Cyberattack Job Trends in the South West

Cyberattack
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 166 94
Rank change year-on-year -2 -72 +28
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 3 50 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.080% 0.81% 3.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 2.83% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 42
10th Percentile - - £33,008
25th Percentile - £33,750 £55,218
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £37,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% -42.31% +13.04%
75th Percentile - £41,250 £70,000
90th Percentile - £47,125 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.96% -16.80% +8.70%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,293 1,766 1,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 34.47% 28.58% 39.49%
Number of salaries quoted 781 945 1,395
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £29,970
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £38,671
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% -9.09% +9.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% -

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in the South West

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cyberattack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Bristol +34 1 £65,000 - 1
Gloucestershire -13 1 - - 4
Dorset - 1 - -
Cyberattack
England

Cyberattack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Information Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Red Team
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Storage Management
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 1 (33.33%) OSCP
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
1 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) 3PAR
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk