Cybersecurity Job Trends in Brighton

Cybersecurity
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Brighton requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 42 47
Rank change year-on-year +16 +5 +32
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 16 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Brighton 5.26% 2.30% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.14% 2.79% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £35,875 - £57,520
25th Percentile £43,500 £57,500 £59,049
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £61,598
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -2.59% -22.11%
75th Percentile £46,500 £62,500 £68,587
90th Percentile £73,250 - £72,780
East Sussex median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £66,324
% change year-on-year -25.00% -9.54% +110.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Brighton

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 Brighton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 224 251 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 73.68% 82.57% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 179 163 260
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,900 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £76,250
East Sussex median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £55,582
% change year-on-year -2.08% +7.95% -7.36%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Brighton.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Brighton

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Brighton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Brighton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Brighton over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Brighton

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.25%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Public Sector
3 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Junior
2 5 (31.25%) Account Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Internal Account Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Junior Account Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Junior Security Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Security Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Integration Developer
4 2 (12.50%) IAM Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 7 (43.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (31.25%) Coaching
3 5 (31.25%) Logistics
3 5 (31.25%) Order Management
3 5 (31.25%) Price Optimisation
3 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) Time Management
4 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Azure Certification
2 5 (31.25%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (31.25%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
3 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) ForeScout
2 5 (31.25%) Salesforce