Cyber Defence Jobs in the North West

Cyber Defence
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 279 293
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -57
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 8 16 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.082% 0.20% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.48% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile £59,750 - -
25th Percentile £63,125 £57,500 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +36.50% -7.63%
75th Percentile - £97,290 £54,818
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% +30.43% -11.54%

All Generic Skills
North West

Cyber Defence is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,098 3,339 4,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.82% 42.08% 48.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,265 1,513 2,180
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,529 £84,056 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in the North West

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in the North West.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in the North West

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Manchester +19 8 £65,000 -21.05%
Cyber Defence
England

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) IaaS
3 1 (12.50%) PaaS
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 2 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 4 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (25.00%) FPGA
3 1 (12.50%) Cybercrime
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 4 (50.00%) SIEM
2 4 (50.00%) SOAR
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
4 2 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) Open Source
4 2 (25.00%) Signal Processing
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bash
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
1 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft