Cyber Threat Jobs in the South East

Cyber Threats
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 326 355
Rank change year-on-year +50 +29 +32
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 39 67 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.40% 0.38% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.03% 1.13% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 19 43 21
10th Percentile £42,000 - £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -26.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,200 £109,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -20.63%

All Generic Skills
South East

Cyber Threat 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 3,779 5,922 5,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 39.02% 33.61% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 3,792 3,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £56,588
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -11.64% +2.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the South East

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Hampshire +78 14 £61,000 +1.67% 11
Surrey +47 9 £53,500 -10.08% 4
Kent +40 7 £47,500 -29.10% 4
Thames Valley +29 4 £63,750 +27.50% 12
Berkshire +33 3 £65,000 -38.10% 7
Sussex +21 2 - -
Middlesex - 2 - -
West Sussex +35 1 £42,500 - 2
Buckinghamshire +16 1 £50,000 +25.00% 3
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) AWS
2 11 (28.21%) AWS Lambda
2 11 (28.21%) Serverless
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.13%) Azure
4 2 (5.13%) SaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (38.46%) Firewall
2 11 (28.21%) Broadband
2 11 (28.21%) SSH
2 11 (28.21%) SSL
3 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
3 5 (12.82%) VPN
4 3 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (5.13%) LAN
5 2 (5.13%) WAN
5 2 (5.13%) WLAN
General
1 23 (58.97%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.69%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.13%) Law
5 2 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Analyst
2 12 (30.77%) SOC Analyst
3 11 (28.21%) Cloud Engineer
3 11 (28.21%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Senior
5 6 (15.38%) Security Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) SOC Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) Head of Security
8 2 (5.13%) Network Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Network Team Leader
8 2 (5.13%) Operational Security Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Operations Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Security Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Security Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Security Operations Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Network Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.21%) RESTful
1 11 (28.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) Cyberattack
1 15 (38.46%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (35.90%) Management Information System
3 12 (30.77%) Onboarding
4 11 (28.21%) PKI
5 5 (12.82%) Security Posture
6 4 (10.26%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (5.13%) YARA
8 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
8 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (46.15%) SIEM
3 17 (43.59%) Incident Response
4 16 (41.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 16 (41.03%) Security Operations
4 16 (41.03%) Threat Intelligence
5 15 (38.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 14 (35.90%) Roadmaps
7 13 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 11 (28.21%) Deployment Automation
8 11 (28.21%) DevOps
8 11 (28.21%) Key Management
8 11 (28.21%) Programme Delivery
8 11 (28.21%) Use Case
9 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (25.64%) Threat Detection
10 7 (17.95%) Collaborative Culture
10 7 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
11 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) Python
2 3 (7.69%) Bash
2 3 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.13%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (2.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) GCIH
2 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
3 6 (15.38%) CISM
3 6 (15.38%) CISSP
4 5 (12.82%) Degree
5 4 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
5 4 (10.26%) GIAC
5 4 (10.26%) OSCP
5 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
6 3 (7.69%) CEH
6 3 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (5.13%) CISA
7 2 (5.13%) CRISC
8 1 (2.56%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (2.56%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (2.56%) GCIA
8 1 (2.56%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (56.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (48.72%) NIST
3 4 (10.26%) GDPR
3 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
4 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (5.13%) GRC
5 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.56%) NCSC
5 1 (2.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (28.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) Graylog
2 1 (2.56%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (2.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 11 (28.21%) Thales
3 7 (17.95%) Splunk
4 2 (5.13%) Aruba
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) Google
5 1 (2.56%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.56%) IBM
5 1 (2.56%) McAfee
5 1 (2.56%) SAP