Cybersecurity Jobs in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 21 35
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 203 167 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.37% 8.59% 7.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% 8.96% 7.34%
Number of salaries quoted 151 101 93
10th Percentile £30,750 £45,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,625 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £83,750 £95,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -3.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,262 1,863 3,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.14% 95.88% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,832 1,371 2,281
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £43,725 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Birmingham over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Birmingham

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.97%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 54 (26.60%) Azure
2 30 (14.78%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (11.33%) Entra ID
4 15 (7.39%) SaaS
5 13 (6.40%) AWS
5 13 (6.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (4.93%) IaaS
7 9 (4.43%) GCP
8 8 (3.94%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.96%) PaaS
9 6 (2.96%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.97%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.97%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.99%) Serverless
13 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (16.75%) Firewall
2 19 (9.36%) WAN
3 16 (7.88%) DHCP
3 16 (7.88%) DNS
4 15 (7.39%) SD-WAN
5 8 (3.94%) Network Security
5 8 (3.94%) Unified Communications
6 6 (2.96%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (2.46%) 5G
8 4 (1.97%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.97%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (1.97%) iSCSI
8 4 (1.97%) LAN
8 4 (1.97%) NGFW
8 4 (1.97%) SNMP
8 4 (1.97%) Wireless
9 3 (1.48%) 3GPP
9 3 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.99%) 4G
10 2 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.39%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.96%) Power BI
2 6 (2.96%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.97%) CANoe
2 3 (1.48%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.99%) Git
3 2 (0.99%) GitLab
General
1 38 (18.72%) Finance
1 38 (18.72%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.75%) Telecoms
3 18 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.87%) Legal
4 9 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.96%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.46%) Retail
8 4 (1.97%) Automotive
8 4 (1.97%) Banking
8 4 (1.97%) Marketing
8 4 (1.97%) Multimedia
9 3 (1.48%) Turkish Language
10 2 (0.99%) Aviation
10 2 (0.99%) Games
10 2 (0.99%) Police
11 1 (0.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (15.27%) Architect
2 28 (13.79%) Senior
3 17 (8.37%) Senior Architect
4 16 (7.88%) Analyst
4 16 (7.88%) IT Manager
5 14 (6.90%) Lead
6 13 (6.40%) Consultant
6 13 (6.40%) Network Engineer
6 13 (6.40%) Security Architect
7 12 (5.91%) Data Manager
7 12 (5.91%) Senior Security Architect
8 11 (5.42%) Cisco Architect
8 11 (5.42%) Head of IT
8 11 (5.42%) Project Manager
8 11 (5.42%) Senior Cisco Architect
9 9 (4.43%) Senior Manager
10 8 (3.94%) Data Governance Manager
10 8 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.94%) Strategy Manager
10 8 (3.94%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.91%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.96%) Middleware
3 4 (1.97%) EDI
4 3 (1.48%) .NET
4 3 (1.48%) HTML
4 3 (1.48%) jQuery
4 3 (1.48%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 3 (1.48%) XML
5 2 (0.99%) OAuth
5 2 (0.99%) OpenID
5 2 (0.99%) REST
5 2 (0.99%) Web Services
6 1 (0.49%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.49%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.49%) Blazor
6 1 (0.49%) CSS
6 1 (0.49%) HTML5
6 1 (0.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 36 (17.73%) Data Centre
2 35 (17.24%) Management Information System
3 14 (6.90%) Freedom of Information
3 14 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (6.90%) Taxonomies
4 10 (4.93%) Private Cloud
4 10 (4.93%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.96%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.97%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.97%) Infotainment
8 4 (1.97%) IoT
8 4 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.97%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.48%) CMDB
9 3 (1.48%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.48%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (21.18%) Windows
2 16 (7.88%) Windows 10
2 16 (7.88%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.94%) Linux
4 6 (2.96%) Solaris
4 6 (2.96%) Ubuntu
4 6 (2.96%) Unix
5 4 (1.97%) VMS
5 4 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (21.67%) Information Security
2 37 (18.23%) Presales
3 35 (17.24%) Software Licensing
4 29 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 26 (12.81%) Analytics
5 26 (12.81%) Risk Management
6 24 (11.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (11.82%) Security Operations
7 22 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
7 22 (10.84%) ITIL
7 22 (10.84%) Time Management
8 21 (10.34%) Computer Science
9 20 (9.85%) Decision-Making
9 20 (9.85%) Technology Strategy
10 19 (9.36%) Data Protection
11 18 (8.87%) Agile
11 18 (8.87%) Configuration Management
11 18 (8.87%) Project Management
12 17 (8.37%) IT Strategy
13 15 (7.39%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.43%) SQL
2 7 (3.45%) Python
3 5 (2.46%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.97%) C
4 4 (1.97%) Java
5 3 (1.48%) C#
6 2 (0.99%) R
7 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 59 (29.06%) Degree
2 34 (16.75%) Security Cleared
3 26 (12.81%) SC Cleared
4 15 (7.39%) Azure Certification
5 14 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (6.40%) CCNA
6 13 (6.40%) CCNP
7 12 (5.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (5.42%) CISSP
8 11 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (4.93%) AWS Certification
9 10 (4.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.93%) CISM
10 9 (4.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 8 (3.94%) MCP
12 6 (2.96%) CISA
13 5 (2.46%) PCI QSA
14 4 (1.97%) CREST Certified
15 3 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (1.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.39%) NIST
3 8 (3.94%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.94%) GRC
4 7 (3.45%) PCI DSS
4 7 (3.45%) QA
5 5 (2.46%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.46%) NCSC
6 4 (1.97%) GDPR
6 4 (1.97%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 37 (18.23%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.93%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.97%) pfSense
5 1 (0.49%) vSphere
5 1 (0.49%) XenApp
5 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (7.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.96%) CASB
2 6 (2.96%) Stealthwatch
3 2 (0.99%) Terraform
4 1 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 67 (33.00%) Microsoft
2 35 (17.24%) Adobe
2 35 (17.24%) Apple
3 22 (10.84%) Cisco
4 20 (9.85%) Aruba
5 16 (7.88%) Juniper
6 11 (5.42%) Meraki
7 9 (4.43%) CheckPoint
7 9 (4.43%) Fortinet
7 9 (4.43%) Veeam
7 9 (4.43%) VMware
8 5 (2.46%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (1.97%) Barracuda Networks
9 4 (1.97%) BroadSoft
9 4 (1.97%) Brocade
9 4 (1.97%) Dell
9 4 (1.97%) Dell Compellent
9 4 (1.97%) QNAP
9 4 (1.97%) Sophos
9 4 (1.97%) Zerto