Cybersecurity Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 7 24
Rank change year-on-year -26 +17 -11
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 136 39 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 8.13% 12.26% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.27% 13.68% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 8
10th Percentile £38,750 £47,434 £43,574
25th Percentile £44,375 £52,500 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,830 £59,000 £51,404
Median % change year-on-year +26.83% +14.78% +7.09%
75th Percentile £78,312 £74,258 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,831 £83,459 £104,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,108 285 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 66.27% 89.62% 79.13%
Number of salaries quoted 304 136 201
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £42,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £59,430
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -15.87% +18.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,916 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

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 6 October 2026. 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 -19 84 £74,830 +26.83% 99
County Down - 38 - - 2
County Armagh - 12 - - 2
County Tyrone -3 2 - -
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 100 (73.53%) Entra ID
2 73 (53.68%) Azure
3 8 (5.88%) AWS
3 8 (5.88%) Mimecast
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.94%) SaaS
5 3 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.21%) dbt
6 2 (1.47%) Azure Stack
6 2 (1.47%) IaaS
6 2 (1.47%) PaaS
7 1 (0.74%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.74%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.47%) Big Data
General
1 110 (80.88%) Social Skills
2 58 (42.65%) Legal
3 35 (25.74%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (19.85%) Law
5 6 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.21%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.47%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.47%) Finance
7 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (42.65%) Senior
1 58 (42.65%) Senior Manager
2 44 (32.35%) Analyst
3 32 (23.53%) Digital Analyst
4 12 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 12 (8.82%) Security Analyst
5 11 (8.09%) Lead
6 5 (3.68%) Architect
6 5 (3.68%) Consultant
6 5 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 5 (3.68%) Security Consultant
7 4 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (2.94%) Ethical Hacker
7 4 (2.94%) Junior
7 4 (2.94%) Junior Analyst
7 4 (2.94%) Junior Security Analyst
8 3 (2.21%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 3 (2.21%) Security Incident Consultant
8 3 (2.21%) Technical Architect
9 2 (1.47%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.74%) scikit-learn
1 1 (0.74%) TensorFlow
1 1 (0.74%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.94%) Cyberattack
1 4 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.47%) Driving Licence
2 2 (1.47%) Operational Technology
2 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
3 1 (0.74%) AI Agents
3 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.56%) Windows
2 10 (7.35%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (69.12%) Information Security
2 90 (66.18%) Identity Access Management
3 72 (52.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 67 (49.26%) Mentoring
5 64 (47.06%) AI
6 63 (46.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 60 (44.12%) Collaborative Working
8 58 (42.65%) ITIL
8 58 (42.65%) Performance Management
8 58 (42.65%) PRINCE2
8 58 (42.65%) Privileged Access Management
8 58 (42.65%) Programme Management
8 58 (42.65%) RBAC
8 58 (42.65%) Strategic Planning
8 58 (42.65%) TOGAF
9 42 (30.88%) Identity Management
9 42 (30.88%) Zero Trust
10 36 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (23.53%) Principle of Least Privilege
11 32 (23.53%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (0.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 60 (44.12%) CISM
1 60 (44.12%) CISSP
2 58 (42.65%) A+ Certification
2 58 (42.65%) Network+ Certification
3 15 (11.03%) CompTIA CySA+
4 13 (9.56%) Azure Certification
5 12 (8.82%) Security Cleared
6 8 (5.88%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.68%) CEH
7 5 (3.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (3.68%) Degree
8 3 (2.21%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.21%) GCFA
8 3 (2.21%) GCIA
8 3 (2.21%) GCIH
9 2 (1.47%) CCSK
9 2 (1.47%) CCSP
9 2 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.94%) GDPR
3 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.47%) Def Stans
3 2 (1.47%) NCSC
3 2 (1.47%) NIST
3 2 (1.47%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 93 (68.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 70 (51.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 115 (84.56%) Microsoft
2 58 (42.65%) CyberArk
3 8 (5.88%) ForeScout
4 3 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (2.21%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.21%) Splunk
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle
5 2 (1.47%) Thales
6 1 (0.74%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.74%) Workday