Cybersecurity Jobs in the North of England

Cybersecurity
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 40 57
Rank change year-on-year +5 +17 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 893 1,240 904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.20% 7.04% 4.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.19% 7.26% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 737 538 396
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +4.35% +7.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,420 17,077 17,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.93% 96.90% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,080 8,094 10,883
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +5.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 -5 551 £52,084 -15.99% 208
Yorkshire +8 250 £52,500 -11.80% 98
North East +52 92 £42,500 -14.57% 19
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
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 44 (4.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.67%) IIS
4 4 (0.45%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.11%) Site Server
Applications
1 17 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 200 (22.40%) Azure
2 135 (15.12%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (10.41%) AWS
4 46 (5.15%) SaaS
5 30 (3.36%) Entra ID
6 28 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
7 25 (2.80%) PaaS
8 22 (2.46%) GCP
9 18 (2.02%) IaaS
10 15 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 14 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.12%) Serverless
13 9 (1.01%) GitHub
14 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
14 6 (0.67%) Power Platform
15 4 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (0.45%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.45%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 143 (16.01%) Firewall
2 60 (6.72%) Network Security
3 57 (6.38%) WAN
4 43 (4.82%) LAN
5 38 (4.26%) TCP/IP
6 34 (3.81%) DHCP
7 33 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
8 31 (3.47%) DNS
9 22 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (2.35%) VPN
11 12 (1.34%) Internet
11 12 (1.34%) Unified Communications
12 11 (1.23%) SAN
12 11 (1.23%) SD-WAN
13 9 (1.01%) Wireshark
14 8 (0.90%) VLAN
14 8 (0.90%) VoIP
15 7 (0.78%) Wireless
16 6 (0.67%) Broadband
16 6 (0.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.13%) NoSQL
1 19 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.46%) MySQL
3 12 (1.34%) Data Lake
3 12 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (0.67%) Power BI
5 5 (0.56%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.22%) Tableau
7 1 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 27 (3.02%) JIRA
2 23 (2.58%) Git
3 14 (1.57%) TeamCity
4 12 (1.34%) GitLab
5 11 (1.23%) IntelliJ
5 11 (1.23%) JUnit
5 11 (1.23%) Mockito
6 10 (1.12%) Gradle
7 8 (0.90%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.67%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.45%) Subversion
10 3 (0.34%) Metasploit
11 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 214 (23.96%) Social Skills
2 106 (11.87%) Finance
3 77 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (6.94%) Law
5 50 (5.60%) Manufacturing
6 42 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.47%) Legal
8 30 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (3.14%) Military
10 26 (2.91%) Games
11 24 (2.69%) Retail
12 23 (2.58%) Banking
13 17 (1.90%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.23%) Marketing
16 10 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (0.90%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.90%) Local Government
18 6 (0.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 109 (12.21%) Analyst
2 100 (11.20%) Lead
3 95 (10.64%) Senior
4 76 (8.51%) IT Manager
5 63 (7.05%) Architect
6 61 (6.83%) Security Analyst
7 55 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 52 (5.82%) Security Engineer
9 45 (5.04%) Developer
10 42 (4.70%) Team Leader
11 33 (3.70%) Consultant
11 33 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 31 (3.47%) Vulnerability Manager
13 30 (3.36%) Service Manager
13 30 (3.36%) Software Engineer
14 28 (3.14%) Security Manager
15 27 (3.02%) Security Specialist
16 25 (2.80%) Project Manager
17 23 (2.58%) Incident Manager
17 23 (2.58%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.46%) .NET
1 22 (2.46%) OpenID
2 20 (2.24%) REST
3 16 (1.79%) Web Services
4 15 (1.68%) Node.js
5 14 (1.57%) Spring
6 13 (1.46%) Spring Boot
7 11 (1.23%) OAuth
8 9 (1.01%) HTML
9 8 (0.90%) CSS
10 5 (0.56%) Laravel
11 4 (0.45%) Akka
11 4 (0.45%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (0.45%) LAMP
11 4 (0.45%) RESTful
11 4 (0.45%) Swing
11 4 (0.45%) Vue
11 4 (0.45%) WCF
11 4 (0.45%) WinForms
12 3 (0.34%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 109 (12.21%) Management Information System
2 78 (8.73%) Data Centre
3 60 (6.72%) Cyber Threat
4 59 (6.61%) Operational Technology
5 36 (4.03%) Security Posture
6 34 (3.81%) Cyberattack
7 33 (3.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 30 (3.36%) Private Cloud
9 26 (2.91%) IoT
10 25 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.35%) Product Ownership
12 20 (2.24%) Onboarding
13 18 (2.02%) Public Cloud
13 18 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
14 14 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (1.46%) Driving Licence
16 11 (1.23%) Blockchain
16 11 (1.23%) Mainframe
16 11 (1.23%) SCADA
17 10 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 146 (16.35%) Windows
2 73 (8.17%) Linux
3 71 (7.95%) Windows Server
4 30 (3.36%) Unix
5 26 (2.91%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.90%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (1.23%) Android
7 11 (1.23%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.90%) VMS
9 7 (0.78%) Kali Linux
10 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.45%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.11%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
2 156 (17.47%) Information Security
3 152 (17.02%) Incident Response
4 106 (11.87%) SIEM
5 98 (10.97%) Risk Management
6 91 (10.19%) ITIL
6 91 (10.19%) Project Management
7 90 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 86 (9.63%) Agile
9 85 (9.52%) Mentoring
10 78 (8.73%) Roadmaps
11 75 (8.40%) Vulnerability Management
12 64 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 64 (7.17%) Disaster Recovery
13 61 (6.83%) Cloud Security
14 59 (6.61%) Change Management
15 57 (6.38%) Customer Service
16 54 (6.05%) Computer Science
17 52 (5.82%) Threat Intelligence
18 50 (5.60%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 61 (6.83%) Python
2 52 (5.82%) SQL
3 40 (4.48%) Java
4 39 (4.37%) PowerShell
5 33 (3.70%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.57%) Bash
7 10 (1.12%) C#
8 9 (1.01%) Perl
9 8 (0.90%) Ruby
10 6 (0.67%) PHP
11 2 (0.22%) C
11 2 (0.22%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.11%) C++
12 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 224 (25.08%) Degree
2 80 (8.96%) CISSP
3 67 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 54 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
5 43 (4.82%) CCNA
5 43 (4.82%) CISM
6 42 (4.70%) SC Cleared
7 34 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (3.70%) CCNP
9 30 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (2.80%) CompTIA Security+
11 22 (2.46%) CISA
12 20 (2.24%) Azure Certification
13 19 (2.13%) Master's Degree
14 18 (2.02%) CEH
15 17 (1.90%) GIAC
16 15 (1.68%) AWS Certification
16 15 (1.68%) CREST Certified
16 15 (1.68%) SSCP
17 14 (1.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (13.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (11.31%) NIST
3 67 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 44 (4.93%) SLA
5 43 (4.82%) GDPR
6 36 (4.03%) PCI DSS
7 29 (3.25%) NCSC
8 23 (2.58%) QA
9 18 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (1.90%) PMO
11 10 (1.12%) GRC
11 10 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 8 (0.90%) COBIT
12 8 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.78%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 7 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 6 (0.67%) IEC 62304
15 5 (0.56%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 106 (11.87%) Active Directory
2 38 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (3.92%) Docker
4 24 (2.69%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.67%) Firmware
7 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.45%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) RACF
9 1 (0.11%) Snort
9 1 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 48 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (2.24%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.02%) Terraform
4 14 (1.57%) Nessus
5 9 (1.01%) Nmap
6 7 (0.78%) CASB
6 7 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.56%) Stealthwatch
8 4 (0.45%) Autotask
8 4 (0.45%) Cacti
8 4 (0.45%) cPanel
8 4 (0.45%) Plesk
8 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.34%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.34%) SCCM
9 3 (0.34%) SELinux
9 3 (0.34%) WSUS
10 2 (0.22%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.11%) Graylog
11 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 225 (25.20%) Microsoft
2 72 (8.06%) Cisco
3 50 (5.60%) VMware
4 47 (5.26%) Apple
5 44 (4.93%) Adobe
6 22 (2.46%) Meraki
7 21 (2.35%) Splunk
8 19 (2.13%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.79%) Fortinet
9 16 (1.79%) HP
9 16 (1.79%) Veeam
10 15 (1.68%) Dell
11 11 (1.23%) Qualys
11 11 (1.23%) Samsung
12 10 (1.12%) Facebook
12 10 (1.12%) Google
13 9 (1.01%) Citrix
13 9 (1.01%) Intel
13 9 (1.01%) Sophos
14 7 (0.78%) Salesforce