Cybersecurity Jobs in Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 40 43
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 23 78 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.31% 9.11% 6.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 9.36% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 13 41 33
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £31,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £74,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 626 833 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.07% 97.31% 91.00%
Number of salaries quoted 298 447 335
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,063 £36,250 £32,228
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,400 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 24 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
County Antrim -17 18 £43,750 -23.91% 10
County Down - 5 £37,500 -
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) AWS
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Firewall
2 6 (26.09%) HTTP
2 6 (26.09%) MQTT
2 6 (26.09%) TCP/IP
3 5 (21.74%) LAN
3 5 (21.74%) Network Security
4 3 (13.04%) Internet
4 3 (13.04%) VPN
4 3 (13.04%) WAN
4 3 (13.04%) Wireless
5 2 (8.70%) Unified Communications
5 2 (8.70%) WLAN
6 1 (4.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.35%) AppScan
2 1 (4.35%) Burp Suite
2 1 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Games
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Architect
1 6 (26.09%) Software Architect
2 5 (21.74%) ICT Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) IT Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Firewall Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Head of IT
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Vulnerability Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Vulnerability Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) AngularJS
1 6 (26.09%) Kafka
1 6 (26.09%) Node.js
1 6 (26.09%) RabbitMQ
1 6 (26.09%) RESTful
1 6 (26.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) IoT
2 5 (21.74%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (21.74%) Management Information System
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
3 3 (13.04%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
4 2 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Unix
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.35%) Kali Linux
3 1 (4.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Computer Science
2 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (34.78%) Threat Analysis
3 6 (26.09%) Analytics
3 6 (26.09%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (26.09%) Computer Vision
3 6 (26.09%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (26.09%) Data Analytics
3 6 (26.09%) Deep Learning
3 6 (26.09%) Information Security
3 6 (26.09%) Microservices
3 6 (26.09%) Product Management
3 6 (26.09%) Software Engineering
4 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (21.74%) Contract Management
4 5 (21.74%) Data Protection
4 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Management
4 5 (21.74%) IT Strategy
4 5 (21.74%) PRINCE
4 5 (21.74%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) Python
2 8 (34.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) Master's Degree
2 6 (26.09%) PhD
3 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (8.70%) CISM
4 2 (8.70%) CISSP
4 2 (8.70%) OSCP
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) CEH
5 1 (4.35%) CGEIT
5 1 (4.35%) CISA
5 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.35%) CRISC
5 1 (4.35%) GIAC
5 1 (4.35%) GPEN
5 1 (4.35%) GSEC
5 1 (4.35%) OSCE
5 1 (4.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) NCSC
2 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Terraform
2 1 (4.35%) Nessus
2 1 (4.35%) SCCM
2 1 (4.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Google
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) Fortinet
3 2 (8.70%) Meraki
3 2 (8.70%) VMware
4 1 (4.35%) Apple
4 1 (4.35%) Trustwave