Cyber Kill Chain Job Trends in England

Cyber Kill Chain
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Kill Chain in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Kill Chain over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 650 621
Rank change year-on-year +128 -29 +280
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain 90 30 39
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.060% 0.086%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 36
10th Percentile - £61,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £91,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +51.24% -19.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £94,000 £112,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £91,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year -12.57% +51.24% -10.37%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Kill Chain 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 18,677 18,527 16,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.92% 37.22% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,402 8,906 12,487
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,563 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,929
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cyber Kill Chain
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Kill Chain relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Cyber Kill Chain job vacancy trend in England

Cyber Kill Chain
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Kill Chain.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cyber Kill Chain

Cyber Kill Chain
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Kill Chain in England

Cyber Kill Chain
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 Kill Chain within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
North of England +39 27 - - 22
Midlands - 22 - - 21
London +60 16 £80,000 +3.23% 9
Yorkshire - 15 - - 11
East Midlands - 15 - - 10
South East +39 10 - - 24
East of England - 10 £80,000 - 26
North West +33 8 - - 10
West Midlands - 7 - - 9
South West +9 5 £80,000 -12.57% 13
North East - 4 - - 1
Cyber Kill Chain
UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (7.78%) AWS
1 7 (7.78%) Azure
2 1 (1.11%) AWS KMS
2 1 (1.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.33%) Wireshark
2 10 (11.11%) Network Security
3 5 (5.56%) DMZ
3 5 (5.56%) Firewall
4 4 (4.44%) VPN
5 2 (2.22%) SSL
6 1 (1.11%) Modbus
General
1 9 (10.00%) Finance
2 6 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 6 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.22%) Banking
3 2 (2.22%) Financial Institution
3 2 (2.22%) Legal
4 1 (1.11%) Law
4 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (72.22%) Lead
2 9 (10.00%) Analyst
2 9 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 5 (5.56%) Consultant
3 5 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (5.56%) Incident Manager
4 4 (4.44%) Forensic Manager
4 4 (4.44%) Information Analyst
4 4 (4.44%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (3.33%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 3 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (3.33%) Security Consultant
6 2 (2.22%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (2.22%) Operational Security Analyst
6 2 (2.22%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (2.22%) Security Manager
6 2 (2.22%) Security Operations Analyst
6 2 (2.22%) Threat Hunter
7 1 (1.11%) Operations Manager
7 1 (1.11%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 71 (78.89%) Operational Technology
2 68 (75.56%) Cyber Threat
3 67 (74.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (12.22%) Security Posture
5 5 (5.56%) Cloud Native
5 5 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (5.56%) PKI
6 4 (4.44%) Blog
7 3 (3.33%) SCADA
8 2 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.11%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.44%) Linux
2 12 (13.33%) Windows
3 6 (6.67%) Unix
4 2 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (91.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 82 (91.11%) Threat Intelligence
2 77 (85.56%) Vulnerability Management
3 73 (81.11%) Security Operations
4 71 (78.89%) Risk Management
5 70 (77.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 69 (76.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 66 (73.33%) Business Strategy
7 66 (73.33%) Cyber Intelligence
7 66 (73.33%) SABSA
8 65 (72.22%) Change Advisory Board
8 65 (72.22%) Coaching
8 65 (72.22%) ITIL
8 65 (72.22%) Mentoring
8 65 (72.22%) Roadmaps
8 65 (72.22%) Technology Roadmap
9 25 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (18.89%) Incident Response
10 17 (18.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 17 (18.89%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (13.33%) GCIH
2 11 (12.22%) GCFA
2 11 (12.22%) GCIA
3 10 (11.11%) GIAC
4 8 (8.89%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.44%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.33%) CISSP
7 3 (3.33%) SANS
8 2 (2.22%) CEH
8 2 (2.22%) CISM
8 2 (2.22%) Degree
8 2 (2.22%) GREM
8 2 (2.22%) OSCP
9 1 (1.11%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (97.78%) NIST
2 72 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (72.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 7 (7.78%) GDPR
5 6 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 6 (6.67%) JSP 440
5 6 (6.67%) NCSC
6 5 (5.56%) PCI DSS
7 4 (4.44%) GRC
8 2 (2.22%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.67%) QRadar
2 2 (2.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 2 (2.22%) Suricata
3 1 (1.11%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 6 (6.67%) Splunk
2 4 (4.44%) VMware
3 2 (2.22%) CrowdStrike