Cyber Defence Jobs in the East Midlands

Cyber Defence
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 163 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.042% 0.14% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.092% 0.56% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% - -
75th Percentile £38,750 £58,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year +1.56% +0.39% +2.82%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Cyber Defence 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 1,083 1,068 926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.62% 25.32% 42.71%
Number of salaries quoted 445 545 416
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,645 £45,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% -15.09% +9.84%
75th Percentile £58,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -10.77% +4.00%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in the East Midlands

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cyber Defence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
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 Cyber Defence within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Leicestershire - 1 £37,500 - 1
Cyber Defence
England

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike