Cyber Threat Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cyber Threats
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 114 121
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +45
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 18 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.72% 0.63% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.34% 2.05% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 6
10th Percentile £35,125 £44,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £35,313 £53,750 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £57,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.96% -3.36% +58.67%
75th Percentile £37,813 £61,563 £62,500
90th Percentile £38,375 £62,500 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -13.29%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Cyber Threat 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 770 683 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.60% 30.90% 30.12%
Number of salaries quoted 435 291 427
10th Percentile £25,600 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £39,375 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.02% -9.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 £65,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Derbyshire -11 5 - - 3
Leicestershire - 5 £37,500 -
Lincolnshire -14 4 - - 5
Northamptonshire - 3 - -
Nottinghamshire +14 1 £35,000 -39.13% 2
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Broadband
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
General
1 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Lead
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Developer
3 1 (5.56%) IAM Developer
3 1 (5.56%) Senior
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) GraphQL
1 1 (5.56%) LDAP
1 1 (5.56%) OAuth
1 1 (5.56%) OpenID
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) SAML
1 1 (5.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (83.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 15 (83.33%) Operational Technology
1 15 (83.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Mentoring
1 16 (88.89%) Risk Management
1 16 (88.89%) Roadmaps
1 16 (88.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (83.33%) Business Strategy
2 15 (83.33%) Change Advisory Board
2 15 (83.33%) Coaching
2 15 (83.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 15 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 15 (83.33%) ITIL
2 15 (83.33%) SABSA
2 15 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 15 (83.33%) Technology Roadmap
2 15 (83.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 15 (83.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 15 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.56%) Change Control
4 1 (5.56%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Bash
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
1 1 (5.56%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (94.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (88.89%) NIST
3 15 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike