Cybersecurity Jobs in Belfast

Cybersecurity
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 49 37
Rank change year-on-year +33 -12 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 13 12 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 7.74% 2.36% 8.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.23% 2.68% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 29
10th Percentile £58,352 £62,875 £31,000
25th Percentile £61,505 £80,313 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,151 £90,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.06% +45.16% +24.62%
75th Percentile £80,937 - £66,000
90th Percentile £85,374 - -
County Antrim median annual salary £70,151 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +65.06% -22.73% +13.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 448 728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 94.05% 88.19% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 38 228 391
10th Percentile £45,125 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £33,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £96,500 £87,500 £68,750
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +6.95%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Belfast

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Belfast

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Belfast over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Belfast

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) GCP
3 3 (23.08%) IaaS
3 3 (23.08%) PaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Senior
2 5 (38.46%) Auditor
2 5 (38.46%) Senior Auditor
3 3 (23.08%) Security Auditor
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Risk Management
2 5 (38.46%) Coaching
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Deployment
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (23.08%) Cryptography
3 3 (23.08%) Data Science
3 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) Information Security
3 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
3 3 (23.08%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (23.08%) Sociotechnical
3 3 (23.08%) Web Development
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
2 1 (7.69%) CCNA
2 1 (7.69%) CCNP
2 1 (7.69%) CCSP
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ITGC
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NCSC
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow