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 in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 486 510
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 +156
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 193 386 474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.45% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 1.29% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 149 307 290
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,375 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £79,375 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -14.96%

All Generic Skills
England

Cyber Threat 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 18,013 29,881 39,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 36.70% 34.77% 43.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8,855 20,885 21,334
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,483
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,570
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 £111,250 £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 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 13 May 2025.

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 13 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 +47 83 £82,500 +10.00% 117
North of England +3 31 £65,000 +30.00% 42
South East +61 28 £49,000 -13.85% 63
South West +117 23 £48,507 -17.43% 17
North West -19 20 £66,367 +32.73% 16
Midlands +62 16 £61,250 -5.77% 22
West Midlands +52 13 £62,500 -10.71% 17
Yorkshire +64 10 £61,250 +2.08% 23
East of England +3 9 £41,250 -36.54% 14
East Midlands +20 2 £60,000 -7.69% 4
North East +37 1 £80,000 +102.53% 3
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 16 (8.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (30.05%) Azure
2 38 (19.69%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (16.58%) AWS
4 22 (11.40%) Entra ID
5 13 (6.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (5.70%) GCP
6 11 (5.70%) OneDrive
7 10 (5.18%) Power Automate
8 9 (4.66%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (3.11%) SaaS
10 4 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.07%) Datadog
11 3 (1.55%) Cloudflare
11 3 (1.55%) IBM Cloud
12 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 66 (34.20%) Firewall
2 19 (9.84%) DNS
2 19 (9.84%) TCP/IP
3 18 (9.33%) VPN
4 16 (8.29%) DHCP
5 15 (7.77%) Network Security
6 13 (6.74%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (5.18%) WAN
8 9 (4.66%) LAN
9 7 (3.63%) VLAN
10 5 (2.59%) Internet
10 5 (2.59%) Wireshark
11 4 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.55%) BGP
12 3 (1.55%) DMZ
12 3 (1.55%) EIGRP
12 3 (1.55%) MPLS
12 3 (1.55%) OSPF
12 3 (1.55%) SAN
12 3 (1.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.59%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.55%) GIS
3 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.04%) GitLab
1 2 (1.04%) IDA Disassembler
1 2 (1.04%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.52%) GDB
2 1 (0.52%) WinDbg
General
1 59 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 51 (26.42%) Finance
3 35 (18.13%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.84%) Legal
5 13 (6.74%) Law
5 13 (6.74%) Telecoms
6 12 (6.22%) Banking
6 12 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.18%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.63%) Electronics
9 5 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.59%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.07%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.55%) Public Speaking
12 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Marketing
12 2 (1.04%) Military
13 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (27.98%) Analyst
2 24 (12.44%) Security Manager
3 22 (11.40%) Security Analyst
4 21 (10.88%) Senior
5 18 (9.33%) Lead
5 18 (9.33%) Security Engineer
6 17 (8.81%) SOC Analyst
7 16 (8.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (5.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 10 (5.18%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (5.18%) Consultant
9 10 (5.18%) Incident Manager
10 9 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.66%) IT Manager
11 8 (4.15%) Architect
11 8 (4.15%) Security Consultant
12 7 (3.63%) Cyber Threat Analyst
12 7 (3.63%) Data Manager
12 7 (3.63%) Information Security Consultant
12 7 (3.63%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.11%) Middleware
2 4 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.55%) Leaflet
4 1 (0.52%) libvirt
4 1 (0.52%) Node.js
4 1 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.52%) React
4 1 (0.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (24.87%) Management Information System
2 28 (14.51%) Security Posture
3 19 (9.84%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (6.74%) Cyberattack
5 12 (6.22%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (5.70%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (5.18%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.59%) Clustering
9 5 (2.59%) Fixed Income
9 5 (2.59%) Virtual Team
10 4 (2.07%) Client/Server
10 4 (2.07%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (2.07%) Replication
11 3 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.55%) Cybercrime
11 3 (1.55%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.04%) Learning Management System
12 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.58%) Windows
2 26 (13.47%) Linux
3 8 (4.15%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.63%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.04%) Unix
6 2 (1.04%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (66.84%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (38.34%) Incident Response
3 56 (29.02%) SIEM
4 50 (25.91%) Security Operations
5 49 (25.39%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 49 (25.39%) Information Security
5 49 (25.39%) Threat Intelligence
6 48 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (22.80%) Risk Management
8 39 (20.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 33 (17.10%) Vulnerability Management
10 26 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (11.92%) Mentoring
12 22 (11.40%) Business Continuity
12 22 (11.40%) Cyber Intelligence
12 22 (11.40%) Data Protection
12 22 (11.40%) Threat Detection
13 19 (9.84%) Cloud Security
14 18 (9.33%) Computer Science
14 18 (9.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.40%) PowerShell
2 20 (10.36%) Python
3 14 (7.25%) Bash
4 9 (4.66%) SQL
5 6 (3.11%) C#
5 6 (3.11%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.59%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (2.59%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.55%) Go
8 2 (1.04%) C++
8 2 (1.04%) Perl
8 2 (1.04%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.52%) C
9 1 (0.52%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.52%) Java
9 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.52%) PHP
9 1 (0.52%) Rust
9 1 (0.52%) VB
9 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (20.73%) CISSP
2 33 (17.10%) Degree
3 23 (11.92%) CISM
3 23 (11.92%) Security Cleared
4 16 (8.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (6.74%) GCIH
5 13 (6.74%) SC Cleared
6 11 (5.70%) OSCP
7 10 (5.18%) CompTIA Security+
7 10 (5.18%) OSCE
8 9 (4.66%) GCIA
9 8 (4.15%) CEH
9 8 (4.15%) GIAC
10 7 (3.63%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.59%) CISA
11 5 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (2.59%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.59%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 5 (2.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (24.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (18.65%) NIST
3 27 (13.99%) GDPR
4 25 (12.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (8.29%) PCI DSS
6 10 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (3.11%) NCSC
8 5 (2.59%) SOC 2
9 4 (2.07%) GRC
10 3 (1.55%) NIST 800
11 2 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.04%) COBIT
11 2 (1.04%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (1.04%) SLA
12 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (9.33%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.22%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (5.70%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.63%) Docker
4 7 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.04%) Postfix
5 2 (1.04%) vSphere
6 1 (0.52%) Firmware
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.52%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.74%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (6.22%) SCCM
4 8 (4.15%) Terraform
5 7 (3.63%) CSIRT
6 6 (3.11%) Kubernetes
7 5 (2.59%) Puppet
8 4 (2.07%) Ansible
8 4 (2.07%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (2.07%) Graylog
8 4 (2.07%) Nessus
8 4 (2.07%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.55%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (1.55%) Iperf
9 3 (1.55%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.04%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (1.04%) Nagios
10 2 (1.04%) Nmap
10 2 (1.04%) Proxmox
10 2 (1.04%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (30.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.81%) Splunk
3 16 (8.29%) VMware
4 9 (4.66%) Fortinet
5 8 (4.15%) Cisco
6 6 (3.11%) Google
6 6 (3.11%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.59%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (2.59%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.07%) IBM
8 4 (2.07%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.55%) Apple
9 3 (1.55%) Juniper
9 3 (1.55%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (1.55%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.04%) Aruba
10 2 (1.04%) Nimble Storage
10 2 (1.04%) Sophos
10 2 (1.04%) Veeam
10 2 (1.04%) Zscaler