Cyber Threat Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Cyber Threats
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 79 100
Rank change year-on-year +22 +21 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 2 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.32% 1.23% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.17% 3.31% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile £77,500 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £79,375 £43,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% +14.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £94,375 £86,875 £56,250
90th Percentile £95,500 £104,250 -
South West median annual salary £73,750 £51,695 £62,500
% change year-on-year +42.66% -17.29% -10.46%

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 171 302 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 27.63% 37.19% 41.11%
Number of salaries quoted 120 108 185
10th Percentile £31,950 £28,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £58,780 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% +8.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,813 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,125 £78,650
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +7.32%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 7 December 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
Gloucester +16 2 £87,500 +63.89% 2
Cyber Threat
South West

Cyber Threat
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) ICMP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (50.00%) Arduino
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared