Cybersecurity Jobs in the East of England

Cybersecurity
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 55 84
Rank change year-on-year -8 +29 -12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 151 148 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.90% 4.07% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 4.29% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 117 73 135
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,700 £34,700
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £68,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £64,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.16% -1.54% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,937 3,451 6,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.61% 94.91% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,718 1,725 2,889
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East of England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +18 71 £60,000 +20.00% 10
Cambridgeshire +11 30 £47,500 -13.64% 14
Bedfordshire +9 22 £48,750 -30.36% 2
Suffolk +4 12 £40,000 -14.67% 4
Norfolk -22 8 £45,000 -40.00% 1
Essex -23 8 £33,186 -39.66% 4
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 18 (11.92%) SharePoint
2 15 (9.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.31%) CMS
4 2 (1.32%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (30.46%) Azure
2 35 (23.18%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (7.28%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.62%) AWS
5 9 (5.96%) SaaS
6 6 (3.97%) GCP
7 5 (3.31%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.99%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.32%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.66%) dbt
10 1 (0.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.57%) TCP/IP
2 21 (13.91%) Firewall
3 12 (7.95%) Ethernet
4 11 (7.28%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (5.30%) DHCP
5 8 (5.30%) DNS
5 8 (5.30%) SAN
5 8 (5.30%) VoIP
6 6 (3.97%) Internet
6 6 (3.97%) LAN
6 6 (3.97%) Network Security
6 6 (3.97%) WAN
7 5 (3.31%) MPLS
7 5 (3.31%) NAS
7 5 (3.31%) SD-WAN
8 4 (2.65%) Wireless
9 2 (1.32%) OSPF
9 2 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.32%) VPN
9 2 (1.32%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.27%) MySQL
2 9 (5.96%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.65%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.99%) Power BI
5 2 (1.32%) Big Data
6 1 (0.66%) Flink
6 1 (0.66%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (3.97%) Bitbucket
2 5 (3.31%) JIRA
3 4 (2.65%) Git
3 4 (2.65%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (2.65%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 46 (30.46%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.56%) Finance
3 13 (8.61%) Aerospace
4 11 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.28%) Law
5 9 (5.96%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.31%) Automotive
7 5 (3.31%) Electronics
7 5 (3.31%) Marketing
8 4 (2.65%) Retail
9 3 (1.99%) Legal
9 3 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.99%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.32%) Aviation
10 2 (1.32%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.32%) French Language
10 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.32%) Local Government
10 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (10.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (9.27%) Analyst
3 13 (8.61%) Developer
3 13 (8.61%) Security Manager
4 12 (7.95%) Consultant
4 12 (7.95%) PHP Developer
4 12 (7.95%) Security Engineer
5 11 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 11 (7.28%) Security Analyst
6 10 (6.62%) Security Consultant
6 10 (6.62%) Support Technician
7 9 (5.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 9 (5.96%) IT Support
7 9 (5.96%) Senior
8 8 (5.30%) Lead
8 8 (5.30%) Managing Consultant
8 8 (5.30%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (3.97%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.97%) PHP Symfony Developer
9 6 (3.97%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.97%) Laravel
1 6 (3.97%) Symfony
2 4 (2.65%) Vue
2 4 (2.65%) Zend Framework
3 3 (1.99%) Fluent Bit
4 1 (0.66%) FHIR
4 1 (0.66%) Flutter
4 1 (0.66%) HTML
4 1 (0.66%) Ionic Framework
4 1 (0.66%) Middleware
4 1 (0.66%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.26%) Operational Technology
2 13 (8.61%) Management Information System
3 12 (7.95%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (5.30%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.64%) CCTV
5 7 (4.64%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (4.64%) IoT
5 7 (4.64%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (3.97%) Virtual Team
7 5 (3.31%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (3.31%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.65%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.65%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.65%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.99%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.85%) Windows
2 23 (15.23%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.97%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.31%) Linux
4 5 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.99%) Mac OS X
5 3 (1.99%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.32%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (1.32%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.66%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (13.25%) Information Security
3 17 (11.26%) Mentoring
3 17 (11.26%) Project Delivery
4 16 (10.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (9.93%) Security Operations
6 14 (9.27%) Risk Management
6 14 (9.27%) Security Architecture
6 14 (9.27%) SIEM
7 13 (8.61%) Agile
7 13 (8.61%) Client Onboarding
7 13 (8.61%) Coaching
8 11 (7.28%) ITIL
9 10 (6.62%) Architectural Patterns
9 10 (6.62%) Incident Response
9 10 (6.62%) Roadmaps
10 9 (5.96%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (5.96%) Business Development
10 9 (5.96%) Computer Science
11 8 (5.30%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.60%) PowerShell
2 12 (7.95%) PHP
2 12 (7.95%) Python
2 12 (7.95%) SQL
3 5 (3.31%) Bash
4 4 (2.65%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.99%) C++
6 1 (0.66%) Java
6 1 (0.66%) Swift
Qualifications
1 31 (20.53%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.26%) Degree
2 17 (11.26%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.93%) CISSP
4 13 (8.61%) CISM
5 9 (5.96%) CASP
5 9 (5.96%) CRISC
5 9 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (5.30%) CEH
7 7 (4.64%) MCSE
8 5 (3.31%) CCNA
8 5 (3.31%) CISA
8 5 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (3.31%) HNC
8 5 (3.31%) HND
9 4 (2.65%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (2.65%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.65%) MCSA
10 3 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (10.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (9.27%) GDPR
4 9 (5.96%) NCSC
5 8 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (5.30%) NIST
5 8 (5.30%) SLA
6 6 (3.97%) GRC
6 6 (3.97%) NIST 800
7 2 (1.32%) COBIT
7 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.66%) HL7
System Software
1 24 (15.89%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.96%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.64%) Firmware
4 5 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (8.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (1.99%) Fluentd
2 3 (1.99%) logstash
3 2 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.66%) Nessus
4 1 (0.66%) QRadar
4 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (30.46%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.96%) Splunk
3 8 (5.30%) Meraki
4 7 (4.64%) VMware
5 5 (3.31%) Cisco
5 5 (3.31%) Google
6 4 (2.65%) Zend
7 3 (1.99%) Veeam
8 2 (1.32%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.32%) HP
9 1 (0.66%) Acronis
9 1 (0.66%) Aruba
9 1 (0.66%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.66%) IBM
9 1 (0.66%) Sage
9 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.66%) Sophos
9 1 (0.66%) Synology
9 1 (0.66%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.66%) Zscaler