Cybersecurity Jobs in Leeds

Cybersecurity
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 46 50
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 108 174 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 4.76% 5.90% 5.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.52% 6.04% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 93 100 60
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,515 £55,888
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% +22.59% +1.61%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,329 £72,813
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £95,625
West Yorkshire median annual salary £59,526 £64,029 £55,888
% change year-on-year -7.03% +14.57% +1.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,957 2,880 3,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 86.25% 97.59% 97.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,402 1,680 2,516
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,972 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,750 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,996 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Leeds over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Leeds

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (2.78%) IIS
1 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (32.41%) Azure
2 11 (10.19%) AWS
3 9 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.78%) GCP
5 3 (2.78%) SaaS
6 1 (0.93%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 23 (21.30%) Firewall
2 19 (17.59%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (4.63%) Network Security
4 2 (1.85%) DMZ
4 2 (1.85%) DNS
4 2 (1.85%) HTTP
4 2 (1.85%) Internet
4 2 (1.85%) SMTP
4 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.85%) tcpdump
4 2 (1.85%) VPN
4 2 (1.85%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.93%) LAN
5 1 (0.93%) VLAN
5 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.63%) MySQL
2 4 (3.70%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Git
2 2 (1.85%) Burp Suite
General
1 27 (25.00%) Law
2 21 (19.44%) Social Skills
3 13 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.19%) Finance
4 11 (10.19%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.63%) Games
6 3 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.85%) Local Government
8 1 (0.93%) Banking
8 1 (0.93%) Legal
8 1 (0.93%) Marketing
8 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (25.00%) Lead
2 20 (18.52%) Team Leader
3 19 (17.59%) Analyst
4 12 (11.11%) Consultant
4 12 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 11 (10.19%) Architect
5 11 (10.19%) Developer
5 11 (10.19%) Security Consultant
6 10 (9.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (8.33%) Data Architect
8 7 (6.48%) Information Security Consultant
8 7 (6.48%) IT Manager
8 7 (6.48%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.63%) Penetration Tester
9 5 (4.63%) PHP Developer
9 5 (4.63%) Tester
10 4 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Senior
11 3 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 3 (2.78%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) Laravel
2 4 (3.70%) RESTful
3 3 (2.78%) .NET
3 3 (2.78%) OAuth
3 3 (2.78%) OpenID
3 3 (2.78%) REST
3 3 (2.78%) Web Services
4 1 (0.93%) HTML
4 1 (0.93%) Node.js
4 1 (0.93%) Vue
4 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.19%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.56%) Cyberattack
2 6 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (5.56%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.78%) NHS
4 3 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.78%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.93%) SCADA
5 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.33%) Linux
2 6 (5.56%) Windows
3 3 (2.78%) Unix
3 3 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.93%) Android
4 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.93%) VMS
4 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (29.63%) Information Security
1 32 (29.63%) SIEM
2 31 (28.70%) Incident Response
3 24 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (21.30%) ISMS
5 19 (17.59%) Migration
6 18 (16.67%) Cryptography
6 18 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
7 17 (15.74%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (15.74%) Kalman Filter
7 17 (15.74%) Social Engineering
7 17 (15.74%) Vulnerability Management
8 14 (12.96%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 13 (12.04%) Security Operations
10 12 (11.11%) Information Governance
11 10 (9.26%) Cloud Security
11 10 (9.26%) Security Testing
12 9 (8.33%) Architecture Roadmap
12 9 (8.33%) Roadmaps
12 9 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.48%) SQL
2 6 (5.56%) PHP
3 3 (2.78%) Python
4 1 (0.93%) Java
4 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.93%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (11.11%) Degree
2 11 (10.19%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (8.33%) SSCP
4 8 (7.41%) Security Cleared
5 7 (6.48%) OSCP
5 7 (6.48%) SC Cleared
6 6 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.70%) CCNA
7 4 (3.70%) CEH
7 4 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.70%) MCSE
7 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.78%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.85%) CASP
9 2 (1.85%) CISM
9 2 (1.85%) CISSP
9 2 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.85%) Linux+ Certification
9 2 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (9.26%) NIST
3 9 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (7.41%) GDPR
5 6 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (4.63%) COBIT
6 5 (4.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (2.78%) QA
8 1 (0.93%) GRC
8 1 (0.93%) NCSC
8 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Nessus
2 2 (1.85%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.85%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (0.93%) SCCM
3 1 (0.93%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.41%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.70%) HP
3 4 (3.70%) Splunk
4 3 (2.78%) Cisco
4 3 (2.78%) Citrix
4 3 (2.78%) VMware
5 1 (0.93%) Apple
5 1 (0.93%) Epicor
5 1 (0.93%) Veeam