Cyber Threat Jobs in the South West

Cyber Threats
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 262 211
Rank change year-on-year +98 -51 +29
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 17 24 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.48% 0.25% 0.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.51% 0.82% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15 15 41
10th Percentile £43,000 £42,378 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,420 £46,590 £50,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -22.39% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,157 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £96,500 £97,290
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,763
% change year-on-year - +8.76% -18.68%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,127 2,921 2,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.02% 29.91% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 566 2,038 1,373
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,983 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,066
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -8.90% +4.54%
75th Percentile £68,525 £65,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £86,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the South West

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Bristol +54 8 £58,004 -10.76% 12
Wiltshire +45 3 £47,500 -24.00% 7
Devon - 3 £51,729 - 17
Somerset - 2 £43,750 - 8
Gloucestershire +59 1 - - 17
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) AWS
2 5 (29.41%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (11.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) Firewall
2 4 (23.53%) VPN
3 3 (17.65%) DHCP
3 3 (17.65%) DMZ
3 3 (17.65%) DNS
3 3 (17.65%) LAN
3 3 (17.65%) VLAN
3 3 (17.65%) WAN
3 3 (17.65%) Wireshark
4 2 (11.76%) Broadband
4 2 (11.76%) Internet
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security
4 2 (11.76%) SSH
4 2 (11.76%) SSL
4 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Burp Suite
1 2 (11.76%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Public Speaking
4 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
4 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Analyst
1 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat Analyst
1 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
1 3 (17.65%) Lead
1 3 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Architect
2 2 (11.76%) AWS Architect
2 2 (11.76%) AWS Security Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Operations Team Leader
2 2 (11.76%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (11.76%) Security Architect
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Penetration Tester
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Tester
2 2 (11.76%) Team Leader
2 2 (11.76%) Tester
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (5.88%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) RESTful
1 2 (11.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
2 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (11.76%) PKI
3 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
1 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
1 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
2 6 (35.29%) SIEM
3 5 (29.41%) Actionable Insight
3 5 (29.41%) Cyber Intelligence
3 5 (29.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (29.41%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (23.53%) Cryptography
4 4 (23.53%) DevOps
4 4 (23.53%) Incident Response
4 4 (23.53%) Information Security
4 4 (23.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
4 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
4 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
5 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
5 3 (17.65%) Network Architecture
5 3 (17.65%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) Bash
2 2 (11.76%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) Master's Degree
3 4 (23.53%) CISM
3 4 (23.53%) CISSP
4 3 (17.65%) AWS Certification
4 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
4 3 (17.65%) CCNA
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (17.65%) MCP
4 3 (17.65%) MCSA
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) CEH
5 2 (11.76%) CHECK Team Member
5 2 (11.76%) CISA
5 2 (11.76%) CREST Certified
5 2 (11.76%) GIAC
5 2 (11.76%) ISSAP
5 2 (11.76%) SANS
5 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (29.41%) NIST
3 2 (11.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (11.76%) COBIT
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (11.76%) GDPR
3 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
3 2 (11.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
2 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Iperf
2 2 (11.76%) Nmap
2 2 (11.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Fortinet
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) Ruckus Wireless
2 3 (17.65%) SonicWALL
2 3 (17.65%) VMware
3 2 (11.76%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
3 2 (11.76%) Sophos
3 2 (11.76%) Thales