Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs in England

Cybersecurity Specialist
UK > England

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in England is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 868 1095
Rank change year-on-year +150 +227 -254
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 117 57 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.062% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.068% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 96 53 38
10th Percentile - £43,800 £27,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £60,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% -21.31% +12.96%
75th Percentile £54,688 £72,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £100,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,500 £58,000 £65,689
% change year-on-year -12.93% -11.70% -2.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,809 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in England

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in England

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Specialist in England

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
South East +74 71 £50,500 +10.38%
North of England +47 21 £60,000 -11.76%
North West +30 21 £60,000 -11.76%
London +115 20 £80,000 +28.51% 7
South West - 4 £45,000 -
Cybersecurity Specialist
UK

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Cybersecurity Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 117 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (70.09%) NIST
3 68 (58.12%) GRC
3 68 (58.12%) Def Stans
4 25 (21.37%) Degree
5 22 (18.80%) Risk Management
6 18 (15.38%) Finance
7 16 (13.68%) Security Cleared
7 16 (13.68%) Incident Response
8 14 (11.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (11.11%) Information Security
9 13 (11.11%) Operational Technology
10 12 (10.26%) Change Management
10 12 (10.26%) Social Skills
10 12 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (7.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 9 (7.69%) Manufacturing
11 9 (7.69%) Computer Science
12 8 (6.84%) CISM
12 8 (6.84%) CISSP
12 8 (6.84%) Firewall
12 8 (6.84%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (5.98%) Vulnerability Management
13 7 (5.98%) Mentoring
13 7 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (5.98%) NCSC
14 6 (5.13%) Information Assurance
14 6 (5.13%) Security Architecture
14 6 (5.13%) CISA
14 6 (5.13%) Windows

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (4.27%) AWS
2 4 (3.42%) Azure
3 2 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.84%) Firewall
2 3 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (2.56%) X.509
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) SonarQube
General
1 18 (15.38%) Finance
2 12 (10.26%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 6 (5.13%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.71%) Automotive
7 1 (0.85%) Advertising
7 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.85%) Legal
7 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 9 (7.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 8 (6.84%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (5.13%) Security Posture
5 5 (4.27%) PKI
6 3 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.85%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.13%) Linux
1 6 (5.13%) Windows
2 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.85%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (18.80%) Risk Management
3 16 (13.68%) Incident Response
4 13 (11.11%) Information Security
5 12 (10.26%) Change Management
5 12 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (7.69%) Computer Science
7 7 (5.98%) Mentoring
7 7 (5.98%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (5.13%) Coaching
8 6 (5.13%) Cyber Assurance
8 6 (5.13%) Information Assurance
8 6 (5.13%) Security Architecture
9 5 (4.27%) Critical Thinking
9 5 (4.27%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (4.27%) SIEM
9 5 (4.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 4 (3.42%) Risk Assessment
11 3 (2.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (2.56%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 25 (21.37%) Degree
2 16 (13.68%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.84%) CISM
3 8 (6.84%) CISSP
4 7 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.13%) CISA
6 4 (3.42%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (1.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (70.09%) NIST
2 68 (58.12%) Def Stans
2 68 (58.12%) GRC
3 14 (11.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.98%) NCSC
5 6 (5.13%) GDPR
5 6 (5.13%) NIST 800
6 4 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (2.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.71%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (1.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.85%) OpenAM
2 1 (0.85%) Terminal Services
2 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (4.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.71%) VMware
3 1 (0.85%) Cisco
3 1 (0.85%) ForgeRock
3 1 (0.85%) Qualys
3 1 (0.85%) Sonatype