Cyberattack Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cyberattack
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 111 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 48 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.45% 0.062% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.59% 0.18% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 - -
75th Percentile £42,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £42,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% -7.69% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 858 568 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.94% 34.98% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 464 311 856
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £24,807
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +23.53% -19.05%
75th Percentile £57,000 £62,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £61,206 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.05% +11.28% -15.38%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyberattack relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cyberattack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
Leicestershire - 14 - -
Nottinghamshire - 11 £38,500 - 1
Derbyshire -17 8 - -
Lincolnshire - 8 - -
Northamptonshire - 7 - -
Cyberattack
England

Cyberattack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 44 (91.67%) Azure
2 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
2 2 (4.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Broadband
General
1 42 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (87.50%) Ethical Hacker
2 4 (8.33%) Analyst
2 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 4 (8.33%) IT Analyst
2 4 (8.33%) IT Security Analyst
2 4 (8.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (2.08%) Developer
3 1 (2.08%) IAM Developer
3 1 (2.08%) Senior
3 1 (2.08%) Senior Developer
3 1 (2.08%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) GraphQL
1 2 (4.17%) LDAP
1 2 (4.17%) OAuth
1 2 (4.17%) OpenID
1 2 (4.17%) REST
1 2 (4.17%) SAML
1 2 (4.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) CSOC
1 4 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (87.50%) Ethical Hacking
3 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 4 (8.33%) Cloud Security
4 4 (8.33%) Incident Response
4 4 (8.33%) ITSM
4 4 (8.33%) Security Operations
4 4 (8.33%) SIEM
4 4 (8.33%) Use Case
4 4 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (4.17%) Change Control
5 2 (4.17%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (4.17%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (4.17%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (4.17%) Roadmaps
5 2 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) Bash
1 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.17%) SQL
1 2 (4.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (87.50%) Azure Certification
1 42 (87.50%) CEH
2 4 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (8.33%) SANS
2 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.17%) NCSC
1 2 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 46 (95.83%) Microsoft
2 42 (87.50%) ForeScout