Cyber Threat Jobs in England

Cyber Threats
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 518 648
Rank change year-on-year +35 +130 -58
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 390 507 562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.54% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.26% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 312 298 316
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,735 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £78,191 £81,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,290 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Threat is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,443 40,387 60,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.72% 43.32% 46.27%
Number of salaries quoted 20,757 21,802 30,475
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,422 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,650 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in England

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +56 139 £72,500 +5.34% 38
North of England +14 79 £50,000 -9.09% 25
South East +34 68 £58,750 +6.82% 14
North West -16 52 £50,000 -16.00% 13
East of England +44 44 £65,000 +44.44% 5
South West -44 26 £58,750 -15.47% 17
Midlands +10 25 £65,000 +15.56% 7
Yorkshire +76 18 £60,000 +12.82% 11
East Midlands -1 16 £65,000 +85.71% 3
West Midlands +16 9 £70,000 +24.44% 4
North East +6 9 £39,500 -28.18% 1
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
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 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.51%) Apache
2 2 (0.51%) Confluence
3 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.26%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.26%) IIS
3 1 (0.26%) nginx
3 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.82%) Simulink
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 86 (22.05%) Azure
2 64 (16.41%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (15.90%) AWS
4 17 (4.36%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (2.05%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (2.05%) Cloudflare
5 8 (2.05%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.54%) GCP
7 5 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.77%) Serverless
10 2 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.51%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.51%) Google Docs
11 1 (0.26%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 92 (23.59%) Firewall
2 50 (12.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 34 (8.72%) Network Security
4 15 (3.85%) Internet
5 13 (3.33%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.31%) DNS
7 8 (2.05%) LAN
7 8 (2.05%) Wireshark
8 7 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.28%) HTTP
9 5 (1.28%) MPLS
9 5 (1.28%) SMTP
9 5 (1.28%) SNMP
9 5 (1.28%) SSL
9 5 (1.28%) Wireless
10 4 (1.03%) WAN
11 3 (0.77%) Broadband
11 3 (0.77%) DHCP
12 2 (0.51%) DMZ
12 2 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.03%) Power BI
3 2 (0.51%) Big Data
4 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
1 2 (0.51%) GitLab
1 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) GDB
2 1 (0.26%) Vagrant
General
1 114 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 83 (21.28%) Finance
3 79 (20.26%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.92%) Banking
5 23 (5.90%) Games
6 21 (5.38%) Legal
6 21 (5.38%) Retail
7 20 (5.13%) Public Sector
8 18 (4.62%) Law
9 15 (3.85%) Electronics
10 9 (2.31%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.05%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.54%) Automotive
13 6 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.77%) Front Office
16 2 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 106 (27.18%) Analyst
2 58 (14.87%) Security Analyst
3 49 (12.56%) Lead
4 48 (12.31%) Senior
5 43 (11.03%) Security Manager
6 36 (9.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 26 (6.67%) Architect
7 26 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
8 21 (5.38%) IT Manager
9 19 (4.87%) Security Engineer
10 18 (4.62%) Security Architect
11 17 (4.36%) IT Security Manager
12 16 (4.10%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
12 16 (4.10%) Cyber Threat Specialist
12 16 (4.10%) Data Manager
12 16 (4.10%) Technical Leader
12 16 (4.10%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
13 15 (3.85%) Software Engineer
14 14 (3.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 14 (3.59%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.64%) Middleware
2 8 (2.05%) Kafka
2 8 (2.05%) Laravel
3 5 (1.28%) NETCONF
4 4 (1.03%) .NET
5 3 (0.77%) React
6 2 (0.51%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.51%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.51%) Flask
6 2 (0.51%) RESTful
6 2 (0.51%) Sass
7 1 (0.26%) EDI
7 1 (0.26%) HTML
7 1 (0.26%) HTML5
7 1 (0.26%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 62 (15.90%) Management Information System
2 55 (14.10%) Cyberattack
3 41 (10.51%) Security Posture
4 37 (9.49%) Security Operations Centre
5 23 (5.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 20 (5.13%) Operational Technology
7 19 (4.87%) Client/Server
8 11 (2.82%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.31%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.31%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.31%) SCADA
10 8 (2.05%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (2.05%) Data Fabric
10 8 (2.05%) Replication
11 7 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.77%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 62 (15.90%) Windows
2 27 (6.92%) Linux
3 12 (3.08%) Ubuntu
3 12 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.82%) Unix
5 8 (2.05%) CentOS
5 8 (2.05%) Solaris
5 8 (2.05%) zOS
6 5 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.03%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (66.41%) Cybersecurity
2 145 (37.18%) Incident Response
3 109 (27.95%) Problem-Solving
4 106 (27.18%) Security Operations
4 106 (27.18%) SIEM
5 87 (22.31%) Information Security
6 72 (18.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 72 (18.46%) Threat Intelligence
7 62 (15.90%) Computer Science
7 62 (15.90%) Penetration Testing
8 48 (12.31%) Cyber Intelligence
9 46 (11.79%) Risk Management
9 46 (11.79%) Vulnerability Management
10 42 (10.77%) Agile
11 39 (10.00%) Cloud Security
12 37 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
13 35 (8.97%) Risk Assessment
14 33 (8.46%) Data Protection
14 33 (8.46%) Roadmaps
14 33 (8.46%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.92%) Python
2 19 (4.87%) PHP
3 15 (3.85%) C#
4 13 (3.33%) C
5 11 (2.82%) MATLAB
6 10 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.05%) Rust
7 8 (2.05%) SQL
8 7 (1.79%) C++
9 4 (1.03%) Bash
9 4 (1.03%) Java
10 2 (0.51%) Go
10 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.51%) R
10 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 107 (27.44%) CISSP
2 101 (25.90%) Degree
3 65 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 47 (12.05%) CompTIA Security+
5 42 (10.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 38 (9.74%) CISM
7 32 (8.21%) Cisco Certification
8 29 (7.44%) SC Cleared
9 27 (6.92%) GIAC
10 26 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 26 (6.67%) CCSP
11 22 (5.64%) CISA
11 22 (5.64%) CREST Certified
12 20 (5.13%) DV Cleared
13 16 (4.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 16 (4.10%) CEH
13 16 (4.10%) CompTIA CySA+
13 16 (4.10%) Network+ Certification
14 13 (3.33%) CRISC
15 10 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (21.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (19.23%) NIST
3 39 (10.00%) GDPR
4 32 (8.21%) GRC
5 22 (5.64%) PCI DSS
6 21 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (5.13%) SOC 2
8 13 (3.33%) HIPAA
8 13 (3.33%) NCSC
9 9 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 8 (2.05%) NIST 800
11 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (1.54%) Data Quality
13 5 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (1.28%) SLA
14 4 (1.03%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.77%) ISO 31000
15 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 3 (0.77%) PMO
16 2 (0.51%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
System Software
1 18 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.28%) Docker
4 4 (1.03%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) LXC
6 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (2.31%) QRadar
2 8 (2.05%) CSIRT
3 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.28%) Nessus
4 4 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (1.03%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.77%) SELinux
6 2 (0.51%) Ansible
6 2 (0.51%) Terraform
7 1 (0.26%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 77 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.59%) Cisco
2 14 (3.59%) Qualys
3 13 (3.33%) Splunk
4 12 (3.08%) Darktrace
5 9 (2.31%) VMware
6 8 (2.05%) IBM
6 8 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.79%) Google
8 6 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.54%) Sage
8 6 (1.54%) Workday
9 5 (1.28%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.03%) Rapid7
11 3 (0.77%) Apple
12 2 (0.51%) Alibaba
12 2 (0.51%) Intel
12 2 (0.51%) Oracle
12 2 (0.51%) SonicWALL
13 1 (0.26%) Netskope