Cyber Threat Job Trends in the North East

Cyber Threats
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 83 68
Rank change year-on-year +10 -15 +23
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 5 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.49% 0.65% 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.67% 2.05% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £35,600
25th Percentile £65,750 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 - £39,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £40,250
90th Percentile - - £63,350
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -13.29%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 299 292 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 29.03% 31.40% 31.86%
Number of salaries quoted 171 98 206
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,241 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,404 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +6.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £69,498 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £91,875 £79,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in the North East

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +11 4 - -
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 4 (80.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Business Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) SABSA
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) GIAC
1 1 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27005