Cyber Assurance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Assurance over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 909 1219
Rank change year-on-year +62 +310 -317
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Assurance 57 84 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.081% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.085% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 48 53 10
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,450 -
25th Percentile £56,875 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £45,607
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +42.52% -17.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £75,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £99,000 £77,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,750 £55,425 £45,607
% change year-on-year +7.80% +21.53% -17.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Assurance 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 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £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%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyber Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Assurance in the UK

Cyber Assurance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Assurance.

Salary trend for Cyber Assurance in the UK

Cyber Assurance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Assurance over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Assurance in the UK

Cyber Assurance
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the UK 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
England +69 39 £60,000 +14.29% 8
UK excluding London +4 31 £59,750 +7.80% 7
South East 0 18 £64,500 +38.71% 3
Work from Home +80 13 £60,000 +3.76% 1
London +108 8 £70,000 -9.68% 1
North of England +57 8 £60,000 -38.46% 1
North West +14 8 £60,000 -40.00% 1
West Midlands +17 3 £46,500 -7.00%
Midlands +14 3 £46,500 -7.00%
South West -23 2 - - 3

Cyber Assurance
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (38.60%) AWS
1 22 (38.60%) Azure
2 4 (7.02%) GCP
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.58%) LAN
2 4 (7.02%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.75%) DNS
3 1 (1.75%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 18 (31.58%) Presentation Skills
2 18 (31.58%) Public Sector
3 13 (22.81%) Finance
4 9 (15.79%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.51%) Legal
5 2 (3.51%) Retail
6 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Architect
1 18 (31.58%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 18 (31.58%) Security Architect
2 13 (22.81%) Security Technical Architect
2 13 (22.81%) Technical Architect
3 9 (15.79%) Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Senior
4 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 8 (14.04%) Security Manager
5 7 (12.28%) Security Assurance Manager
6 6 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 6 (10.53%) Head of Compliance
6 6 (10.53%) Head of Information
6 6 (10.53%) Head of Information Assurance
6 6 (10.53%) Security Specialist
7 5 (8.77%) Consultant
7 5 (8.77%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 5 (8.77%) Security Analyst
7 5 (8.77%) Security Consultant
7 5 (8.77%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (50.88%) Management Information System
2 22 (38.60%) Cyberattack
3 18 (31.58%) Data Centre
4 13 (22.81%) iPhone
4 13 (22.81%) Onboarding
5 10 (17.54%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (7.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (7.02%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (3.51%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.75%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (92.98%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (89.47%) Information Security
3 24 (42.11%) Coaching
3 24 (42.11%) Security Architecture
4 22 (38.60%) Threat Modelling
5 20 (35.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (31.58%) Business Development
6 18 (31.58%) Customer-Centricity
6 18 (31.58%) Desktop Virtualisation
6 18 (31.58%) Digital Thinking
6 18 (31.58%) Identity Management
6 18 (31.58%) Network Architecture
6 18 (31.58%) Practice Management
6 18 (31.58%) Roadmaps
6 18 (31.58%) Threat Management
7 16 (28.07%) Information Assurance
8 15 (26.32%) Risk Management
9 10 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (17.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (10.53%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (64.91%) Security Cleared
2 27 (47.37%) CISSP
3 26 (45.61%) CISM
4 25 (43.86%) SC Cleared
5 18 (31.58%) AWS Certification
5 18 (31.58%) Azure Certification
6 13 (22.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (22.81%) OSCP
7 8 (14.04%) Degree
8 5 (8.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (8.77%) CCSP
8 5 (8.77%) CESG Certified Professional
8 5 (8.77%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (8.77%) ISACA
9 3 (5.26%) PCI QSA
10 2 (3.51%) CEH
10 2 (3.51%) GIAC
11 1 (1.75%) CRISC
11 1 (1.75%) ISSMP
11 1 (1.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (45.61%) NIST
2 20 (35.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (33.33%) NCSC
4 15 (26.32%) NIST 800
5 10 (17.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (12.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (12.28%) GRC
7 5 (8.77%) IASME
7 5 (8.77%) PCI DSS
7 5 (8.77%) QA
8 2 (3.51%) Def Stans
8 2 (3.51%) GDPR
9 1 (1.75%) COBIT
System Software
1 18 (31.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Nessus
2 1 (1.75%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (3.51%) Qualys
2 1 (1.75%) Alibaba
2 1 (1.75%) Facebook
2 1 (1.75%) Google
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft