Cybersecurity Jobs in Bristol

Cybersecurity
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 97 281 247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 7.78% 9.03% 9.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.19% 10.26% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 86 218 137
10th Percentile £24,750 £45,668 £39,294
25th Percentile £25,078 £52,813 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £68,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.39% +5.38% -1.05%
75th Percentile £55,000 £71,000 £73,853
90th Percentile £68,750 £107,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £47,683 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.53% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,184 2,740 2,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 94.95% 88.07% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 770 2,062 1,479
10th Percentile £30,975 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,231 £43,750 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £58,000 £59,191
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -2.01% +11.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,433 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Bristol

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Bristol

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Bristol over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Bristol

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Avonmouth - 1 £65,000 - 2
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.46%) Azure
2 12 (12.37%) AWS
3 7 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.19%) GCP
5 5 (5.15%) GitHub
6 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.09%) SaaS
8 2 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.06%) IaaS
8 2 (2.06%) PaaS
9 1 (1.03%) Akamai
9 1 (1.03%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.03%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.03%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (1.03%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.03%) Datadog
9 1 (1.03%) Serverless
9 1 (1.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.22%) Firewall
2 5 (5.15%) DHCP
2 5 (5.15%) DNS
3 3 (3.09%) Internet
3 3 (3.09%) Network Security
4 2 (2.06%) LAN
4 2 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.06%) VLAN
4 2 (2.06%) WAN
5 1 (1.03%) BGP
5 1 (1.03%) DMZ
5 1 (1.03%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.03%) Intranet
5 1 (1.03%) OSPF
5 1 (1.03%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.03%) SSL
5 1 (1.03%) VoIP
5 1 (1.03%) VPN
5 1 (1.03%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.15%) NoSQL
2 4 (4.12%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Git
1 5 (5.15%) GitLab
2 2 (2.06%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.06%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.03%) JIRA
3 1 (1.03%) Maven
General
1 31 (31.96%) Finance
2 25 (25.77%) Presentation Skills
3 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
4 21 (21.65%) Banking
5 8 (8.25%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.12%) Legal
7 3 (3.09%) Marketing
7 3 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.06%) French Language
8 2 (2.06%) German Language
8 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.03%) Back Office
9 1 (1.03%) Electronics
9 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (27.84%) Systems Engineer
2 21 (21.65%) Graduate
3 16 (16.49%) Graduate Sales Executive
3 16 (16.49%) Sales Executive
4 8 (8.25%) Analyst
5 5 (5.15%) Security Analyst
5 5 (5.15%) Software Engineer
6 4 (4.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) Security Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) IT Analyst
7 3 (3.09%) IT Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Lead
7 3 (3.09%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Project Engineer
7 3 (3.09%) Project Leader
7 3 (3.09%) Senior
8 2 (2.06%) Marketing Manager
8 2 (2.06%) Penetration Tester
8 2 (2.06%) Senior Tester
8 2 (2.06%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.37%) Software Packaging
2 4 (4.12%) Kafka
3 1 (1.03%) EDI
3 1 (1.03%) Hugging Face
3 1 (1.03%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.03%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.59%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.19%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.15%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.12%) Hackathon
4 4 (4.12%) Learning Management System
4 4 (4.12%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.09%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.03%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.03%) CCTV
7 1 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.03%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.03%) IoT
7 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.03%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.15%) Windows
2 4 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.09%) Linux
4 2 (2.06%) Unix
5 1 (1.03%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (35.05%) Artificial Intelligence
2 30 (30.93%) Agile
3 27 (27.84%) Systems Engineering
4 25 (25.77%) MODAF
5 24 (24.74%) Software Engineering
5 24 (24.74%) SysML
5 24 (24.74%) UML
6 21 (21.65%) Customer Experience
7 16 (16.49%) Fintech
8 14 (14.43%) Mathematics
9 13 (13.40%) Line Management
10 8 (8.25%) Analytics
10 8 (8.25%) Risk Management
11 7 (7.22%) API Integration
11 7 (7.22%) Business Continuity
11 7 (7.22%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (7.22%) Mentoring
11 7 (7.22%) Risk Analysis
12 6 (6.19%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (6.19%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 24 (24.74%) MATLAB
2 15 (15.46%) Python
3 9 (9.28%) Bash
3 9 (9.28%) Java
4 6 (6.19%) C#
5 5 (5.15%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.15%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.15%) SQL
6 4 (4.12%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 51 (52.58%) Degree
2 24 (24.74%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (11.34%) Security Cleared
4 9 (9.28%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.22%) Master's Degree
6 5 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.15%) PhD
7 2 (2.06%) CHECK Team Member
7 2 (2.06%) CISSP
7 2 (2.06%) CREST Certified
7 2 (2.06%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.06%) PMP
8 1 (1.03%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.03%) CCNA
8 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.03%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.03%) MCP
8 1 (1.03%) MCSA
8 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.34%) NIST
2 10 (10.31%) GDPR
2 10 (10.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.12%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.12%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.09%) Def Stans
4 3 (3.09%) SLA
5 2 (2.06%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.03%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.03%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (7.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.09%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.06%) vSphere
4 1 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (2.06%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.06%) Nmap
2 1 (1.03%) Ansible
2 1 (1.03%) Iperf
2 1 (1.03%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.15%) VMware
3 4 (4.12%) F5
3 4 (4.12%) Google
3 4 (4.12%) IBM
3 4 (4.12%) Splunk
4 3 (3.09%) Cisco
4 3 (3.09%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.06%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (2.06%) Veeam
5 2 (2.06%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.03%) Cribl.io
6 1 (1.03%) Databricks
6 1 (1.03%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.03%) Meraki
6 1 (1.03%) Oracle
6 1 (1.03%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.03%) Ruckus Wireless
6 1 (1.03%) SonicWALL