Cyber Defence Jobs in England

Cyber Defence
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 633 735 660
Rank change year-on-year +102 -75 -27
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 50 107 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.12% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.36% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 32 61 47
10th Percentile £43,358 £52,500 £50,150
25th Percentile £50,523 £65,000 £55,277
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +28.57% +21.74%
75th Percentile £73,250 £107,500 £96,145
90th Percentile £85,500 - £97,290
UK median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -27.78% +46.94% +6.52%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,271 30,096 38,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.77% 34.04% 43.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,369 20,900 20,691
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in England.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Defence in England

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
London +116 29 £65,000 -27.78% 29
North of England +35 6 £58,750 -6.00% 12
North West -1 6 £58,750 -9.62% 8
South East +85 5 £73,000 +9.92% 10
East of England - 4 - - 23
Midlands +60 3 £44,810 -14.65% 3
West Midlands - 3 £44,810 - 1
Cyber Defence
UK

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (8.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 15 (30.00%) Azure
2 6 (12.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (10.00%) AWS
4 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.00%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (6.00%) IaaS
5 3 (6.00%) PaaS
5 3 (6.00%) SaaS
6 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (2.00%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.00%) GCP
7 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.00%) Firewall
2 3 (6.00%) FTP
2 3 (6.00%) HTTP
2 3 (6.00%) LAN
2 3 (6.00%) SMTP
2 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (6.00%) VPN
2 3 (6.00%) WAN
3 2 (4.00%) 4G
3 2 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.00%) Network Security
4 1 (2.00%) tcpdump
4 1 (2.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) GitLab
2 1 (2.00%) JUnit
2 1 (2.00%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.00%) Finance
4 3 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.00%) Games
5 2 (4.00%) Military
5 2 (4.00%) Police
5 2 (4.00%) Retail
5 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.00%) Legal
6 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (28.00%) Lead
2 13 (26.00%) Analyst
3 12 (24.00%) Security Manager
4 11 (22.00%) Security Analyst
5 7 (14.00%) Operational Security Manager
5 7 (14.00%) Operations Manager
5 7 (14.00%) Security Operations Manager
6 5 (10.00%) Information Manager
6 5 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
7 4 (8.00%) Security Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) SOC Manager
8 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (6.00%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (6.00%) Senior
8 3 (6.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
8 3 (6.00%) Technical Manager
9 2 (4.00%) Information Analyst
9 2 (4.00%) Information Security Analyst
9 2 (4.00%) IT Operations Analyst
9 2 (4.00%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) LDAP
1 2 (4.00%) Leaflet
2 1 (2.00%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (2.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (2.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.00%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (18.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (12.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
5 3 (6.00%) Client/Server
5 3 (6.00%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
6 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.00%) Insider Threat
7 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (54.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 17 (34.00%) Information Security
4 15 (30.00%) Incident Response
5 14 (28.00%) SIEM
6 13 (26.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 12 (24.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 12 (24.00%) Mentoring
7 12 (24.00%) Risk Management
7 12 (24.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 10 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (18.00%) Cloud Security
9 9 (18.00%) Coaching
10 8 (16.00%) Agile
11 7 (14.00%) Information Security Management
11 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (12.00%) Customer Service
12 6 (12.00%) SOAR
13 5 (10.00%) Logistics
13 5 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) R
2 2 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (4.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) Bash
3 1 (2.00%) Java
3 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (26.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.00%) CISSP
3 8 (16.00%) CISM
4 7 (14.00%) DV Cleared
5 5 (10.00%) Degree
5 5 (10.00%) GCIH
6 4 (8.00%) CREST Certified
6 4 (8.00%) GIAC
6 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (6.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (6.00%) CCSP
7 3 (6.00%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (4.00%) CCSAS
8 2 (4.00%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (4.00%) CISMP
9 1 (2.00%) GCIA
9 1 (2.00%) GSEC
9 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.00%) OSCP
9 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (26.00%) NIST
2 4 (8.00%) GDPR
2 4 (8.00%) QA
3 3 (6.00%) GRC
4 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (4.00%) NCSC
5 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Kibana
1 1 (2.00%) Nessus
1 1 (2.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 23 (46.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.00%) Splunk
3 3 (6.00%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.00%) Google
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle
4 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto