Cyberattack Job Trends 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 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 240 216
Rank change year-on-year -9 -24 +49
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 14 43 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.13% 0.47% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 1.52% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 29
10th Percentile - £49,375 £32,092
25th Percentile - £54,063 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £59,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.05% +24.74% +18.75%
75th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £108,000 £66,250 £78,500
England median annual salary £45,564 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.76% -11.54% +23.81%

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 4,094 2,827 2,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.62% 30.63% 34.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,601 1,285 2,115
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,241 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in the North of England

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cyberattack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

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 6 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
Yorkshire -9 8 £45,000 -25.00% 4
North West -6 6 £50,000 -3.38% 13
Cyberattack
England

Cyberattack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.14%) VPN
General
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Military
1 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Senior
2 6 (42.86%) Sales Representative
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Sales Representative
4 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 3 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 2 (14.29%) Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) Head of Security
5 2 (14.29%) Head of Technology
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (35.71%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (21.43%) Cyber Intelligence
3 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Coaching
4 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) People Management
4 2 (14.29%) Protective Monitoring
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) SIEM
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Threat Detection
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (7.14%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CEH
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) CREST Certified
2 1 (7.14%) GCIA
2 1 (7.14%) GCIH
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Spotify
1 1 (7.14%) Veeam
1 1 (7.14%) VMware