Cybersecurity Jobs in Merseyside

Cybersecurity
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 16 31
Rank change year-on-year -14 +15 +3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 76 131 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 5.60% 12.45% 7.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.04% 13.45% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54 59 43
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £37,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,500 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% +12.73% +34.15%
75th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,700 - £71,000
North West median annual salary £52,084 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.99% +3.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,080 974 1,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.59% 92.59% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 748 393 690
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,500 £62,827
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Merseyside

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Merseyside

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Merseyside over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Merseyside

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
Liverpool -14 64 £44,375 -28.43% 6
St Helens - 3 £85,000 -
Prenton - 2 £32,500 -
Cybersecurity
North West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (1.32%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (25.00%) Azure
2 14 (18.42%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (15.79%) SaaS
4 6 (7.89%) AWS
4 6 (7.89%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.63%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (1.32%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.58%) DHCP
2 4 (5.26%) Firewall
3 3 (3.95%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.63%) Network Security
5 1 (1.32%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (36.84%) Legal
2 23 (30.26%) Finance
3 13 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.79%) Law
4 12 (15.79%) Social Skills
5 8 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (9.21%) Banking
7 2 (2.63%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.32%) Games
8 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.32%) Local Government
8 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (21.05%) IT Manager
1 16 (21.05%) Project Manager
2 11 (14.47%) Security Manager
3 10 (13.16%) Analyst
3 10 (13.16%) Systems Manager
4 7 (9.21%) Lead
4 7 (9.21%) Senior
5 6 (7.89%) Governance Analyst
5 6 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (6.58%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Consultant
6 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Developer
7 4 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.95%) Change Project Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) .NET
2 3 (3.95%) AngularJS
2 3 (3.95%) CSS
2 3 (3.95%) HTML
2 3 (3.95%) HTML5
2 3 (3.95%) jQuery
2 3 (3.95%) Vue
3 2 (2.63%) Jest
3 2 (2.63%) OAuth
3 2 (2.63%) OpenID
3 2 (2.63%) REST
3 2 (2.63%) Sass
3 2 (2.63%) Vitest
3 2 (2.63%) Web Services
4 1 (1.32%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.32%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.32%) Material Design
4 1 (1.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 20 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 11 (14.47%) Security Posture
3 9 (11.84%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (9.21%) Cyberattack
5 6 (7.89%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.21%) Windows
2 6 (7.89%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.32%) Unix
3 1 (1.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
1 22 (28.95%) Roadmaps
2 19 (25.00%) Project Management
3 18 (23.68%) Information Security
4 15 (19.74%) Decision-Making
4 15 (19.74%) Security Operations
5 14 (18.42%) Agile
5 14 (18.42%) Migration
6 13 (17.11%) Lean Six Sigma
6 13 (17.11%) Six Sigma
7 12 (15.79%) Business Analysis
8 11 (14.47%) Artificial Intelligence
9 10 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (13.16%) Project Governance
10 9 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (11.84%) Project Delivery
11 8 (10.53%) ISMS
11 8 (10.53%) Line Management
11 8 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
11 8 (10.53%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.21%) SQL
2 6 (7.89%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.95%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.63%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.32%) C#
5 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.58%) Degree
2 2 (2.63%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.32%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (14.47%) PMO
2 11 (14.47%) QA
3 9 (11.84%) NIST
4 7 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.63%) GRC
6 1 (1.32%) NCSC
6 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.89%) RACF
3 5 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) SCCM
1 1 (1.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (22.37%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.89%) CyberArk
3 5 (6.58%) VMware
4 4 (5.26%) Cisco
4 4 (5.26%) Meraki
5 1 (1.32%) Aderant
5 1 (1.32%) Apple
5 1 (1.32%) Ceridian
5 1 (1.32%) iManage
5 1 (1.32%) Planview