Cyber Threat Job Trends in Bristol

Cyber Threats
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 89 104
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 +48
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 8 16 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.40% 1.11% 1.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.07% 2.98% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 23
10th Percentile £63,500 £39,125 £46,544
25th Percentile £65,000 £43,438 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £51,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.10% -18.00% -32.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,438 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,400 £62,375 -
South West median annual salary £80,000 £56,695 £62,500
% change year-on-year +41.11% -9.29% -10.71%

All Generic Skills
Bristol

Cyber Threat 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 387 537 648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 19.27% 37.16% 39.27%
Number of salaries quoted 285 301 545
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £81,150 £85,000 £95,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Bristol

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in Bristol

Cyber Threat
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 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Law
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Avionics
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Security Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Product Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) SOAR
4 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bash
1 2 (25.00%) C
1 2 (25.00%) C++
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CCSP
1 1 (12.50%) CEH
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) Def Stans
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware