Cybersecurity Specialist Jobs in the North of England

Cybersecurity Specialist
England > North of England

The median Cybersecurity Specialist salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 422 433
Rank change year-on-year +47 +11 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 21 9 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.051% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.058% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 24
10th Percentile £43,300 £61,600 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £63,250 £63,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -24.44% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £100,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,500 £60,000 £76,250
% change year-on-year -15.83% -21.31% +12.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 16,423 15,639 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.43% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12,697 8,299 11,117
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,811
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the North of England

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Specialist in the North of England

Cybersecurity Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Specialist in the North of England

Cybersecurity Specialist
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 Cybersecurity Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +30 21 £60,000 -11.76%
Cybersecurity Specialist
England

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Cybersecurity Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (85.71%) Risk Management
3 15 (71.43%) Degree
4 12 (57.14%) Change Management
4 12 (57.14%) Incident Response
4 12 (57.14%) Operational Technology
5 9 (42.86%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 9 (42.86%) Manufacturing
5 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
6 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (28.57%) Information Assurance
7 6 (28.57%) Mentoring
7 6 (28.57%) Coaching
7 6 (28.57%) Cyber Assurance
7 6 (28.57%) Security Architecture
7 6 (28.57%) NIST 800
7 6 (28.57%) NCSC
7 6 (28.57%) NIST
7 6 (28.57%) Information Security
8 5 (23.81%) Aerospace
9 2 (9.52%) Firewall
9 2 (9.52%) Windows
9 2 (9.52%) Linux
9 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
9 2 (9.52%) VMware
10 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (4.76%) Ubuntu
10 1 (4.76%) Terminal Services
10 1 (4.76%) Cisco

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 9 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 5 (23.81%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Operational Technology
2 9 (42.86%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Kali Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (85.71%) Risk Management
3 12 (57.14%) Change Management
3 12 (57.14%) Incident Response
4 6 (28.57%) Coaching
4 6 (28.57%) Cyber Assurance
4 6 (28.57%) Information Assurance
4 6 (28.57%) Information Security
4 6 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 6 (28.57%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Degree
2 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (28.57%) NCSC
2 6 (28.57%) NIST
2 6 (28.57%) NIST 800
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Terminal Services
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.52%) VMware
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco