Cyber Threat Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Threats
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 85 107
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 4 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.27% 0.88% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.11% 2.32% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 14
10th Percentile £44,000 £40,625 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +15.15% -35.29%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £56,250
90th Percentile - £49,375 £68,875
South East median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% -20.83% +11.63%

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 361 345 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 24.39% 37.79% 37.84%
Number of salaries quoted 219 152 354
10th Percentile £20,000 £36,250 £29,150
25th Percentile £33,250 £50,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £60,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £60,000 £74,125 £61,141
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -9.09%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 March 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 -23 1 - - 3
Aylesbury - 1 £50,000 -
Cyber Threat
South East

Cyber Threat
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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) SABSA
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CRISC
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) COBIT
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft