Cyber Security Posture Job Trends in the North East

Cybersecurity Posture
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 5 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.16% - 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% - 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £40,000
75th Percentile £48,750 - £42,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -20.00%

All Generic Skills
North East

Cyber Security Posture 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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 726 322 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 22.62% 35.15% 23.46%
Number of salaries quoted 524 155 167
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £61,875 £66,459
90th Percentile £93,293 £70,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Security Posture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Cyber Security Posture job vacancy trend in the North East

Cyber Security Posture
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cyber Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cyber Security Posture

Cyber Security Posture
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Security Posture within the North East region over the 6 months to 4 September 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear - 5 £47,500 - 1
Cyber Security Posture
England

Cyber Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) IoT
1 5 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Aruba
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware