Cyber Defence Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Cyber Defence
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.29% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.99% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £37,250 - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £42,500 - -

All Generic Skills
Milton Keynes

Cyber Defence 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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 151 59 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 14.42% 23.79% 34.80%
Number of salaries quoted 111 38 248
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,875 £29,850
25th Percentile £48,125 £47,813 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,063 £59,063
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £72,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £49,536 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.65% +16.67% -15.89%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Defence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Cyber Defence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (100.00%) Cloudflare
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Incident Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Graylog
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft