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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 47
Rank change year-on-year +6 +16 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 532 698 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.72% 5.75% 6.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.43% 7.07% 6.47%
Number of salaries quoted 219 531 235
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £34,474 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £54,793 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -11.54% -

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 6,312 9,877 8,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.54% 81.43% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,461 7,187 4,406
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,374 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 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
West Midlands +3 339 £57,500 +4.55% 164
East Midlands +6 190 £47,683 +12.20% 71
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 9 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 15 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.75%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.13%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 81 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (13.35%) Azure
3 21 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
4 18 (3.38%) SaaS
5 14 (2.63%) AWS
6 10 (1.88%) Google Workspace
7 8 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.50%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.32%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.13%) GitHub
9 6 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.13%) Google Docs
9 6 (1.13%) IaaS
9 6 (1.13%) PaaS
10 5 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.75%) GCP
11 4 (0.75%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.56%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.38%) Asana
13 2 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 40 (7.52%) WAN
2 36 (6.77%) LAN
3 31 (5.83%) VoIP
4 30 (5.64%) Firewall
5 23 (4.32%) 5G
6 22 (4.14%) 3GPP
7 14 (2.63%) DNS
7 14 (2.63%) Network Security
8 11 (2.07%) DHCP
9 7 (1.32%) Internet
9 7 (1.32%) VPN
9 7 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.75%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.75%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.56%) Wireless
13 2 (0.38%) Bluetooth
13 2 (0.38%) SAN
13 2 (0.38%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.94%) Power BI
3 4 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.56%) MS Access
5 2 (0.38%) Big Data
5 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.38%) Tableau
6 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.19%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 24 (4.51%) JIRA
2 18 (3.38%) Selenium
3 6 (1.13%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.38%) Git
General
1 113 (21.24%) Social Skills
2 53 (9.96%) Presentation Skills
3 38 (7.14%) Retail
4 29 (5.45%) Law
5 26 (4.89%) Telecoms
6 25 (4.70%) Legal
7 20 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.20%) Finance
9 16 (3.01%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.88%) Automotive
11 7 (1.32%) Games
11 7 (1.32%) Marketing
12 6 (1.13%) Billing
12 6 (1.13%) Electronics
12 6 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.13%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.94%) Police
14 4 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (39.47%) Security Engineer
2 147 (27.63%) Principal Engineer
2 147 (27.63%) Principal Security Engineer
3 97 (18.23%) Analyst
4 93 (17.48%) Security Analyst
5 87 (16.35%) Principal Security Analyst
5 87 (16.35%) Product Analyst
6 77 (14.47%) IT Support
7 68 (12.78%) Senior
8 60 (11.28%) Product Engineer
9 53 (9.96%) Systems Engineer
10 44 (8.27%) Senior Security Engineer
11 37 (6.95%) Lead
12 36 (6.77%) IT Support Specialist
12 36 (6.77%) Support Specialist
13 19 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
14 18 (3.38%) Automation Engineer
14 18 (3.38%) Validation Engineer
15 16 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 12 (2.26%) Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.13%) ARM Templates
1 6 (1.13%) Azure Blueprints
2 3 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (0.56%) Middleware
2 3 (0.56%) Node.js
2 3 (0.56%) React
2 3 (0.56%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (0.38%) .NET
3 2 (0.38%) HTML
3 2 (0.38%) Laravel
3 2 (0.38%) YAML
4 1 (0.19%) CSS
4 1 (0.19%) Flutter
4 1 (0.19%) REST
4 1 (0.19%) RESTful
4 1 (0.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.64%) CCTV
2 25 (4.70%) Operational Technology
3 20 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.57%) SCADA
5 18 (3.38%) Cyberattack
6 13 (2.44%) EPoS
7 11 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.88%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.32%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.94%) PKI
12 4 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.56%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.56%) Private Cloud
14 2 (0.38%) Enterprise Cloud
14 2 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (14.47%) Windows
2 38 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 16 (3.01%) Mac OS
4 15 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.07%) Linux
6 7 (1.32%) Android
6 7 (1.32%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.13%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (40.23%) Risk Management
2 175 (32.89%) Information Security
3 172 (32.33%) Project Management
4 148 (27.82%) Cyber Resilience
5 147 (27.63%) Security Testing
6 73 (13.72%) Agile
7 72 (13.53%) Computer Science
8 63 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (10.90%) Systems Engineering
10 53 (9.96%) MODAF
10 53 (9.96%) SysML
10 53 (9.96%) UML
11 51 (9.59%) Customer Service
12 44 (8.27%) Mentoring
13 29 (5.45%) Penetration Testing
14 26 (4.89%) ITIL
14 26 (4.89%) Test Automation
15 25 (4.70%) Validation
16 23 (4.32%) SIEM
17 21 (3.95%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 53 (9.96%) MATLAB
2 13 (2.44%) SQL
3 12 (2.26%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.26%) Python
4 6 (1.13%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.75%) Bash
5 4 (0.75%) Perl
6 3 (0.56%) C#
6 3 (0.56%) C++
6 3 (0.56%) Java
6 3 (0.56%) PHP
6 3 (0.56%) Ruby
6 3 (0.56%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.19%) C
7 1 (0.19%) Dart
Qualifications
1 316 (59.40%) Degree
2 250 (46.99%) BPSS Clearance
3 175 (32.89%) CISSP
4 173 (32.52%) CISM
5 148 (27.82%) CESG Certified Professional
6 31 (5.83%) Security Cleared
7 18 (3.38%) ISTQB
8 17 (3.20%) SC Cleared
9 15 (2.82%) CISA
9 15 (2.82%) SANS
10 11 (2.07%) GIAC
10 11 (2.07%) ISACA
11 7 (1.32%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.94%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
15 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (34.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 164 (30.83%) NIST
3 155 (29.14%) JSP 440
4 147 (27.63%) RMADS
5 59 (11.09%) NCSC
6 25 (4.70%) GDPR
7 13 (2.44%) GRC
8 9 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.94%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (0.94%) ISO 26262
9 5 (0.94%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.56%) SLA
11 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.38%) ISO 9000
11 2 (0.38%) QA
11 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.19%) JTAG
12 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 70 (13.16%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.69%) Docker
3 8 (1.50%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.75%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (1.50%) Ansible
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.32%) Terraform
3 6 (1.13%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.13%) Nessus
4 5 (0.94%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.75%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.75%) SCCM
5 4 (0.75%) SCOM
6 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.38%) Puppet
6 2 (0.38%) SCOrch
6 2 (0.38%) SCSM
7 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.19%) Kibana
7 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 108 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.08%) Cisco
3 13 (2.44%) Google
4 8 (1.50%) Apple
5 6 (1.13%) Commvault
5 6 (1.13%) Tenable
5 6 (1.13%) VMware
6 5 (0.94%) Splunk
7 4 (0.75%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.56%) Adobe
8 3 (0.56%) dotdigital
8 3 (0.56%) MobileIron
8 3 (0.56%) Zoho
9 2 (0.38%) ArcSight
9 2 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.38%) HP
9 2 (0.38%) IBM
9 2 (0.38%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.38%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.38%) ServiceNow