Cybersecurity Jobs in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 22 30 42
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 498 524 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.89% 7.79% 6.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.29% 8.04% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 364 215 221
10th Percentile £33,250 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,313 £50,000 £41,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £82,970
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,005 6,515 6,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.09% 96.86% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,520 3,307 4,728
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,550 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -3 204 £55,000 -14.06% 34
Warwickshire +18 87 £60,000 +9.09% 13
Solihull +13 41 £62,500 -16.67% 10
Staffordshire +1 33 £44,500 -14.83% 9
Shropshire - 25 £75,000 - 12
Worcestershire -2 23 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Coventry +9 6 £65,000 +4.00% 6
Halesowen - 6 £40,000 -
Herefordshire +4 2 £60,000 -4.00% 6
Wolverhampton -16 2 £41,250 -38.89% 5
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 31 (6.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.60%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 56 (11.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 56 (11.24%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (9.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.00%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.60%) Simulink
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 94 (18.88%) Azure
2 64 (12.85%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (6.22%) SaaS
4 25 (5.02%) Power Platform
5 24 (4.82%) AWS
6 23 (4.62%) Entra ID
7 21 (4.22%) IaaS
8 20 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (3.82%) Power Automate
9 19 (3.82%) PowerApps
10 17 (3.41%) PaaS
11 12 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (2.01%) GCP
13 9 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.61%) GitHub
14 8 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (0.80%) Amazon S3
15 4 (0.80%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 74 (14.86%) Firewall
2 30 (6.02%) WAN
3 27 (5.42%) DHCP
3 27 (5.42%) DNS
4 16 (3.21%) SAN
5 15 (3.01%) SD-WAN
6 14 (2.81%) LAN
7 12 (2.41%) VPN
8 11 (2.21%) Network Security
9 10 (2.01%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (2.01%) Unified Communications
10 8 (1.61%) Ethernet
10 8 (1.61%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (1.20%) 5G
11 6 (1.20%) TCP/IP
12 5 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (0.80%) iSCSI
13 4 (0.80%) SNMP
13 4 (0.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.02%) Power BI
2 15 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.81%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.40%) Metadata
6 2 (0.40%) MySQL
6 2 (0.40%) Tableau
7 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (1.61%) SonarQube
2 5 (1.00%) CANoe
3 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.40%) Git
4 2 (0.40%) GitLab
4 2 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 134 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 65 (13.05%) Finance
3 59 (11.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 35 (7.03%) Legal
6 35 (7.03%) Telecoms
7 26 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (5.02%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.21%) Automotive
10 14 (2.81%) Retail
11 9 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.61%) Games
12 8 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.41%) Law
13 7 (1.41%) Marketing
14 5 (1.00%) Banking
14 5 (1.00%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.60%) Local Government
15 3 (0.60%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 57 (11.45%) Architect
2 54 (10.84%) Analyst
3 50 (10.04%) Senior
4 35 (7.03%) Senior Architect
5 27 (5.42%) Solutions Architect
6 26 (5.22%) IT Manager
7 25 (5.02%) Developer
8 24 (4.82%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 21 (4.22%) Network Engineer
10 20 (4.02%) Data Scientist
10 20 (4.02%) Security Analyst
11 19 (3.82%) Platform Architect
11 19 (3.82%) Power Platform Architect
11 19 (3.82%) Power Platform Developer
11 19 (3.82%) Security Manager
11 19 (3.82%) Senior Developer
12 18 (3.61%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 18 (3.61%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 18 (3.61%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
12 18 (3.61%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.41%) 802.1X
2 8 (1.61%) ARM Templates
2 8 (1.61%) Azure Blueprints
3 7 (1.41%) EDI
4 6 (1.20%) Middleware
5 4 (0.80%) .NET
6 3 (0.60%) HTML
6 3 (0.60%) jQuery
6 3 (0.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (0.60%) XML
7 2 (0.40%) OAuth
7 2 (0.40%) OpenID
7 2 (0.40%) REST
7 2 (0.40%) Web Services
