Cybersecurity Job Trends in Cheltenham

Cybersecurity
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 14 36
Rank change year-on-year +8 +22 -6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 127 11 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 13.70% 8.80% 5.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.26% 11.46% 5.70%
Number of salaries quoted 60 5 11
10th Percentile £32,600 £42,200 £50,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68,125 £56,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £65,250 £92,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -11.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 736 96 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 79.40% 76.80% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 512 65 149
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,400 £30,575
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £85,250
Gloucestershire median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -4.35%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Cheltenham

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.15%) Apache
2 3 (2.36%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.17%) Azure
2 15 (11.81%) AWS
3 7 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.72%) GCP
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.15%) Serverless
6 3 (2.36%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.09%) Unified Communications
2 8 (6.30%) Firewall
3 5 (3.94%) Network Security
4 4 (3.15%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (3.15%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (3.15%) LAN
4 4 (3.15%) VLAN
4 4 (3.15%) WAN
4 4 (3.15%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (3.15%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (3.15%) Flink
2 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.36%) Metadata
3 1 (0.79%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (2.36%) JIRA
2 2 (1.57%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.57%) Git
2 2 (1.57%) TestRail
2 2 (1.57%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (15.75%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.24%) Public Sector
3 9 (7.09%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.51%) Finance
5 5 (3.94%) Marketing
6 4 (3.15%) Banking
6 4 (3.15%) Retail
7 2 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (19.69%) Software Engineer
2 15 (11.81%) Consultant
2 15 (11.81%) Security Consultant
3 14 (11.02%) Analyst
4 13 (10.24%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 8 (6.30%) Penetration Tester
5 8 (6.30%) Tester
6 7 (5.51%) Security Researcher
6 7 (5.51%) SOC Analyst
6 7 (5.51%) Test Engineer
7 6 (4.72%) Business Development Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Business Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Development Manager
7 6 (4.72%) Junior
8 5 (3.94%) Developer
8 5 (3.94%) Graduate
8 5 (3.94%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) Terraform
2 4 (3.15%) XMPP
3 2 (1.57%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.51%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (3.94%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (3.15%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.15%) FlexPod
3 4 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.15%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (2.36%) Cyberattack
4 3 (2.36%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.57%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.57%) Legacy Code
5 2 (1.57%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.57%) Replication
6 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.02%) Linux
2 10 (7.87%) Windows
3 5 (3.94%) Android
3 5 (3.94%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.36%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.71%) Software Engineering
2 10 (7.87%) Security Operations
3 9 (7.09%) Vulnerability Research
4 8 (6.30%) Business Development
4 8 (6.30%) Cloud Security
4 8 (6.30%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (5.51%) Mentoring
5 7 (5.51%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (5.51%) Test Automation
6 5 (3.94%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (3.94%) Ethical Hacking
6 5 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (3.94%) Reverse Engineering
7 4 (3.15%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (3.15%) Data Architecture
7 4 (3.15%) Data Management
7 4 (3.15%) Data Modelling
7 4 (3.15%) ETL
7 4 (3.15%) Performance Management
7 4 (3.15%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.66%) Python
2 8 (6.30%) C++
3 7 (5.51%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.94%) C
4 5 (3.94%) Rust
4 5 (3.94%) TypeScript
5 4 (3.15%) Scala
6 2 (1.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.87%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.30%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.51%) CHECK Team Member
5 6 (4.72%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.36%) CEH
6 3 (2.36%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.57%) CISSP
7 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.79%) CISA
8 1 (0.79%) CISM
8 1 (0.79%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.15%) QA
2 2 (1.57%) GDPR
2 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.57%) NCSC
2 2 (1.57%) NIST
3 1 (0.79%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.79%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.15%) Ansible
1 4 (3.15%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (3.15%) Grafana
1 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.72%) ForeScout
3 5 (3.94%) Cisco
3 5 (3.94%) Splunk
4 4 (3.15%) Fortinet
4 4 (3.15%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.36%) Google
5 3 (2.36%) VMware
6 2 (1.57%) NetApp
7 1 (0.79%) Apple
7 1 (0.79%) Citrix