.75%) Component Testing
8 9 (14.75%) Multithreading
8 9 (14.75%) Security Analytics
8 9 (14.75%) TDD
8 9 (14.75%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (14.75%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 30 (49.18%) Bash
1 30 (49.18%) Python
2 23 (37.70%) Go
2 23 (37.70%) Java
2 23 (37.70%) Scala
3 5 (8.20%) Ruby
4 2 (3.28%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.64%) C#
5 1 (1.64%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.20%) Degree
3 4 (6.56%) CESG Certified Professional
3 4 (6.56%) CLAS
3 4 (6.56%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.28%) GCIA
5 2 (3.28%) GCIH
6 1 (1.64%) CEH
6 1 (1.64%) CISA
6 1 (1.64%) CISM
6 1 (1.64%) CISSP
6 1 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.64%) CRISC
6 1 (1.64%) GSEC
6 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 4 (6.56%) JSP 440
2 4 (6.56%) RMADS
3 3 (4.92%) NIST
4 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Snort
Systems Management
1 23 (37.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (11.48%) SCCM
3 1 (1.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.64%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 32 (52.46%) Dell
2 23 (37.70%) Google
3 14 (22.95%) Microsoft
4 7 (11.48%) iManage
5 2 (3.28%) Acronis
5 2 (3.28%) Synology
5 2 (3.28%) Veeam