Cyber Defence Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in East Sussex

Cyber Defence
South East > East Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in East Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Feb 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	47	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence	0	4	0
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex	-	1.06%	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	-	3.74%	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
South East median annual salary	£47,000	-	-

All Generic Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	146	107	180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex	27.29%	28.38%	27.52%
Number of salaries quoted	124	66	89
10^th Percentile	£25,500	£38,750	£21,150
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£47,500	£32,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£58,250	£50,000	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+16.50%	+11.11%	-24.07%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£65,000	£60,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£85,000	£70,487
South East median annual salary	£49,000	£57,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-14.78%	+15.00%	-9.09%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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