Cybersecurity Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cybersecurity
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 40 72
Rank change year-on-year +6 +32 -12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 12 46 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.81% 4.47% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 5.06% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9 42 13
10th Percentile £31,599 £35,000 £31,550
25th Percentile £33,000 £37,625 £38,634
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £41,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.63% -24.55% -14.06%
75th Percentile £72,500 £50,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £66,921 £74,250
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £42,123 £41,500 £49,625
% change year-on-year +1.50% -16.37% -22.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 296 909 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 93.97% 88.42% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 214 753 398
10th Percentile £27,225 £31,250 £31,763
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,603 £64,875
90th Percentile £83,675 £77,500 £75,300
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +10.53%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
2 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications
2 2 (16.67%) WAN
2 2 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) EDMS
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
1 3 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 2 (16.67%) Chief Technology Officer
2 2 (16.67%) Governance Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Risk Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Information Governance Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Risk Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Risk Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Housing Association
2 2 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (8.33%) Learning Management System
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Information Security
2 4 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) Cyber Assurance
4 2 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 2 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 2 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) Progress 4GL
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) CISA
3 2 (16.67%) CISM
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CEH
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) GIAC
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (8.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (41.67%) GDPR
3 3 (25.00%) NIST
4 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (16.67%) NCSC
5 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (8.33%) GRC
5 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
5 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Capita
1 2 (16.67%) Progress
1 2 (16.67%) Sun
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft