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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 327 355
Rank change year-on-year +62 +28 +29
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 27 66 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 0.39% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 1.14% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 21 42 21
10th Percentile £42,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £56,875 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -24.17% -25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,563 -
90th Percentile £73,000 £110,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -20.00%

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 3,387 5,773 6,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 36.07% 34.42% 42.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,777 3,738 3,221
10th Percentile £30,400 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -13.27% +2.73%
75th Percentile £68,000 £63,750 £73,963
90th Percentile £76,000 £75,000 £88,750
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 14 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 14 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 +64 9 £50,000 -16.67% 12
Thames Valley +41 5 £50,000 - 14
Surrey +41 4 £53,500 -10.08% 4
Kent +38 4 £47,500 -29.10% 4
Buckinghamshire +18 3 £47,500 +18.75% 1
Berkshire +29 2 £65,000 -38.10% 7
Sussex +21 2 - - 2
Middlesex - 2 - -
West Sussex +38 1 £42,500 - 4
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 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (14.81%) Azure
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (7.41%) Cloudflare
4 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.41%) SaaS
5 1 (3.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (44.44%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 3 (11.11%) VPN
3 2 (7.41%) DNS
3 2 (7.41%) Internet
3 2 (7.41%) LAN
3 2 (7.41%) SSL
3 2 (7.41%) WAN
3 2 (7.41%) WLAN
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.41%) Electronics
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Law
4 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) SOC Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Security Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior
4 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) SOC Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.41%) Head of Security
5 2 (7.41%) Network Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Network Team Leader
5 2 (7.41%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Network Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.70%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (25.93%) Security Posture
3 4 (14.81%) Cyberattack
4 3 (11.11%) Client/Server
4 3 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 2 (7.41%) YARA
6 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Linux
2 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (62.96%) SIEM
3 14 (51.85%) Security Operations
4 12 (44.44%) Incident Response
5 11 (40.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 11 (40.74%) Threat Intelligence
6 9 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (22.22%) Threat Detection
9 5 (18.52%) Analytics
9 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
10 4 (14.81%) ITIL
10 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
10 4 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (14.81%) SOAR
11 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
11 3 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
1 5 (18.52%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) Bash
2 3 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (7.41%) C#
3 2 (7.41%) Go
3 2 (7.41%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) GCIH
2 6 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 5 (18.52%) CISM
3 5 (18.52%) CISSP
3 5 (18.52%) Degree
4 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) CEH
5 3 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (11.11%) GIAC
6 2 (7.41%) CISA
6 2 (7.41%) CRISC
6 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) GCIA
7 1 (3.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (25.93%) NIST
3 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
4 3 (11.11%) GDPR
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (7.41%) GRC
6 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.70%) NCSC
6 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Graylog
2 1 (3.70%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (3.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Splunk
3 2 (7.41%) Apple
3 2 (7.41%) Aruba
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco
3 2 (7.41%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) IBM
4 1 (3.70%) McAfee
4 1 (3.70%) SAP