Cybersecurity Jobs in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 30 46
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 573 549 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.93% 7.23% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.27% 7.55% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 387 247 382
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,375 £29,256
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,625 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,177 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,500 £79,875
England median annual salary £57,500 £64,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.16% -1.54% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,145 7,269 11,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.71% 95.72% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,707 4,187 7,370
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
West Midlands -5 418 £57,500 -6.50% 59
East Midlands -13 152 £42,500 -10.53% 38
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 40 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.17%) CMS
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 25 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.35%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 154 (26.88%) Azure
2 140 (24.43%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (10.30%) Entra ID
4 42 (7.33%) SaaS
5 37 (6.46%) AWS
6 31 (5.41%) IaaS
7 27 (4.71%) PaaS
8 23 (4.01%) Power Platform
9 16 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (2.62%) GCP
10 15 (2.62%) GitHub
10 15 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 13 (2.27%) Power Automate
12 13 (2.27%) PowerApps
13 10 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (0.87%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (0.87%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 101 (17.63%) Firewall
2 48 (8.38%) WAN
3 45 (7.85%) DNS
4 35 (6.11%) DHCP
5 33 (5.76%) 5G
6 31 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
7 30 (5.24%) 3GPP
8 27 (4.71%) SAN
9 26 (4.54%) LAN
10 24 (4.19%) Network Security
11 22 (3.84%) SD-WAN
12 21 (3.66%) TCP/IP
13 14 (2.44%) VLAN
13 14 (2.44%) VPN
14 13 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (1.40%) Fibre Channel
16 6 (1.05%) 802.11
16 6 (1.05%) Ethernet
16 6 (1.05%) NGFW
16 6 (1.05%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.01%) Power BI
2 20 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.44%) MySQL
4 8 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.35%) Metadata
5 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (2.62%) SonarQube
2 3 (0.52%) Git
2 3 (0.52%) JIRA
2 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.35%) CANoe
4 1 (0.17%) Subversion
General
1 110 (19.20%) Social Skills
2 95 (16.58%) Telecoms
3 70 (12.22%) Finance
4 43 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (6.28%) Legal
6 28 (4.89%) Automotive
6 28 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 16 (2.79%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.27%) Banking
11 12 (2.09%) Retail
12 11 (1.92%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.92%) Games
13 8 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.40%) Law
13 8 (1.40%) Marketing
14 7 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.87%) Electronics
16 4 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 89 (15.53%) Analyst
2 76 (13.26%) Senior
3 52 (9.08%) Architect
4 45 (7.85%) IT Engineer
5 44 (7.68%) IT Support
6 41 (7.16%) Lead
7 40 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (6.46%) Network Engineer
9 33 (5.76%) Senior Architect
10 31 (5.41%) Security Analyst
11 26 (4.54%) Security Manager
12 25 (4.36%) Consultant
13 24 (4.19%) Developer
13 24 (4.19%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (4.19%) Support Engineer
14 23 (4.01%) IT Manager
14 23 (4.01%) Security Engineer
15 21 (3.66%) Functional Analyst
15 21 (3.66%) Security Architect
16 20 (3.49%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.14%) 802.1X
2 15 (2.62%) ARM Templates
2 15 (2.62%) Azure Blueprints
3 12 (2.09%) HTML
4 9 (1.57%) Middleware
5 5 (0.87%) EDI
5 5 (0.87%) Laravel
6 3 (0.52%) .NET
6 3 (0.52%) LDAP
6 3 (0.52%) XML
7 2 (0.35%) CSS
7 2 (0.35%) Django
7 2 (0.35%) jQuery
7 2 (0.35%) JSON
7 2 (0.35%) SAML
7 2 (0.35%) ServiceStack
7 2 (0.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.17%) HTML5
8 1 (0.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 83 (14.49%) Data Centre
2 59 (10.30%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.36%) Operational Technology
4 23 (4.01%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.84%) Driving Licence
5 22 (3.84%) Security Operations Centre
6 18 (3.14%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (2.62%) SCADA
9 14 (2.44%) Cyberattack
10 13 (2.27%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.75%) Enterprise Storage
13 8 (1.40%) Clustering
13 8 (1.40%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.05%) CMDB
14 6 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
14 6 (1.05%) IoT
14 6 (1.05%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 153 (26.70%) Windows
2 88 (15.36%) Windows Server
3 45 (7.85%) Linux
4 17 (2.97%) Windows 10
4 17 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (2.09%) Ubuntu
6 9 (1.57%) Unix
7 8 (1.40%) Solaris
7 8 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.70%) CentOS
8 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.70%) VMS
9 2 (0.35%) Android
10 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (16.93%) Information Security
2 80 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 53 (9.25%) ITIL
4 53 (9.25%) Project Management
5 52 (9.08%) Risk Management
6 49 (8.55%) Decision-Making
7 47 (8.20%) Penetration Testing
7 47 (8.20%) Security Operations
8 45 (7.85%) Agile
9 41 (7.16%) Mentoring
9 41 (7.16%) Presales
10 37 (6.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (6.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 34 (5.93%) Software Licensing
13 33 (5.76%) Test Strategy
14 31 (5.41%) Roadmaps
15 29 (5.06%) Analytics
15 29 (5.06%) Incident Response
16 28 (4.89%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 43 (7.50%) SQL
2 35 (6.11%) PowerShell
3 14 (2.44%) PHP
4 13 (2.27%) Python
4 13 (2.27%) Rust
5 8 (1.40%) C#
5 8 (1.40%) C++
5 8 (1.40%) Go
6 6 (1.05%) Bash
6 6 (1.05%) C
6 6 (1.05%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.52%) Java
7 3 (0.52%) R
8 2 (0.35%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.35%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.17%) Perl
9 1 (0.17%) XAML
Qualifications
1 103 (17.98%) Degree
2 99 (17.28%) Security Cleared
3 58 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 40 (6.98%) CISSP
5 35 (6.11%) CISM
6 34 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (4.89%) CCNA
8 26 (4.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (4.01%) CCNP
10 19 (3.32%) Azure Certification
10 19 (3.32%) CISA
11 18 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (3.14%) OSCP
12 13 (2.27%) DV Cleared
13 10 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.75%) CRISC
14 9 (1.57%) MCP
15 8 (1.40%) AWS Certification
15 8 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (1.40%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.82%) NCSC
2 60 (10.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (8.03%) GDPR
4 42 (7.33%) NIST
5 28 (4.89%) QA
6 22 (3.84%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (2.79%) GRC
8 13 (2.27%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.22%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.22%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.87%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.87%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.70%) Automotive SPICE
11 4 (0.70%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.70%) ISO 26262
12 3 (0.52%) COBIT
12 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 127 (22.16%) Active Directory
2 55 (9.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (7.33%) Hyper-V
4 15 (2.62%) Docker
5 10 (1.75%) RACF
6 7 (1.22%) vSphere
7 6 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.70%) pfSense
8 4 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.70%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.52%) XenApp
9 3 (0.52%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (3.32%) Terraform
3 16 (2.79%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.62%) Ansible
5 12 (2.09%) Stealthwatch
6 5 (0.87%) CASB
6 5 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.87%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.70%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.70%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.52%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.52%) Nagios
8 3 (0.52%) SCCM
8 3 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 180 (31.41%) Microsoft
2 96 (16.75%) VMware
3 42 (7.33%) Cisco
3 42 (7.33%) Veeam
4 35 (6.11%) Apple
5 34 (5.93%) Adobe
6 24 (4.19%) Dell
6 24 (4.19%) Meraki
7 19 (3.32%) Aruba
8 15 (2.62%) CyberArk
8 15 (2.62%) Nimble Storage
9 14 (2.44%) HP
10 13 (2.27%) Juniper
11 11 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (1.75%) Acronis
12 10 (1.75%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.75%) NetApp
13 9 (1.57%) EqualLogic
13 9 (1.57%) Sage
14 7 (1.22%) Barracuda Networks