Cybersecurity Jobs in Kent

Cybersecurity
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 36 46
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 64 75 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.33% 6.48% 6.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.25% 6.75% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 58 61 55
10th Percentile £37,750 - £27,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £27,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -33.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £72,577 £65,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% -8.33% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,218 1,111 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.41% 95.94% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 893 548 701
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,625 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.29% +5.28% +11.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £69,750 £73,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +9.45%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Kent

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Kent.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Kent

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Kent over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Kent

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Kent region over the 6 months to 25 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
Maidstone +2 18 £42,500 +49.12% 4
Gravesend - 15 £55,000 - 5
Chatham +12 10 £38,500 -11.49%
West Malling -6 5 £42,500 +1.19%
Dartford -8 3 £147,500 +247.06% 3
Sevenoaks -2 2 £52,500 +69.35%
Tunbridge Wells -7 1 £105,000 +31.25%
Tonbridge - 1 £39,000 -
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.25%) Simulink
2 4 (6.25%) Stateflow
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 31 (48.44%) Azure
2 22 (34.38%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.25%) AWS
4 2 (3.13%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.56%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (45.31%) Firewall
2 12 (18.75%) 4G
2 12 (18.75%) 5G
2 12 (18.75%) MPLS
2 12 (18.75%) WAN
3 11 (17.19%) DNS
4 4 (6.25%) J1939
5 3 (4.69%) NAS
5 3 (4.69%) SAN
6 1 (1.56%) Network Security
6 1 (1.56%) SSL
6 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.56%) MySQL
1 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
2 3 (4.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (39.06%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.44%) Finance
3 13 (20.31%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.25%) Automotive
5 3 (4.69%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.13%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Advertising
7 1 (1.56%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Analyst
2 17 (26.56%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (20.31%) Vulnerability Analyst
4 11 (17.19%) Senior
5 10 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 7 (10.94%) Security Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) Administrator
8 4 (6.25%) IT Manager
8 4 (6.25%) IT Technician
8 4 (6.25%) Network Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
9 3 (4.69%) Cloud Architect
9 3 (4.69%) Cloud Security Architect
9 3 (4.69%) IT Project Manager
9 3 (4.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.69%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.69%) Senior IT Technician
9 3 (4.69%) Senior Technician
9 3 (4.69%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) ASP.NET
1 4 (6.25%) CSS
1 4 (6.25%) HTML
2 3 (4.69%) .NET
2 3 (4.69%) jQuery
3 2 (3.13%) Web Services
4 1 (1.56%) Node.js
4 1 (1.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (28.13%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (23.44%) Management Information System
3 14 (21.88%) Driving Licence
4 13 (20.31%) IoT
5 9 (14.06%) ARM Cortex
5 9 (14.06%) Security Posture
6 8 (12.50%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (6.25%) Algorithms
7 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
7 4 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (4.69%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (3.13%) Digital Media
10 1 (1.56%) CCTV
10 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (43.75%) Windows
2 8 (12.50%) Android
2 8 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 7 (10.94%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.56%) Linux
4 1 (1.56%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (35.94%) Patch Management
3 18 (28.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 16 (25.00%) Data Management
5 15 (23.44%) Project Management
6 14 (21.88%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 11 (17.19%) Change Control
7 11 (17.19%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (17.19%) Threat Detection
8 8 (12.50%) Time Management
9 7 (10.94%) Cloud Security
10 6 (9.38%) Customer Service
11 5 (7.81%) Agile
11 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
12 4 (6.25%) Analytics
12 4 (6.25%) Computer Science
12 4 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
12 4 (6.25%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
12 4 (6.25%) Security Operations
12 4 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) C
1 4 (6.25%) C#
1 4 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 4 (6.25%) MATLAB
1 4 (6.25%) SQL
2 3 (4.69%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.56%) Bash
3 1 (1.56%) PHP
3 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
1 12 (18.75%) CTC Cleared
1 12 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.63%) Degree
3 4 (6.25%) CESG Certified Professional
3 4 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.13%) PMP
5 1 (1.56%) CISA
5 1 (1.56%) CISM
5 1 (1.56%) CISSP
5 1 (1.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (21.88%) GDPR
3 12 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (15.63%) COSHH
5 4 (6.25%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (6.25%) ISO 26262
6 1 (1.56%) GRC
6 1 (1.56%) NCSC
6 1 (1.56%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (23.44%) Active Directory
2 13 (20.31%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (20.31%) FortiGate
2 11 (17.19%) WSUS
3 4 (6.25%) Functional Safety
4 3 (4.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (25.00%) Darktrace
1 16 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.31%) Cisco
3 12 (18.75%) HP
3 12 (18.75%) NEC
4 11 (17.19%) VMware
5 9 (14.06%) Mitel
5 9 (14.06%) Ribbon
6 4 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (4.69%) AppDynamics
7 3 (4.69%) New Relic
7 3 (4.69%) Veeam
8 2 (3.13%) Civica
9 1 (1.56%) Apple
9 1 (1.56%) Aruba
9 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.56%) Sage