Cybersecurity Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Cybersecurity
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 187 58 100
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 8.93% 10.23% 8.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.59% 12.01% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 115 45 85
10th Percentile £33,900 £29,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,536 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,987 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.07% -0.02% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,250 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 - £80,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,683 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.35% -23.71% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,613 483 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 76.99% 85.19% 81.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 308 687
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £66,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £80,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -11.82% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Gloucestershire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Cheltenham +10 115 £47,500 -9.52% 31
Gloucester -21 20 £55,000 +78.86% 14
Cirencester - 2 £44,000 -
Filton -4 1 £67,000 - 4
Tewkesbury -10 1 £44,000 -14.15% 3
Stroud - 1 £33,500 -
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Apache
3 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 50 (26.74%) Azure
2 29 (15.51%) AWS
3 28 (14.97%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.67%) GCP
6 4 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.09%) Firewall
2 15 (8.02%) Unified Communications
3 10 (5.35%) Cisco ASA
3 10 (5.35%) Cisco Firepower
3 10 (5.35%) LAN
3 10 (5.35%) VLAN
3 10 (5.35%) WAN
3 10 (5.35%) WebEx
4 9 (4.81%) DHCP
4 9 (4.81%) DNS
5 7 (3.74%) Wireless
6 6 (3.21%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.67%) Network Security
8 4 (2.14%) VPN
9 1 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (0.53%) Big Data
1 1 (0.53%) Flink
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) JIRA
2 2 (1.07%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.07%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.07%) Git
2 2 (1.07%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.07%) TestRail
2 2 (1.07%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 49 (26.20%) Public Sector
3 15 (8.02%) Telecoms
4 10 (5.35%) Banking
4 10 (5.35%) Marketing
4 10 (5.35%) Retail
5 7 (3.74%) Finance
5 7 (3.74%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.14%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.07%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (17.11%) Consultant
1 32 (17.11%) Security Consultant
2 25 (13.37%) Senior
3 24 (12.83%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 23 (12.30%) Analyst
4 23 (12.30%) Penetration Tester
4 23 (12.30%) Tester
5 15 (8.02%) Junior
5 15 (8.02%) Support Engineer
6 14 (7.49%) Account Manager
6 14 (7.49%) Security Analyst
6 14 (7.49%) Senior Account Manager
6 14 (7.49%) Senior Manager
6 14 (7.49%) Software Engineer
7 12 (6.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 12 (6.42%) Ethical Hacker
7 12 (6.42%) Junior Analyst
7 12 (6.42%) Junior Security Analyst
8 10 (5.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.35%) XMPP
2 2 (1.07%) Playwright
3 1 (0.53%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.49%) Driving Licence
3 12 (6.42%) Cyberattack
3 12 (6.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (5.35%) FlexPod
4 10 (5.35%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.74%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (3.74%) Replication
5 7 (3.74%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (3.74%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.67%) Blog
6 5 (2.67%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.14%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.60%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.07%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.07%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.07%) Social Media
10 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.11%) Windows
2 24 (12.83%) Linux
3 11 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.28%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.74%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.07%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (14.44%) Penetration Testing
2 19 (10.16%) Mentoring
3 17 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (9.09%) Software Engineering
4 14 (7.49%) Security Testing
5 13 (6.95%) Cloud Security
6 12 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (6.42%) Ethical Hacking
7 11 (5.88%) Security Operations
8 10 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (5.35%) Customer Service
8 10 (5.35%) Data Management
8 10 (5.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (5.35%) Performance Management
8 10 (5.35%) Project Delivery
9 9 (4.81%) Presales
10 7 (3.74%) OWASP
10 7 (3.74%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (3.74%) SIEM
10 7 (3.74%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.63%) Python
2 11 (5.88%) C++
2 11 (5.88%) Rust
3 8 (4.28%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.21%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.67%) Go
6 3 (1.60%) C
7 2 (1.07%) Java
8 1 (0.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 48 (25.67%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.83%) Azure Certification
4 22 (11.76%) DV Cleared
5 17 (9.09%) CEH
6 12 (6.42%) CompTIA CySA+
6 12 (6.42%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (6.42%) CREST Certified
7 7 (3.74%) CHECK Team Member
7 7 (3.74%) OSCP
8 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.07%) CISSP
9 2 (1.07%) Degree
10 1 (0.53%) CISA
10 1 (0.53%) CISM
10 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.21%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.67%) GDPR
4 4 (2.14%) NIST
4 4 (2.14%) QA
5 2 (1.07%) NCSC
6 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (10.70%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 7 (3.74%) Virtual Servers
3 7 (3.74%) vSphere
4 4 (2.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (8.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (5.88%) Terraform
3 10 (5.35%) Ansible
3 10 (5.35%) Cisco CUCM
3 10 (5.35%) Grafana
4 6 (3.21%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.07%) Nessus
5 2 (1.07%) Nmap
6 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (31.55%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.83%) ForeScout
3 12 (6.42%) Cisco
3 12 (6.42%) VMware
4 10 (5.35%) Fortinet
4 10 (5.35%) Palo Alto
4 10 (5.35%) Splunk
5 7 (3.74%) NetApp
6 5 (2.67%) Apple
7 1 (0.53%) Citrix
7 1 (0.53%) Meraki
7 1 (0.53%) Sage