Cybersecurity Job Trends in Leicestershire

Cybersecurity
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 38 35
Rank change year-on-year +17 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 31 20 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 5.46% 4.52% 5.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.78% 4.91% 5.90%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 15
10th Percentile £31,600 £30,585 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,645 £42,500 £61,439
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -30.83% +89.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £56,500 £79,103
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £47,683 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.36% -20.53% +26.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 457 407 424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 80.46% 92.08% 89.45%
Number of salaries quoted 322 163 293
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,100 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -14.98% +5.24%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,750 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.94% -4.00% -4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Leicestershire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Leicester -1 10 £80,000 +45.45% 7
Loughborough -2 5 - - 1
Lutterworth +4 4 £35,000 -9.68%
Coalville - 3 £41,645 - 1
Market Harborough - 2 £70,000 -
Melton Mowbray - 2 £41,250 - 1
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1 £37,500 -
Cybersecurity
East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (54.84%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) AWS
3 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) VPN
2 1 (3.23%) Network Security
2 1 (3.23%) Wireless
2 1 (3.23%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.23%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.90%) Aerospace
4 4 (12.90%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Electronics
4 4 (12.90%) Finance
4 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
4 4 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.23%) Social Housing
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 11 (35.48%) Security Analyst
3 10 (32.26%) Junior
3 10 (32.26%) Junior Analyst
3 10 (32.26%) Junior Security Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) IT Director
4 4 (12.90%) Security Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Support Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Technical Support
4 4 (12.90%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Trainee
6 1 (3.23%) QA Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Quality Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Security Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Solutions Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (16.13%) Driving Licence
3 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
4 3 (9.68%) Security Posture
5 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Linux
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Mac OS X
3 1 (3.23%) Android
3 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Mentoring
2 7 (22.58%) Information Security
3 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
3 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
3 6 (19.35%) ITIL
3 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.90%) Budget Management
5 4 (12.90%) Business Strategy
5 4 (12.90%) Coaching
5 4 (12.90%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.90%) ERP
5 4 (12.90%) Organisational Awareness
5 4 (12.90%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (12.90%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (12.90%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (9.68%) Cloud Security
6 3 (9.68%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (9.68%) Risk Management
6 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 12 (38.71%) CompTIA Security+
2 10 (32.26%) Azure Certification
2 10 (32.26%) CompTIA CySA+
3 8 (25.81%) Degree
4 4 (12.90%) CISM
4 4 (12.90%) CISSP
4 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (12.90%) CRISC
4 4 (12.90%) MCP
4 4 (12.90%) MCSA
4 4 (12.90%) MCSE
4 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
5 3 (9.68%) DBS Check
6 2 (6.45%) A+ Certification
6 2 (6.45%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (6.45%) CISMP
6 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (6.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.90%) PCI DSS
3 3 (9.68%) GRC
4 2 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (6.45%) GDPR
4 2 (6.45%) ISO 9001
4 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (6.45%) NCSC
4 2 (6.45%) QA
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Nessus
1 1 (3.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 16 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) ForeScout
3 4 (12.90%) SAP
3 4 (12.90%) VMware
4 1 (3.23%) Aareon
4 1 (3.23%) Civica
4 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.23%) Northgate
4 1 (3.23%) Qualys