Cybersecurity Jobs in the South East

Cybersecurity
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 56 46
Rank change year-on-year +24 -10 +41
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 964 773 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.74% 5.29% 5.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.79% 5.60% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 606 402 601
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,775 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £89,750 £92,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,188 13,810 18,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.53% 94.55% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,890 8,011 11,960
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the South East over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the South East

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 +16 440 £50,000 -23.08% 60
Buckinghamshire +18 261 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Surrey +23 200 £50,500 -15.83% 16
Hampshire -15 155 £50,000 -16.67% 48
Berkshire -10 130 £52,550 -24.93% 35
Kent -4 66 £44,250 +10.63% 15
Oxfordshire +23 49 £42,500 -26.09% 10
West Sussex +30 40 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Middlesex - 33 £56,919 -
Sussex - 7 £75,000 -
East Sussex +16 6 £37,500 -27.88% 5
Home Counties +13 1 £48,000 -49.47%
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 54 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.52%) Confluence
4 4 (0.41%) Apache
5 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 54 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.62%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.62%) Simulink
4 4 (0.41%) Stateflow
5 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.41%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 268 (27.80%) Azure
2 172 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
3 109 (11.31%) Entra ID
4 64 (6.64%) AWS
5 29 (3.01%) Cloud Computing
6 24 (2.49%) OneDrive
7 20 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (1.76%) SaaS
9 10 (1.04%) GCP
10 8 (0.83%) PaaS
11 7 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.73%) IaaS
12 6 (0.62%) Power Automate
12 6 (0.62%) Twilio
12 6 (0.62%) WhatsApp
13 5 (0.52%) Amazon S3
13 5 (0.52%) Power Platform
14 4 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.41%) Serverless
15 3 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 146 (15.15%) Firewall
2 81 (8.40%) 5G
3 70 (7.26%) Broadband
4 57 (5.91%) Network Security
5 46 (4.77%) WAN
6 44 (4.56%) DNS
7 35 (3.63%) Intrusion Detection
8 31 (3.22%) VPN
8 31 (3.22%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (3.11%) TCP/IP
10 26 (2.70%) DHCP
11 20 (2.07%) LAN
11 20 (2.07%) MPLS
11 20 (2.07%) Wireless
12 16 (1.66%) 4G
13 14 (1.45%) SD-WAN
14 13 (1.35%) VLAN
15 11 (1.14%) Internet
16 10 (1.04%) SAN
17 9 (0.93%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.18%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.83%) Big Data
3 7 (0.73%) MongoDB
3 7 (0.73%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (0.73%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.62%) Hadoop
5 5 (0.52%) MySQL
5 5 (0.52%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.31%) Power BI
7 2 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.21%) Tableau
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (0.83%) Git
3 7 (0.73%) GitLab
3 7 (0.73%) JIRA
3 7 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.52%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.21%) Apache Continuum
5 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.21%) Gradle
5 2 (0.21%) JUnit
5 2 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 208 (21.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 185 (19.19%) Social Skills
3 113 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.54%) Finance
5 37 (3.84%) Telecoms
6 31 (3.22%) Public Sector
7 28 (2.90%) Marketing
8 26 (2.70%) Law
8 26 (2.70%) Legal
9 23 (2.39%) Retail
10 21 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (1.76%) Automotive
12 16 (1.66%) Games
13 11 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.14%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (0.93%) Banking
16 8 (0.83%) Aviation
17 7 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 132 (13.69%) Analyst
2 130 (13.49%) Senior
3 102 (10.58%) Data Scientist
4 72 (7.47%) Security Specialist
5 71 (7.37%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 67 (6.95%) Linux Specialist
6 67 (6.95%) Technical Specialist
7 62 (6.43%) Lead
8 54 (5.60%) Security Manager
9 52 (5.39%) Architect
10 51 (5.29%) IT Support
11 48 (4.98%) Security Analyst
12 45 (4.67%) Security Engineer
13 44 (4.56%) IT Engineer
13 44 (4.56%) Systems Engineer
14 40 (4.15%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 40 (4.15%) Support Engineer
15 38 (3.94%) Senior Linux Specialist
15 38 (3.94%) Senior Technical Specialist
15 38 (3.94%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.45%) Web Services
2 11 (1.14%) HTML
2 11 (1.14%) Node.js
3 10 (1.04%) .NET
4 9 (0.93%) CSS
5 6 (0.62%) Kafka
5 6 (0.62%) Keycloak
5 6 (0.62%) Middleware
6 5 (0.52%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.52%) JSON
6 5 (0.52%) NETCONF
6 5 (0.52%) React
7 4 (0.41%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.41%) ActiveMQ
7 4 (0.41%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.41%) Django
7 4 (0.41%) Qt
7 4 (0.41%) RESTful
7 4 (0.41%) WebSockets
7 4 (0.41%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 106 (11.00%) Algorithms
2 101 (10.48%) Management Information System
3 78 (8.09%) Social Media
4 71 (7.37%) Self-Motivation
5 58 (6.02%) Data Centre
6 43 (4.46%) Cyber Threat
7 35 (3.63%) Security Operations Centre
8 32 (3.32%) Security Posture
9 29 (3.01%) Driving Licence
10 28 (2.90%) Operational Technology
11 27 (2.80%) IoT
12 20 (2.07%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.45%) Client/Server
14 12 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
14 12 (1.24%) Product Ownership
14 12 (1.24%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.14%) PKI
16 10 (1.04%) Cyberattack
17 9 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
17 9 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 218 (22.61%) Windows
2 101 (10.48%) Linux
3 100 (10.37%) Windows Server
4 67 (6.95%) Ubuntu
5 47 (4.88%) Windows 10
6 26 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (2.28%) Windows 7
9 20 (2.07%) Apple iOS
9 20 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.04%) Android
11 7 (0.73%) Windows 8
12 5 (0.52%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.52%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.10%) CentOS
14 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.10%) VMS
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (29.77%) Problem-Solving
2 175 (18.15%) Computer Science
3 172 (17.84%) Decision-Making
4 170 (17.63%) Mentoring
5 149 (15.46%) Coaching
6 146 (15.15%) Red Team
7 134 (13.90%) Data Science
8 120 (12.45%) Mathematics
9 108 (11.20%) ITIL
10 103 (10.68%) Digital Forensics
11 102 (10.58%) CRM
11 102 (10.58%) Data Analysis
11 102 (10.58%) Statistical Modelling
12 97 (10.06%) Information Security
13 89 (9.23%) IT Strategy
14 85 (8.82%) SIEM
15 84 (8.71%) Incident Response
16 79 (8.20%) Security Operations
17 77 (7.99%) Artificial Intelligence
18 70 (7.26%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 75 (7.78%) Bash
2 52 (5.39%) SQL
3 40 (4.15%) PowerShell
4 32 (3.32%) Python
5 22 (2.28%) C
6 17 (1.76%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.66%) C#
8 12 (1.24%) C++
9 8 (0.83%) Java
10 6 (0.62%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.52%) Go
12 3 (0.31%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.31%) VBScript
13 2 (0.21%) R
14 1 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 321 (33.30%) Degree
2 123 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 63 (6.54%) CISSP
4 48 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (4.67%) SC Cleared
6 39 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (2.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 26 (2.70%) MCP
10 23 (2.39%) CCNA
11 20 (2.07%) CISM
12 19 (1.97%) Azure Certification
12 19 (1.97%) DBS Check
13 18 (1.87%) CCNP
13 18 (1.87%) HNC
14 16 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.45%) CESG Certified Professional
16 13 (1.35%) GIAC
17 12 (1.24%) AWS Certification
17 12 (1.24%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (13.17%) NIST
2 101 (10.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 100 (10.37%) GRC
4 79 (8.20%) GDPR
5 69 (7.16%) Def Stans
6 60 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 32 (3.32%) Data Quality
8 28 (2.90%) PCI DSS
9 27 (2.80%) NCSC
10 17 (1.76%) SLA
11 16 (1.66%) NIST 800
12 15 (1.56%) COBIT
12 15 (1.56%) QA
13 12 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (1.04%) COSHH
14 10 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (0.73%) ISO 13485
17 6 (0.62%) HIPAA
17 6 (0.62%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 213 (22.10%) Active Directory
2 55 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (3.11%) Hyper-V
4 10 (1.04%) Docker
5 6 (0.62%) Firmware
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.10%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 111 (11.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (6.95%) Jamf Pro
3 19 (1.97%) FortiGate
3 19 (1.97%) SCCM
4 12 (1.24%) WSUS
5 11 (1.14%) Nessus
6 7 (0.73%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 7 (0.73%) Terraform
7 6 (0.62%) Stealthwatch
8 5 (0.52%) CASB
8 5 (0.52%) Kubernetes
8 5 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.52%) Suricata
9 4 (0.41%) Ansible
9 4 (0.41%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.31%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.21%) Podman
11 2 (0.21%) Puppet
12 1 (0.10%) Graphite
12 1 (0.10%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 345 (35.79%) Microsoft
2 82 (8.51%) VMware
3 67 (6.95%) CyberArk
3 67 (6.95%) Tanium
4 53 (5.50%) Apple
5 48 (4.98%) Adobe
6 47 (4.88%) Cisco
7 26 (2.70%) Citrix
7 26 (2.70%) HP
8 23 (2.39%) Veeam
9 22 (2.28%) Darktrace
10 14 (1.45%) NEC
11 13 (1.35%) Dell
11 13 (1.35%) Meraki
11 13 (1.35%) SAP
11 13 (1.35%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.14%) Samsung
12 11 (1.14%) Splunk
13 10 (1.04%) Qualys
14 9 (0.93%) Ribbon