Cyberattack Job Trends in the South East

Cyberattack
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 324 281
Rank change year-on-year +90 -43 -12
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 64 16 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.71% 0.12% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.72% 0.38% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 10
10th Percentile £43,000 £45,325 £41,125
25th Percentile £45,625 £47,625 £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% -14.55% +111.54%
75th Percentile £65,625 £60,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,150 £84,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £68,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.76% +14.17% +4.35%

All Generic Skills
South East

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,729 4,213 3,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 41.17% 32.62% 37.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,787 2,163 2,327
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,988 £38,945 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cyberattack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cyberattack in the South East

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cyberattack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack in the South East over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in the South East

Cyberattack
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 Cyberattack within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 September 2025. 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
Surrey +61 35 - -
Kent +23 14 - -
Thames Valley -2 6 £60,000 +25.00% 1
Hampshire +69 3 £50,000 -16.67% 2
East Sussex - 3 - -
Oxfordshire - 3 - -
Berkshire -9 2 £60,000 - 1
Middlesex - 2 - -
West Sussex +6 1 - -
Buckinghamshire 0 1 - -
Cyberattack
England

Cyberattack
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (29.69%) Azure
2 18 (28.13%) Amazon EKS
2 18 (28.13%) AWS
2 18 (28.13%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (28.13%) Elasticsearch
General
1 61 (95.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 40 (62.50%) Law
2 40 (62.50%) Legal
3 19 (29.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.69%) Finance
5 1 (1.56%) Retail
5 1 (1.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Developer
1 18 (28.13%) Software Developer
2 3 (4.69%) Project Manager
3 2 (3.13%) Analyst
3 2 (3.13%) Security Analyst
4 1 (1.56%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (1.56%) Commercial Lawyer
4 1 (1.56%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (1.56%) Security Engineer
4 1 (1.56%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (28.13%) .NET
1 18 (28.13%) Node.js
1 18 (28.13%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (28.13%) Android
1 18 (28.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (90.63%) Line Management
2 43 (67.19%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (60.94%) Creative Thinking
4 21 (32.81%) Agile
5 18 (28.13%) Android Development
5 18 (28.13%) CI/CD
5 18 (28.13%) Collaborative Working
5 18 (28.13%) Containerisation
5 18 (28.13%) Design Patterns
5 18 (28.13%) Kanban
5 18 (28.13%) Mathematics
5 18 (28.13%) OO
5 18 (28.13%) OOP
5 18 (28.13%) OWASP
5 18 (28.13%) Secure Coding
5 18 (28.13%) Software Engineering
5 18 (28.13%) Statistics
6 5 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (6.25%) Project Management
8 3 (4.69%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (29.69%) Python
2 18 (28.13%) C++
2 18 (28.13%) Go
2 18 (28.13%) Java
2 18 (28.13%) JavaScript
2 18 (28.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 22 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 21 (32.81%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (3.13%) Degree
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.56%) CEH
4 1 (1.56%) CISA
4 1 (1.56%) CISSP
4 1 (1.56%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.56%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (62.50%) NCSC
2 3 (4.69%) PMBOK
System Software
1 18 (28.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (28.13%) Ansible
1 18 (28.13%) Kubernetes
1 18 (28.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft