Cyber Defence Job Trends in Knutsford

Cyber Defence
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Knutsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Knutsford 1.28% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £74,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,500 - -
75th Percentile £88,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £81,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Knutsford

Cyber Defence 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 Knutsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12 17 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Knutsford 15.38% 60.71% 42.59%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 34
10th Percentile £27,400 £40,550 £24,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £53,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £74,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.03% +35.45% -40.54%
75th Percentile £89,375 £84,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £84,850 £100,000
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £43,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% +19.19% -21.82%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk