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 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 222 327
Rank change year-on-year +25 +105 -16
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 135 66 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.79% 0.75% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.22% 1.76% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 12
10th Percentile - £42,750 £46,825
25th Percentile - £45,000 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,750 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -17.02% -12.96%
75th Percentile - £57,813 £61,375
90th Percentile - £71,875 £78,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -45.10% +2.00% +4.17%

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 4,194 3,744 4,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.65% 42.74% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,900 1,775 2,724
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.13% -8.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,679 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.87% -4.35% -11.54%

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 11 August 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
Thames Valley +37 40 - - 5
Hampshire -17 28 £45,000 -10.00% 1
Kent -13 26 - -
Buckinghamshire +4 14 - - 2
East Sussex -3 14 - -
Surrey -40 14 - -
Berkshire +24 13 - - 1
West Sussex -6 13 - -
Oxfordshire -13 13 - - 2
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
1 130 (96.30%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.22%) DNS
2 2 (1.48%) Broadband
2 2 (1.48%) HTTP
2 2 (1.48%) Internet
3 1 (0.74%) SSH
3 1 (0.74%) SSL
3 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
General
1 132 (97.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (1.48%) Aerospace
2 2 (1.48%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (1.48%) Finance
2 2 (1.48%) Military
3 1 (0.74%) Games
Job Titles
1 130 (96.30%) Ethical Hacker
2 4 (2.96%) Analyst
3 1 (0.74%) Senior
3 1 (0.74%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (0.74%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (1.48%) Security Posture
2 2 (1.48%) Shadow IT
3 1 (0.74%) AI Agents
3 1 (0.74%) CSOC
3 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.74%) PKI
3 1 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.74%) Linux
1 1 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (98.52%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (96.30%) Ethical Hacking
3 4 (2.96%) Decision-Making
4 3 (2.22%) Incident Response
5 2 (1.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (1.48%) OSINT
5 2 (1.48%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (0.74%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (0.74%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (0.74%) Design Patterns
6 1 (0.74%) Human-in-the-Loop
6 1 (0.74%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (0.74%) Key Management
6 1 (0.74%) LLM
6 1 (0.74%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (0.74%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (0.74%) Security Operations
6 1 (0.74%) Situational Awareness
6 1 (0.74%) Threat Detection
6 1 (0.74%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 130 (96.30%) Azure Certification
1 130 (96.30%) CEH
2 2 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.74%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (0.74%) Degree
3 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.74%) GIAC
3 1 (0.74%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.74%) GDPR
1 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (0.74%) NIST
1 1 (0.74%) SLA
Vendors
1 131 (97.04%) Microsoft
2 130 (96.30%) ForeScout
3 1 (0.74%) Splunk
3 1 (0.74%) Thales