Cyber Defence Job Trends in Bristol

Cyber Defence
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.048% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median annual salary £31,330 - £45,186
% change year-on-year - - -50.97%

All Generic Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 374 527 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 18.02% 38.05% 38.06%
Number of salaries quoted 274 288 559
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £36,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,959
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +1.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,164 £77,715
90th Percentile £81,250 £84,125 £93,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.21% +0.48%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Defence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in Bristol

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cyber Defence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security