Cyber Threat Jobs in London

Cyber Threats
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 384 601
Rank change year-on-year +131 +217 -30
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 231 97 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.23% 0.48% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.88% 1.17% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 63 85 132
10th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £38,973
25th Percentile £68,125 £52,500 £51,155
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -0.76% +0.77%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £85,625
90th Percentile £120,000 £123,000 £103,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,008 8,324 27,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 42.53% 41.10% 48.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,052 6,545 14,599
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £108,750 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £130,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.34% +6.67%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in London.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in London over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the London region over the 6 months to 26 October 2024. 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
Central London +54 82 £62,500 -3.85% 4
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 139 (60.17%) AWS
2 132 (57.14%) GCP
3 131 (56.71%) Azure
4 129 (55.84%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.43%) IaaS
8 1 (0.43%) PaaS
8 1 (0.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 135 (58.44%) Broadband
2 96 (41.56%) Network Security
3 10 (4.33%) Firewall
4 7 (3.03%) Wireless
4 7 (3.03%) Wireshark
5 6 (2.60%) VoIP
6 4 (1.73%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.87%) DNS
7 2 (0.87%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.87%) WAN
8 1 (0.43%) ADSL
8 1 (0.43%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 8 (3.46%) Burp Suite
1 8 (3.46%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.87%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (20.35%) Finance
2 26 (11.26%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.90%) Legal
5 8 (3.46%) Banking
5 8 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (2.60%) Games
6 6 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.16%) Retail
8 3 (1.30%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.43%) Law
10 1 (0.43%) Marketing
10 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 154 (66.67%) Analyst
2 149 (64.50%) Security Analyst
3 89 (38.53%) Cloud Security Analyst
4 83 (35.93%) Senior
5 63 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
5 63 (27.27%) Senior Security Analyst
6 46 (19.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 40 (17.32%) Development Analyst
8 12 (5.19%) Security Engineer
9 11 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (3.90%) Lead
10 9 (3.90%) Penetration Tester
10 9 (3.90%) Tester
11 8 (3.46%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.03%) Security Manager
12 7 (3.03%) Senior Security Engineer
13 6 (2.60%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.60%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 6 (2.60%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (17.32%) CSS
1 40 (17.32%) HTML
1 40 (17.32%) REST
1 40 (17.32%) XML
2 2 (0.87%) Web Services
3 1 (0.43%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 100 (43.29%) Cyberattack
2 98 (42.42%) Cloud Native
3 89 (38.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 89 (38.53%) Social Media
4 40 (17.32%) Onboarding
5 19 (8.23%) Management Information System
6 16 (6.93%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.03%) IoT
7 7 (3.03%) Taxonomies
8 6 (2.60%) Blog
8 6 (2.60%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.16%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.16%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.73%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.30%) PKI
11 3 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.33%) Windows
2 8 (3.46%) Kali Linux
2 8 (3.46%) Linux
3 2 (0.87%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (84.85%) Cybersecurity
2 122 (52.81%) Incident Response
3 106 (45.89%) Cloud Security
4 96 (41.56%) Identity Access Management
4 96 (41.56%) Programme Delivery
5 92 (39.83%) Threat Detection
6 89 (38.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 89 (38.53%) Infrastructure as Code
7 77 (33.33%) Information Security
8 71 (30.74%) DevOps
9 60 (25.97%) Agile
10 51 (22.08%) SIEM
11 41 (17.75%) Use Case
12 40 (17.32%) Content Development
12 40 (17.32%) Microservices
12 40 (17.32%) Technology Strategy
13 19 (8.23%) Risk Management
13 19 (8.23%) Security Operations
14 18 (7.79%) Penetration Testing
15 17 (7.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 45 (19.48%) Python
2 40 (17.32%) Bash
2 40 (17.32%) Java
3 14 (6.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (10.39%) Degree
2 23 (9.96%) CISSP
3 20 (8.66%) CISM
4 12 (5.19%) CISA
5 11 (4.76%) GIAC
6 10 (4.33%) CREST Certified
6 10 (4.33%) Security Cleared
7 9 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.90%) OSCP
8 8 (3.46%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.03%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.60%) Cyber Scheme
10 6 (2.60%) GPEN
10 6 (2.60%) OSWP
11 5 (2.16%) CHECK Team Leader
11 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.73%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.73%) GCED
12 4 (1.73%) GSEC
12 4 (1.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (47.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 108 (46.75%) NIST
3 105 (45.45%) GDPR
4 89 (38.53%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.60%) QA
6 5 (2.16%) COBIT
6 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.16%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) NCSC
9 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (24.68%) Docker
2 3 (1.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 70 (30.30%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.49%) Ansible
3 13 (5.63%) Terraform
4 9 (3.90%) Nessus
5 7 (3.03%) Nmap
6 6 (2.60%) CASB
7 4 (1.73%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Identity Management
8 1 (0.43%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 44 (19.05%) Google
2 43 (18.61%) Splunk
3 26 (11.26%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.16%) Zscaler
5 4 (1.73%) Darktrace
5 4 (1.73%) Intel
5 4 (1.73%) Proofpoint
5 4 (1.73%) Thales
6 2 (0.87%) Alibaba
6 2 (0.87%) CyberArk
6 2 (0.87%) Qualys
6 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.43%) ArcSight
7 1 (0.43%) Aveksa
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle
7 1 (0.43%) Salesforce