8 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.20%) Blazor
8 1 (0.20%) CSS
8 1 (0.20%) HTML5
8 1 (0.20%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.05%) Management Information System
2 50 (10.04%) Driving Licence
3 41 (8.23%) Data Centre
4 22 (4.42%) Security Operations Centre
5 21 (4.22%) Algorithms
6 18 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.81%) Freedom of Information
7 14 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.81%) Taxonomies
8 13 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 13 (2.61%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.01%) Operational Technology
9 10 (2.01%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.81%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.41%) Clustering
12 6 (1.20%) SCADA
13 5 (1.00%) CMDB
13 5 (1.00%) IoT
13 5 (1.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 81 (16.27%) Windows
2 36 (7.23%) Windows Server
3 29 (5.82%) Linux
4 17 (3.41%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.01%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.20%) Solaris
6 6 (1.20%) Unix
7 4 (0.80%) CentOS
7 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.80%) VMS
7 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.40%) Android
8 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (18.27%) Information Security
3 62 (12.45%) Mentoring
4 59 (11.85%) Decision-Making
4 59 (11.85%) Project Management
5 56 (11.24%) Incident Response
6 52 (10.44%) Analytics
6 52 (10.44%) Risk Management
7 47 (9.44%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (9.04%) Computer Science
8 45 (9.04%) Data Protection
9 41 (8.23%) Disaster Recovery
10 40 (8.03%) Data Modelling
10 40 (8.03%) Data Science
11 39 (7.83%) Coaching
12 38 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 37 (7.43%) Data Collection
14 36 (7.23%) Presales
15 35 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 35 (7.03%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.61%) PowerShell
1 13 (2.61%) SQL
2 9 (1.81%) Python
3 8 (1.61%) C
4 5 (1.00%) Java
4 5 (1.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.80%) Bash
6 3 (0.60%) C#
6 3 (0.60%) MATLAB
6 3 (0.60%) R
7 2 (0.40%) C++
7 2 (0.40%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 118 (23.69%) Degree
2 105 (21.08%) Security Cleared
3 47 (9.44%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.82%) CISSP
5 23 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (3.82%) CISM
7 17 (3.41%) CCNA
7 17 (3.41%) CCNP
8 16 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (3.01%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (2.01%) AWS Certification
12 10 (2.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.01%) CISA
13 9 (1.81%) OSCP
13 9 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 8 (1.61%) MCP
15 7 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 6 (1.20%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (10.84%) GDPR
3 50 (10.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 41 (8.23%) ISO 9001
4 41 (8.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 37 (7.43%) NIST
6 19 (3.82%) GRC
7 16 (3.21%) NCSC
8 13 (2.61%) Def Stans
8 13 (2.61%) QA
9 11 (2.21%) Data Quality
10 10 (2.01%) PCI DSS
11 8 (1.61%) Accessibility
11 8 (1.61%) ISO 26262
12 4 (0.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.60%) Automotive SPICE
13 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.40%) IEC 61131
14 2 (0.40%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 68 (13.65%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.22%) Hyper-V
3 18 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.21%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (1.61%) Docker
6 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.80%) pfSense
7 4 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.80%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.80%) VMware Server
7 4 (0.80%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (7.43%) EnCase
2 17 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.01%) Terraform
4 9 (1.81%) Kubernetes
5 8 (1.61%) Ansible
6 6 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.20%) CASB
7 5 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
7 5 (1.00%) Stealthwatch
8 4 (0.80%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.60%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.40%) Nagios
10 2 (0.40%) SCCM
11 1 (0.20%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 206 (41.37%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.03%) Apple
3 34 (6.83%) Adobe
4 30 (6.02%) Cisco
4 30 (6.02%) VMware
5 23 (4.62%) Aruba
6 19 (3.82%) Dell
7 16 (3.21%) Juniper
8 14 (2.81%) Veeam
9 13 (2.61%) Sage
10 12 (2.41%) Meraki
11 9 (1.81%) CheckPoint
11 9 (1.81%) EqualLogic
11 9 (1.81%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (1.20%) Sophos
13 5 (1.00%) NetApp
13 5 (1.00%) Nimble Storage
13 5 (1.00%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (0.80%) HP