Cybersecurity
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 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 37 46 77
Rank change year-on-year +9 +31 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 5,445 6,504 7,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.55% 6.21% 4.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.46% 6.50% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,964 3,372 3,638
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.52%
75th Percentile £75,063 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.80% +3.52% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 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%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity 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
England +17 4,867 £57,500 -11.54% 1,315
UK excluding London +3 3,783 £52,500 -11.80% 973
Work from Home +8 1,893 £57,500 -11.54% 470
London +21 1,454 £72,500 +3.57% 364
South East +23 946 £50,500 -8.18% 217
North of England +7 897 £52,084 -14.62% 305
Midlands +9 679 £55,000 -8.33% 155
South West +11 630 £60,000 - 139
North West -6 556 £52,084 -15.99% 197
West Midlands +8 498 £55,000 -12.00% 106
Scotland -57 327 £55,000 -7.60% 49
Yorkshire +10 251 £51,250 -14.58% 86
East of England +15 220 £54,000 +2.86% 85
East Midlands +21 178 £42,500 -10.53% 48
North East +43 90 £42,500 -12.60% 22
Wales -41 54 £52,504 -24.99% 32
Northern Ireland -11 22 £42,500 -22.73% 8
Isle of Man -15 8 £37,500 -16.67%
Channel Islands -3 1 £100,000 -13.04%

Cybersecurity
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
1 246 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 225 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (0.77%) IIS
4 26 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 17 (0.31%) Apache
5 17 (0.31%) Confluence
6 14 (0.26%) FileNet
7 10 (0.18%) CMS
8 5 (0.092%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.092%) Site Server
9 4 (0.073%) CloudStack
9 4 (0.073%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.073%) nginx
9 4 (0.073%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.037%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.037%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.037%) WordPress
11 1 (0.018%) Gunicorn
11 1 (0.018%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.018%) uWSGI
Applications
1 257 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 104 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 67 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.18%) Revit
6 9 (0.17%) Simulink
7 6 (0.11%) Trello
8 5 (0.092%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.073%) Stateflow
9 4 (0.073%) Windchill
10 2 (0.037%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 17 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.092%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.092%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.073%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.055%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.055%) Primavera
6 2 (0.037%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.037%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.037%) SAP FI-GL
6 2 (0.037%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.018%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,383 (25.40%) Azure
2 841 (15.45%) Microsoft 365
3 578 (10.62%) AWS
4 427 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 275 (5.05%) SaaS
6 186 (3.42%) GCP
7 131 (2.41%) PaaS
8 124 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
9 118 (2.17%) IaaS
10 95 (1.74%) Power Platform
11 86 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
12 67 (1.23%) Amazon S3
13 55 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
14 53 (0.97%) OneDrive
15 50 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
16 36 (0.66%) GitHub
16 36 (0.66%) PowerApps
16 36 (0.66%) Serverless
17 35 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
18 33 (0.61%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 855 (15.70%) Firewall
2 368 (6.76%) Network Security
3 258 (4.74%) WAN
4 251 (4.61%) DNS
5 247 (4.54%) 5G
6 234 (4.30%) Broadband
7 227 (4.17%) TCP/IP
8 191 (3.51%) LAN
9 171 (3.14%) DHCP
10 167 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
11 150 (2.75%) VPN
12 139 (2.55%) Intrusion Detection
13 110 (2.02%) SD-WAN
14 97 (1.78%) Wireless
15 95 (1.74%) Internet
16 84 (1.54%) SAN
17 64 (1.18%) VLAN
18 56 (1.03%) MPLS
19 54 (0.99%) Unified Communications
20 52 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (1.97%) SQL Server
2 81 (1.49%) Power BI
3 62 (1.14%) NoSQL
4 55 (1.01%) MySQL
5 53 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
6 51 (0.94%) Big Data
7 49 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
8 35 (0.64%) Hadoop
9 31 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 28 (0.51%) MongoDB
11 27 (0.50%) Redis
12 23 (0.42%) Scylla
13 22 (0.40%) Oracle Database
13 22 (0.40%) Relational Database
14 16 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
15 14 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
16 11 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
17 9 (0.17%) Tableau
18 6 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 83 (1.52%) Jenkins
2 75 (1.38%) JIRA
3 55 (1.01%) Git
4 39 (0.72%) Burp Suite
4 39 (0.72%) Metasploit
5 26 (0.48%) JUnit
6 24 (0.44%) GitLab
7 18 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
9 16 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 16 (0.29%) Visual Studio
10 14 (0.26%) TeamCity
11 11 (0.20%) Gradle
11 11 (0.20%) IntelliJ
12 10 (0.18%) Mockito
13 9 (0.17%) Subversion
14 6 (0.11%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.092%) CANoe
15 5 (0.092%) LabVIEW
15 5 (0.092%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,360 (24.98%) Social Skills
2 931 (17.10%) Finance
3 718 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 672 (12.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 368 (6.76%) Law
6 280 (5.14%) Legal
7 257 (4.72%) Public Sector
8 171 (3.14%) Telecoms
9 156 (2.87%) Retail
10 149 (2.74%) Marketing
11 140 (2.57%) Banking
12 138 (2.53%) Games
13 131 (2.41%) Manufacturing
14 120 (2.20%) Aerospace
15 114 (2.09%) Military
15 114 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
16 99 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
17 71 (1.30%) Automotive
18 66 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
19 59 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 865 (15.89%) Senior
2 687 (12.62%) Analyst
3 437 (8.03%) Architect
4 412 (7.57%) Lead
5 387 (7.11%) Consultant
6 359 (6.59%) Security Analyst
7 317 (5.82%) Security Engineer
8 286 (5.25%) Security Consultant
9 282 (5.18%) Security Manager
9 282 (5.18%) Software Engineer
10 237 (4.35%) IT Manager
11 226 (4.15%) Security Architect
12 216 (3.97%) Technical Specialist
13 212 (3.89%) Linux Specialist
14 210 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 193 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 192 (3.53%) IT Engineer
17 169 (3.10%) IT Support
18 167 (3.07%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 156 (2.87%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (1.63%) HTML
2 80 (1.47%) .NET
3 77 (1.41%) REST
4 74 (1.36%) CSS
5 62 (1.14%) Kafka
6 61 (1.12%) Web Services
7 59 (1.08%) JSON
8 57 (1.05%) OpenID
9 54 (0.99%) AngularJS
9 54 (0.99%) Spring
10 53 (0.97%) React
11 50 (0.92%) Node.js
11 50 (0.92%) OAuth
12 42 (0.77%) jQuery
13 38 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
14 37 (0.68%) GraphQL
15 36 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
16 29 (0.53%) Middleware
16 29 (0.53%) SAML
17 28 (0.51%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 573 (10.52%) Management Information System
2 330 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 293 (5.38%) Cyber Threat
4 251 (4.61%) Social Media
5 236 (4.33%) Security Posture
6 218 (4.00%) Operational Technology
7 198 (3.64%) Algorithms
8 185 (3.40%) Cyberattack
8 185 (3.40%) Security Operations Centre
9 184 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
10 143 (2.63%) Public Cloud
11 142 (2.61%) Driving Licence
12 127 (2.33%) IoT
13 123 (2.26%) Onboarding
14 104 (1.91%) Cloud Native
15 100 (1.84%) PKI
16 86 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
17 79 (1.45%) Product Ownership
18 63 (1.16%) Private Cloud
19 58 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 1,007 (18.49%) Windows
2 670 (12.30%) Linux
3 428 (7.86%) Windows Server
4 240 (4.41%) Ubuntu
5 148 (2.72%) Windows 10
6 110 (2.02%) Apple iOS
7 96 (1.76%) Unix
8 88 (1.62%) Android
9 71 (1.30%) Mac OS
10 70 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
11 58 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
12 53 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
13 47 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
14 43 (0.79%) Kali Linux
15 27 (0.50%) Mac OS X
16 24 (0.44%) Windows 7
17 21 (0.39%) VMS
18 20 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
19 11 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
20 10 (0.18%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,068 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
2 949 (17.43%) Information Security
3 664 (12.19%) Incident Response
4 617 (11.33%) SIEM
5 556 (10.21%) Mentoring
6 540 (9.92%) Risk Management
7 522 (9.59%) Agile
7 522 (9.59%) Security Operations
8 508 (9.33%) Computer Science
9 444 (8.15%) Artificial Intelligence
10 442 (8.12%) ITIL
11 406 (7.46%) Software Engineering
12 393 (7.22%) IT Strategy
13 385 (7.07%) Penetration Testing
14 366 (6.72%) Vulnerability Management
15 359 (6.59%) Project Management
16 358 (6.57%) Coaching
17 342 (6.28%) Decision-Making
18 341 (6.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 339 (6.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 457 (8.39%) Python
2 425 (7.81%) Bash
3 286 (5.25%) SQL
4 271 (4.98%) PowerShell
5 233 (4.28%) Java
6 147 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 129 (2.37%) C
8 86 (1.58%) C#
9 63 (1.16%) Rust
10 57 (1.05%) C++
11 51 (0.94%) Embedded C
12 46 (0.84%) Go
13 34 (0.62%) TypeScript
14 28 (0.51%) Scala
15 25 (0.46%) Perl
16 23 (0.42%) PHP
17 18 (0.33%) PL/SQL
18 15 (0.28%) MATLAB
19 12 (0.22%) Ruby
20 11 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 1,166 (21.41%) Degree
2 868 (15.94%) Security Cleared
3 689 (12.65%) CISSP
4 442 (8.12%) SC Cleared
5 421 (7.73%) CISM
6 250 (4.59%) Cisco Certification
7 222 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 184 (3.38%) DV Cleared
9 169 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 163 (2.99%) CRISC
11 147 (2.70%) CCNA
12 142 (2.61%) CISA
13 137 (2.52%) CompTIA Security+
14 129 (2.37%) Master's Degree
15 119 (2.19%) CEH
16 113 (2.08%) Azure Certification
16 113 (2.08%) GIAC
17 109 (2.00%) CREST Certified
18 102 (1.87%) CCNP
19 88 (1.62%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 755 (13.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 609 (11.18%) NIST
3 345 (6.34%) GDPR
4 320 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 211 (3.88%) GRC
6 205 (3.76%) NCSC
7 160 (2.94%) PCI DSS
8 112 (2.06%) QA
9 103 (1.89%) SLA
10 84 (1.54%) Def Stans
11 81 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 75 (1.38%) NIST 800
13 72 (1.32%) ISO 9001
14 66 (1.21%) SOC 2
15 61 (1.12%) COBIT
16 58 (1.07%) Data Quality
17 51 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 43 (0.79%) JSP 440
19 41 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 17025
20 38 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 858 (15.76%) Active Directory
2 267 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 147 (2.70%) Hyper-V
4 136 (2.50%) Docker
5 46 (0.84%) vSphere
6 35 (0.64%) Firmware
6 35 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
7 34 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
8 33 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
9 27 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 11 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
11 9 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
12 6 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 5 (0.092%) XenApp
14 4 (0.073%) pfSense
14 4 (0.073%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.073%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.037%) NFS
15 2 (0.037%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 423 (7.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 214 (3.93%) Jamf Pro
3 152 (2.79%) Kubernetes
4 128 (2.35%) Terraform
5 89 (1.63%) Ansible
6 50 (0.92%) SCCM
7 48 (0.88%) WSUS
8 45 (0.83%) Grafana
9 43 (0.79%) CASB
9 43 (0.79%) Nessus
10 42 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
11 37 (0.68%) EnCase
12 32 (0.59%) FortiGate
13 28 (0.51%) QRadar
14 27 (0.50%) Puppet
14 27 (0.50%) vCenter Server
15 22 (0.40%) Stealthwatch
16 20 (0.37%) Nmap
17 19 (0.35%) CSIRT
17 19 (0.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1,629 (29.92%) Microsoft
2 357 (6.56%) VMware
3 300 (5.51%) Cisco
4 238 (4.37%) CyberArk
5 236 (4.33%) Tanium
6 170 (3.12%) Apple
7 149 (2.74%) Adobe
8 141 (2.59%) Google
9 139 (2.55%) Splunk
10 134 (2.46%) Dell
11 128 (2.35%) Veeam
12 94 (1.73%) Meraki
13 87 (1.60%) HP
14 83 (1.52%) Oracle
15 70 (1.29%) ServiceNow
16 60 (1.10%) Qualys
17 55 (1.01%) SAP
18 54 (0.99%) Fortinet
19 53 (0.97%) Juniper
20 52 (0.96%) CrowdStrike