Cyber Threat Job Trends in Leicestershire

Cyber Threats
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in Leicestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 88 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 0.26% 0.12% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% 0.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 £64,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £66,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.61% - -
75th Percentile £38,750 £68,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £61,250 £46,250
% change year-on-year -38.78% +32.43% +3.35%

All Generic Skills
Leicestershire

Cyber Threat 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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 155 305 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 40.05% 36.79% 42.96%
Number of salaries quoted 91 108 129
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,750 £29,300
25th Percentile £31,625 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% -11.82% +39.82%
75th Percentile £50,250 £58,713 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £82,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £41,573 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.62% -16.67% +8.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in Leicestershire

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 1 September 2025. 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
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1 £37,500 - 2
Cyber Threat
East Midlands

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike