Cyber Defence Jobs in Berkshire

Cyber Defence
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 154 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.055% 0.19% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.62% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,532 £65,230 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,368 £71,820 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% - -
75th Percentile £69,203 £78,410 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £72,000 £61,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +18.03% -18.67% +130.77%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 719 975 1,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 39.72% 30.27% 41.61%
Number of salaries quoted 295 564 631
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £34,875
25th Percentile £39,375 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,813 £74,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,137 £88,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in Berkshire

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in Berkshire

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Reading +49 1 £65,368 -8.98% 3
Cyber Defence
South East

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DTS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC