Cybersecurity Job Trends in Nottingham

Cybersecurity
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 45 49
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 12 18 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 2.37% 3.50% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 3.77% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £30,625 £32,500 -
25th Percentile - £43,350 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% -20.69% +52.63%
75th Percentile £41,000 £58,975 £76,250
90th Percentile £121,500 £71,420 -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £37,500 £57,100 £72,500
% change year-on-year -34.33% -21.24% +52.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 406 478 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 80.08% 93.00% 84.05%
Number of salaries quoted 247 227 260
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £40,848
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £56,700 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.04% +8.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,000 £75,125
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Nottingham over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Nottingham

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
1 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (8.33%) VLAN
1 1 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Local Government
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Security Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Junior
2 6 (50.00%) Junior Analyst
2 6 (50.00%) Junior Security Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Business Development Executive
4 1 (8.33%) Account Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Sales Director
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
1 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (16.67%) Business Development
3 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Telesales
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 6 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 6 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) ForeScout