Cybersecurity Jobs in County Antrim

Cybersecurity
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in County Antrim requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 47 35
Rank change year-on-year +40 -12 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 30 22 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 15.38% 3.31% 9.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.22% 3.75% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 38
10th Percentile £57,902 - £31,250
25th Percentile £60,379 £41,250 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.38% -6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £81,295 £90,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,518 £91,000 £68,325
Northern Ireland median annual salary £69,384 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +63.26% -22.73% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 185 586 782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 94.87% 88.12% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 42 277 415
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,438 £38,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,813 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £88,249 £87,500 £70,450
Northern Ireland median annual salary £52,500 £53,454 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.78% +6.91% +11.11%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in County Antrim

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in County Antrim.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in County Antrim

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in County Antrim

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in County Antrim over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in County Antrim

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
Belfast +42 30 £69,384 -22.91% 43
Cybersecurity
Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (40.00%) AWS
2 8 (26.67%) Google Workspace
3 5 (16.67%) Azure
3 5 (16.67%) GCP
4 4 (13.33%) IaaS
4 4 (13.33%) PaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Banking
4 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Billing
5 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Senior
2 8 (26.67%) Lead
3 7 (23.33%) IT Support
4 6 (20.00%) Auditor
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Auditor
5 4 (13.33%) Security Auditor
6 2 (6.67%) Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Accounts Receivable Specialist
7 1 (3.33%) Cloud Security Specialist
7 1 (3.33%) Cloud Specialist
7 1 (3.33%) IT Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Lead Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Lead Security Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Principal Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Principal Security Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Operational Technology
1 7 (23.33%) Smartphone
2 4 (13.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 10 (33.33%) Information Security
3 9 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 8 (26.67%) Risk Analysis
5 7 (23.33%) Matrix Organization
5 7 (23.33%) Product Strategy
5 7 (23.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (23.33%) Security Monitoring
5 7 (23.33%) Service Delivery
5 7 (23.33%) User Experience
6 6 (20.00%) Coaching
6 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (13.33%) CI/CD
7 4 (13.33%) Configuration Management
7 4 (13.33%) Continuous Deployment
7 4 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (13.33%) Cryptography
7 4 (13.33%) DevOps
7 4 (13.33%) Privileged Access Management
8 3 (10.00%) Data Science
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.33%) CCNA
3 1 (3.33%) CCNP
3 1 (3.33%) CCSP
3 1 (3.33%) CISSP
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.67%) ITGC
1 2 (6.67%) NCSC
1 2 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) Google
2 7 (23.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco