Cyber Assurance Job Trends in the South East

Cyber Assurance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 289 270
Rank change year-on-year +16 -19 +143
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Assurance 5 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.048% 0.077% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.087% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £48,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £33,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £44,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.05% -16.19% +23.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £50,000 £63,125
90th Percentile - £60,800 £68,750
England median annual salary £59,500 £63,900 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.89% +2.24% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,309 8,009 7,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.54% 87.86% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,909 3,879 5,078
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.42% -4.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cyber Assurance job vacancy trend in the South East

Cyber Assurance
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cyber Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cyber Assurance

Cyber Assurance
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
Middlesex - 3 - -
Hampshire - 2 £62,500 - 2
Cyber Assurance
England

Cyber Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Coaching
2 3 (60.00%) Creative Thinking
2 3 (60.00%) Data Collection
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) OWASP
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISM
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) CRISC
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) NCSC
3 1 (20.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
3 1 (20.00%) SOC 3
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft