Cybersecurity Job Trends in Cumbria

Cybersecurity
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 50 32
Rank change year-on-year +34 -18 -8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 23 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 6.13% 0.20% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.30% 0.25% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £27,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -36.84% -17.39%
75th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £41,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -25.45% -4.35% -1.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 315 398 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 84.00% 80.24% 87.60%
Number of salaries quoted 136 174 110
10th Percentile £29,063 £35,861 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,748 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +33.33% -13.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,350 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,708 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cumbria over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Cumbria

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Penrith - 8 £50,000 -
Barrow-in-Furness - 4 £48,500 - 2
Grange-over-Sands - 1 - -
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 10 (43.48%) Azure
1 10 (43.48%) Entra ID
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) IT Support
1 12 (52.17%) Lead
1 12 (52.17%) Support Team Leader
1 12 (52.17%) Team Leader
2 5 (21.74%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Principal Security Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) ICT Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (43.48%) Strategic Planning
3 4 (17.39%) Information Security
4 3 (13.04%) Security Management
5 2 (8.70%) Information Management
5 2 (8.70%) Product Strategy
6 1 (4.35%) Agile
6 1 (4.35%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.35%) Change Control
6 1 (4.35%) Coaching
6 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.35%) Project Management
6 1 (4.35%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (4.35%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.35%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (4.35%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) DBS Check
2 4 (17.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (13.04%) CISSP
3 3 (13.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (8.70%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (8.70%) CISM
4 2 (8.70%) Degree
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) Def Stans
2 2 (8.70%) GRC