Cybersecurity Engineer Job Trends in Leeds

Cybersecurity Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in Leeds is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.14% - 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £61,563 - -
90th Percentile £68,875 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 2,680 899 1,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 94.73% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,084 622 1,358
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,331
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,688 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in Leeds

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 1 August 2026, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leeds region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (75.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 3 (75.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) CRISC
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) SSCP
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (75.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) SSCP
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft