Cyber Threat Jobs in the North of England

Cyber Threats
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 317 318
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +110
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 31 75 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.26% 0.43% 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 1.39% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 24 60 69
10th Percentile £53,250 £35,000 £42,070
25th Percentile £59,563 £38,438 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,684 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.37% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,125 £62,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,000 £73,550
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -20.00%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Cyber Threat 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 3,898 5,412 6,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 33.24% 30.69% 39.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,567 4,007 3,060
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £71,042 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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 -29 20 £66,367 +32.73% 14
Yorkshire +54 10 £63,750 +6.25% 30
North East +34 1 £80,000 +102.53% 2
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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 8 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
3 3 (9.68%) AWS
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Firewall
2 2 (6.45%) Network Security
2 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.23%) BGP
3 1 (3.23%) EIGRP
3 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.23%) MPLS
3 1 (3.23%) OSPF
3 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.23%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) GitLab
General
1 8 (25.81%) Finance
2 6 (19.35%) Banking
2 6 (19.35%) Law
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Aerospace
4 2 (6.45%) Electronics
5 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Consultant
1 7 (22.58%) Information Security Consultant
1 7 (22.58%) Security Consultant
2 6 (19.35%) Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) Data Manager
2 6 (19.35%) Resilience Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Security Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 2 (6.45%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Intelligence Manager
5 1 (3.23%) IT Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Lead
5 1 (3.23%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) Node.js
2 1 (3.23%) React
2 1 (3.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Cyberattack
2 6 (19.35%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (16.13%) Security Posture
4 3 (9.68%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.23%) Learning Management System
5 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Disaster Recovery
2 14 (45.16%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 14 (45.16%) Threat Intelligence
3 13 (41.94%) Incident Response
4 10 (32.26%) Incident Management
4 10 (32.26%) Security Operations
5 9 (29.03%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (29.03%) Information Security
6 8 (25.81%) Data Protection
7 7 (22.58%) Business Continuity
7 7 (22.58%) Cloud Security
7 7 (22.58%) Risk Management
7 7 (22.58%) Risk Register
7 7 (22.58%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (22.58%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 6 (19.35%) Commercialisation
8 6 (19.35%) Data Encryption
8 6 (19.35%) Data Security
8 6 (19.35%) Target Operating Model
8 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) Bash
1 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (3.23%) Python
1 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) CISM
1 3 (9.68%) CISSP
2 1 (3.23%) CCIE
2 1 (3.23%) CCNP
2 1 (3.23%) CEH
2 1 (3.23%) CISA
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.23%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) GCIA
2 1 (3.23%) GIAC
2 1 (3.23%) JNCIE
2 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (32.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (32.26%) GDPR
3 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (6.45%) NIST
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Ansible
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco
3 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.23%) Juniper
3 1 (3.23%) Splunk