Cyber Defence Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Defence
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.17% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £37,250 - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £43,000 £72,000 £66,410
% change year-on-year -40.28% +8.42% -11.45%

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 364 483 748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 20.48% 48.79% 37.93%
Number of salaries quoted 218 174 440
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,536 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +16.67% -15.89%
75th Percentile £65,188 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.91%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cyber Defence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 3 £42,500 - 1
Cyber Defence
South East

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (100.00%) Cloudflare
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Incident Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Graylog
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft