Cybersecurity Engineer Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in Bedfordshire is £59,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 - -
75th Percentile £60,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £59,500 £47,500 £65,500
% change year-on-year +25.26% -27.48% -27.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 483 397 174
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 99.00% 97.21%
Number of salaries quoted 126 209 129
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -12.28% +3.64%
75th Percentile £54,375 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,250 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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
Luton - 1 £59,500 -
Cybersecurity Engineer
East of England

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft