Cyber Security Posture Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Cybersecurity Posture
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 112
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.29% - 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.24% - 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £49,625
25th Percentile £70,400 - £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 - £65,000
75th Percentile £78,800 - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £74,600 - £65,000

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

Cyber Security Posture 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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 161 249 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 23.13% 41.92% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 99 82 298
10th Percentile £31,900 £29,650 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £31,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +24.35% -8.10%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £79,040 £75,000 £72,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £50,918
% change year-on-year -13.46% +2.12% -3.01%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Security Posture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Cyber Security Posture job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Cyber Security Posture
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cyber Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cyber Security Posture

Cyber Security Posture
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Security Posture within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 26 January 2026. 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
Gloucester - 2 £74,600 - 1
Cyber Security Posture
South West

Cyber Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001