Cybersecurity Job Trends in Liverpool

Cybersecurity
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 35 20
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 +28
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 50 18 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 10.20% 4.66% 6.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.59% 5.17% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 40 4 16
10th Percentile - - £34,375
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £48,250 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -36.79% +7.82% -18.64%
75th Percentile £32,750 £55,188 £48,750
90th Percentile £56,500 £58,675 £57,375
Merseyside median annual salary £30,500 £57,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year -46.96% +31.43% -20.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 368 348 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Liverpool 75.10% 90.16% 87.03%
Number of salaries quoted 207 184 311
10th Percentile - £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,875 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,585 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £75,000 £77,500
Merseyside median annual salary £48,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.26% -1.05%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Liverpool

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Liverpool over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Liverpool

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 26 (52.00%) Azure
2 21 (42.00%) AWS
2 21 (42.00%) GitHub
3 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (42.00%) Internet
2 2 (4.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (42.00%) Git
General
1 33 (66.00%) Multimedia
2 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Finance
5 1 (2.00%) Legal
5 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (66.00%) Trainee
2 11 (22.00%) Developer
2 11 (22.00%) Software Developer
2 11 (22.00%) Trainee Developer
2 11 (22.00%) Trainee Software Developer
3 5 (10.00%) Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 5 (10.00%) Junior
3 5 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Junior Security Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Senior
3 5 (10.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.00%) Commercial Director
5 1 (2.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (2.00%) Head of Procurement
5 1 (2.00%) Product Owner
5 1 (2.00%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (42.00%) CSS
1 21 (42.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (76.00%) Mentoring
2 13 (26.00%) Line Management
3 12 (24.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (4.00%) Agile
5 2 (4.00%) Contract Management
5 2 (4.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (4.00%) Project Management
5 2 (4.00%) Scrum
5 2 (4.00%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (2.00%) Business Development
6 1 (2.00%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.00%) Change Management
6 1 (2.00%) Data Modelling
6 1 (2.00%) Document Management
6 1 (2.00%) Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (2.00%) Product Management
6 1 (2.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 21 (42.00%) JavaScript
1 21 (42.00%) Python
2 10 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (52.00%) Azure Certification
2 21 (42.00%) AWS Certification
2 21 (42.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 21 (42.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (34.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (24.00%) A+ Certification
4 12 (24.00%) CEH
4 12 (24.00%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 26 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) ForeScout
3 1 (2.00%) iManage