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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 28 36
Rank change year-on-year +20 +8 -17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 27 11 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 14.75% 7.64% 8.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.77% 8.15% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 24
10th Percentile - £46,250 £38,275
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +16.67% -31.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £78,313
90th Percentile £80,375 £103,750 £85,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £60,000 £53,391 £58,750
% change year-on-year +12.38% -9.12% +6.82%

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 130 135 359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 71.04% 93.75% 91.82%
Number of salaries quoted 98 66 208
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,375 £44,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £70,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.87%

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 14 January 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 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Firewall
1 4 (14.81%) Network Security
2 1 (3.70%) DHCP
2 1 (3.70%) DNS
2 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Elasticsearch
1 6 (22.22%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Cucumber
1 3 (11.11%) Cypress.io
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Electronics
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Lead
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Junior
2 5 (18.52%) Junior Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Junior Security Analyst
2 5 (18.52%) Security Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Security Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Leader
4 3 (11.11%) Test Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead Network Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Security Technical Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) AngularJS
1 6 (22.22%) MERN Stack
1 6 (22.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) CMDB
1 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Linux
2 5 (18.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) ITIL
2 6 (22.22%) Service Management
3 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.81%) Asset Management
4 4 (14.81%) Change Control
4 4 (14.81%) ITSM
4 4 (14.81%) Use Case
5 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
5 3 (11.11%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) Network Design
5 3 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 3 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Information Assurance
7 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.70%) Machine Learning
7 1 (3.70%) People Management
7 1 (3.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) Python
2 6 (22.22%) C
2 6 (22.22%) Java
2 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 6 (22.22%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) Security Cleared
2 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
3 8 (29.63%) DV Cleared
4 5 (18.52%) Azure Certification
4 5 (18.52%) CompTIA CySA+
4 5 (18.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (14.81%) CCIE
5 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.70%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 4 (14.81%) Nagios
3 1 (3.70%) Ansible
3 1 (3.70%) Nessus
3 1 (3.70%) Progress Chef
3 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) ForeScout
3 4 (14.81%) CheckPoint
3 4 (14.81%) Cisco
3 4 (14.81%) F5
3 4 (14.81%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) Splunk