Cyberattack Jobs in the North of England

Cyberattack
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 326 327
Rank change year-on-year +303 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 1,019 56 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.79% 0.31% 0.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 26.34% 1.02% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8 56 14
10th Percentile £55,000 £35,000 £40,250
25th Percentile £56,313 £44,188 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £50,000 £69,200
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -27.75% +25.82%
75th Percentile £90,313 £52,500 £77,813
90th Percentile £91,250 £67,500 £95,738
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,229 £56,250
% change year-on-year -7.03% +19.52% -1.32%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Cyberattack 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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,868 5,468 6,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 33.37% 30.05% 40.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,464 3,995 3,044
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,688 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,772 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Cyberattack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyberattack in the North of England

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyberattack in the North of England.

Salary trend for Cyberattack in the North of England

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in the North of England

Cyberattack
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
North West +243 979 £61,750 +23.50% 3
Yorkshire +77 39 £80,000 +60.00% 3
North East - 1 - - 2
Cyberattack
England

Cyberattack
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (0.098%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 175 (17.17%) AWS
2 172 (16.88%) Azure
2 172 (16.88%) GCP
3 6 (0.59%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.098%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.098%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 639 (62.71%) VPN
2 390 (38.27%) DNS
3 251 (24.63%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.20%) Firewall
4 2 (0.20%) HTTP
4 2 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.20%) SMTP
4 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.098%) Broadband
5 1 (0.098%) SSH
5 1 (0.098%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.20%) Big Data
General
1 986 (96.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 662 (64.97%) Analytical Skills
3 391 (38.37%) Finance
4 178 (17.47%) Law
5 172 (16.88%) Legal
6 24 (2.36%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 388 (38.08%) Developer
1 388 (38.08%) Software Developer
2 251 (24.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 175 (17.17%) Senior
4 173 (16.98%) Senior Software Engineer
4 173 (16.98%) Software Engineer
5 21 (2.06%) PLC Engineer
6 6 (0.59%) Consultant
6 6 (0.59%) Information Security Consultant
6 6 (0.59%) Security Consultant
7 2 (0.20%) Analyst
7 2 (0.20%) Cloud Engineer
7 2 (0.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (0.20%) Data Scientist
7 2 (0.20%) Security Analyst
8 1 (0.098%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 1 (0.098%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (0.098%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 1 (0.098%) Senior Data Scientist
8 1 (0.098%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (24.63%) Elastic Stack
2 173 (16.98%) Node.js
3 172 (16.88%) .NET
4 2 (0.20%) React
5 1 (0.098%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.098%) OAuth
5 1 (0.098%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.098%) REST
5 1 (0.098%) RESTful
5 1 (0.098%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 172 (16.88%) Linux Command Line
1 172 (16.88%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
3 9 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (0.29%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.29%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.20%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.098%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.098%) PKI
7 1 (0.098%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 811 (79.59%) Linux
2 639 (62.71%) Android
3 251 (24.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 811 (79.59%) Line Management
2 641 (62.90%) Mathematics
3 562 (55.15%) Agile
4 388 (38.08%) Android Development
4 388 (38.08%) Design Patterns
4 388 (38.08%) OO
4 388 (38.08%) OOP
5 277 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
6 253 (24.83%) DevOps
6 253 (24.83%) Risk Management
7 251 (24.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 251 (24.63%) Platform Engineering
7 251 (24.63%) Storage Management
7 251 (24.63%) Task Automation
8 198 (19.43%) Cybersecurity
9 196 (19.23%) Software Engineering
10 174 (17.08%) Cloud Security
10 174 (17.08%) Machine Learning
10 174 (17.08%) Mentoring
10 174 (17.08%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 813 (79.78%) Python
2 561 (55.05%) Java
3 560 (54.96%) C++
3 560 (54.96%) Go
4 251 (24.63%) Bash
4 251 (24.63%) PowerShell
5 174 (17.08%) JavaScript
6 172 (16.88%) Rust
7 2 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 563 (55.25%) DV Cleared
1 563 (55.25%) Security Cleared
2 172 (16.88%) AWS Certification
2 172 (16.88%) AWS Certified Developer
2 172 (16.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 21 (2.06%) HND
4 2 (0.20%) CEH
4 2 (0.20%) CISM
4 2 (0.20%) CISSP
4 2 (0.20%) Degree
5 1 (0.098%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.098%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (16.88%) NCSC
2 10 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.59%) GDPR
4 6 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (0.29%) NIST
6 1 (0.098%) PMBOK
System Software
1 640 (62.81%) Docker
2 251 (24.63%) Hyper-V
2 251 (24.63%) VMware NSX
2 251 (24.63%) vSphere
3 1 (0.098%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 639 (62.71%) Ansible
2 252 (24.73%) Terraform
3 1 (0.098%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 252 (24.73%) Splunk
2 251 (24.63%) 3PAR
2 251 (24.63%) Cisco
2 251 (24.63%) Juniper
3 9 (0.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.098%) Ping Identity
4 1 (0.098%) Thales