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 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 285 264
Rank change year-on-year +15 -21 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 1 33 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.010% 0.32% 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.033% 0.92% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £40,000 £47,200
25th Percentile £73,750 £47,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -21.43% +115.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £60,000 £83,750
90th Percentile - £61,250 £86,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -16.92% +23.81%

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 3,076 3,592 2,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.41% 34.55% 32.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,669 1,598 1,698
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cyberattack job vacancy trend 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
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 7 December 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
Thames Valley +13 1 £77,500 +61.46% 11
Berkshire +3 1 £77,500 - 5
Cyberattack
England

Cyberattack
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 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared