Cyber Assurance Job Trends in Portsmouth

Cyber Assurance
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Assurance 5 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 1.08% - 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% - 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 11
10th Percentile £63,625 - -
25th Percentile £70,938 - £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £64,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.76%
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 - £64,500
% change year-on-year - - +51.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

Cyber Assurance 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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 318 214 395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 68.83% 92.64% 77.15%
Number of salaries quoted 228 113 338
10th Percentile £28,700 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,983 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% +13.40% -3.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £78,750
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -9.09%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Cyber Assurance job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Cyber Assurance
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Cyber Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Cyber Assurance

Cyber Assurance
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Assurance in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Assurance in Portsmouth

Cyber Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (20.00%) SOC 3