Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Cybersecurity Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in Birmingham is £37,935 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 145 133
Rank change year-on-year +34 -12 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 1 3 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.068% 0.11% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.12% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £59,000 -
25th Percentile £37,716 £59,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,935 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.64% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £38,154 £71,875 £63,750
90th Percentile - £74,500 £64,500
West Midlands median annual salary £53,688 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.10% +4.17% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,388 2,572 1,864
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 94.28% 93.48%
Number of salaries quoted 799 2,098 1,427
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,991 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,914 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,964 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Birmingham

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Birmingham

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST