Cybercrime Job Trends in the North East

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - 96
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cybercrime 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.031% - 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% - 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £35,092
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +31.82% -15.38%

All Generic Skills
North East

Cybercrime 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 723 329 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 22.64% 35.07% 23.44%
Number of salaries quoted 523 161 177
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £38,750
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 £65,000 £66,459
90th Percentile £93,407 £70,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.78% -9.23%

Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Cybercrime job vacancy trend in the North East

Cybercrime
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cybercrime.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Cybercrime

Cybercrime
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 Cybercrime within the North East region over the 6 months to 2 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 - 1 - - 2
Cybercrime
England

Cybercrime
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) EDRMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) FIS
1 1 (100.00%) Nuix
1 1 (100.00%) Relativity