Cyber Resilience
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cyber Resilience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 836 838 1043
Rank change year-on-year +2 +205 -167
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Resilience 62 142 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.15% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 51 74 63
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,051
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,147 £56,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile £85,000 £107,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £138,073 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +7.14% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Resilience 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 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Resilience over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Resilience in the UK

Cyber Resilience
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Resilience within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +37 50 £79,750 -6.18% 18
London +67 33 £80,000 -5.88% 11
UK excluding London -22 25 £66,250 -11.67% 8
Work from Home +19 22 £80,000 +3.23% 9
Scotland -58 10 £66,250 -10.69% 1
South West -21 8 £52,500 +10.53% 1
South East +11 7 £70,000 -17.65% 3

Cyber Resilience
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 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
2 7 (11.29%) AWS
3 6 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.61%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.06%) 5G
1 5 (8.06%) DNS
1 5 (8.06%) Internet
1 5 (8.06%) Network Security
1 5 (8.06%) VoIP
2 4 (6.45%) Firewall
3 3 (4.84%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (4.84%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Vagrant
General
1 14 (22.58%) Finance
2 8 (12.90%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.06%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.45%) Aerospace
5 4 (6.45%) Banking
6 3 (4.84%) Automotive
6 3 (4.84%) Electronics
7 2 (3.23%) Law
7 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Legal
8 1 (1.61%) Military
8 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (19.35%) Consultant
1 12 (19.35%) Security Manager
2 8 (12.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 7 (11.29%) Operations Manager
4 6 (9.68%) Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Operational Security Manager
4 6 (9.68%) Security Operations Manager
5 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) IT Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Lead
6 4 (6.45%) Architect
6 4 (6.45%) Security Advisor
6 4 (6.45%) Security Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Security Consultant
6 4 (6.45%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.84%) IT Operations Manager
7 3 (4.84%) Risk Consultant
7 3 (4.84%) Technical Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (11.29%) Cyber Security Posture
2 7 (11.29%) Cyberattack
2 7 (11.29%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.29%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.45%) Operational Technology
3 4 (6.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (4.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (4.84%) IoT
5 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.61%) CESG
6 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.61%) Windows
1 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (88.71%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (29.03%) Risk Management
3 12 (19.35%) Security Operations
4 11 (17.74%) Information Security
4 11 (17.74%) SIEM
5 10 (16.13%) Incident Response
6 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.90%) Risk Assessment
7 7 (11.29%) Business Continuity
7 7 (11.29%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (9.68%) Network Architecture
8 6 (9.68%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (9.68%) Technology Transformation
9 5 (8.06%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (8.06%) Incident Management
9 5 (8.06%) Information Assurance
9 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (8.06%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
9 5 (8.06%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (37.10%) CISSP
2 19 (30.65%) CISM
3 14 (22.58%) Degree
4 8 (12.90%) CompTIA CySA+
5 7 (11.29%) CRISC
6 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
7 5 (8.06%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (6.45%) CCSP
8 4 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
9 3 (4.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (4.84%) DV Cleared
9 3 (4.84%) GIAC
10 2 (3.23%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (3.23%) CHECK Team Leader
10 2 (3.23%) GSEC
10 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
10 2 (3.23%) PMP
11 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.58%) NIST
2 13 (20.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (16.13%) NCSC
4 7 (11.29%) GDPR
5 6 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.61%) ISA99
7 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (1.61%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.61%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (8.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Docker
2 1 (1.61%) LXC
Systems Management
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.84%) Computacenter
4 2 (3.23%) VMware
5 1 (1.61%) CA
5 1 (1.61%) Citrix
5 1 (1.61%) CyberArk