Cyber Threat Jobs in the Midlands

Cyber Threats
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 291 295
Rank change year-on-year +53 +4 -15
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 17 25 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.24% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% 0.63% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15 23 17
10th Percentile £38,300 £57,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £50,688 £58,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -20.00%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,380 3,949 4,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.28% 32.88% 43.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 2,648 1,457
10th Percentile £26,786 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.10% +12.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the Midlands

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the Midlands

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the Midlands

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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 +60 14 £58,375 -16.61% 19
East Midlands +7 2 £60,000 -7.69% 8
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) tcpdump
2 1 (5.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) GDB
1 1 (5.88%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (5.88%) WinDbg
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Security Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Security Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Information Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Director
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) libvirt
1 1 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Clustering
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Media
3 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (41.18%) Security Operations
3 6 (35.29%) Incident Response
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (23.53%) Information Security
5 4 (23.53%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (17.65%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (17.65%) Cyber Intelligence
6 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (17.65%) IT Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
6 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
6 3 (17.65%) Risk Register
6 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
7 2 (11.76%) Forensic Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) C++
1 1 (5.88%) CodeQL
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.88%) PHP
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) CISM
2 2 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (17.65%) NIST
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.88%) GDPR
4 1 (5.88%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Docker
2 1 (5.88%) Firmware
2 1 (5.88%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.88%) Splunk