Cybersecurity Job Trends in Colchester

Cybersecurity
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Colchester requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 35 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Colchester 22.58% - 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 29.17% - 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.24%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £26,372
% change year-on-year - +32.72% -52.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Colchester

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 Colchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 120 20 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester 77.42% 90.91% 79.20%
Number of salaries quoted 51 17 67
10th Percentile £30,000 £21,250 £31,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £26,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £76,250
Essex median annual salary £49,500 £46,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.03% +2.78% -5.26%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Colchester

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Colchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester 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 34 (97.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
General
1 34 (97.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (60.00%) Analyst
1 21 (60.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 21 (60.00%) Security Analyst
2 20 (57.14%) Junior
2 20 (57.14%) Junior Analyst
2 20 (57.14%) Junior Security Analyst
3 14 (40.00%) Ethical Hacker
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Mentoring
2 14 (40.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection
3 1 (2.86%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (2.86%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (2.86%) SIEM
3 1 (2.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 34 (97.14%) Azure Certification
2 21 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 20 (57.14%) CompTIA CySA+
4 15 (42.86%) CEH
5 1 (2.86%) CCNA
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.86%) CISSP
5 1 (2.86%) Degree
Vendors
1 34 (97.14%) ForeScout
1 34 (97.14%) Microsoft