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

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 261 205
Rank change year-on-year +105 -56 +45
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 23 25 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.64% 0.27% 0.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.08% 0.85% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 18 16 44
10th Percentile £39,750 £43,032 £41,625
25th Percentile £43,960 £46,733 £50,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £58,750 £64,363
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% -8.72% +2.98%
75th Percentile £69,084 £75,000 £76,563
90th Percentile £82,500 £96,250 £97,290
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -20.00%

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 1,108 2,945 2,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 30.90% 31.71% 40.04%
Number of salaries quoted 597 2,043 1,380
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -8.41% +3.98%
75th Percentile £68,525 £66,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £80,300 £82,500 £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 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 11 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 11 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 +60 12 £58,004 -3.33% 7
Gloucestershire +65 5 £45,445 -6.78% 9
Wiltshire +38 3 £47,500 -24.00%
Somerset - 2 £43,750 - 2
Devon - 1 £51,729 - 4
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 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) AWS
3 5 (21.74%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) Firewall
2 6 (26.09%) Network Security
2 6 (26.09%) VPN
3 5 (21.74%) DHCP
3 5 (21.74%) DNS
3 5 (21.74%) LAN
3 5 (21.74%) WAN
4 3 (13.04%) DMZ
4 3 (13.04%) VLAN
4 3 (13.04%) Wireshark
5 2 (8.70%) BGP
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (8.70%) EIGRP
5 2 (8.70%) Internet
5 2 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (8.70%) MPLS
5 2 (8.70%) OSPF
5 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
5 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
5 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Burp Suite
1 2 (8.70%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
5 3 (13.04%) Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (13.04%) Public Speaking
6 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Electronics
6 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Architect
3 2 (8.70%) AWS Architect
3 2 (8.70%) AWS Security Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Lead
3 2 (8.70%) Network Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (8.70%) Security Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Senior
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Tester
3 2 (8.70%) Systems Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Operations Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Tester
4 1 (4.35%) IT Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Management Information System
2 5 (21.74%) Data Centre
3 4 (17.39%) Security Posture
4 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.35%) Insider Threat
6 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
1 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (34.78%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (34.78%) Risk Management
4 7 (30.43%) Business Continuity
4 7 (30.43%) SIEM
5 6 (26.09%) Information Security
6 5 (21.74%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
6 5 (21.74%) Network Architecture
6 5 (21.74%) Security Operations
6 5 (21.74%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (17.39%) Analytical Thinking
7 4 (17.39%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (17.39%) Cost Management
7 4 (17.39%) Cost Optimisation
7 4 (17.39%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (17.39%) Cyber Intelligence
7 4 (17.39%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Bash
1 4 (17.39%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) C#
2 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) CISM
3 5 (21.74%) CISSP
3 5 (21.74%) Master's Degree
3 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (13.04%) AWS Certification
5 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
5 3 (13.04%) CCNA
5 3 (13.04%) CEH
5 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (13.04%) GIAC
5 3 (13.04%) MCP
5 3 (13.04%) MCSA
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (8.70%) CISA
6 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 2 (8.70%) ISSAP
6 2 (8.70%) PMI Certification
6 2 (8.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (26.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (26.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (26.09%) PCI DSS
3 4 (17.39%) GDPR
3 4 (17.39%) NIST
4 2 (8.70%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (8.70%) COBIT
4 2 (8.70%) SLA
4 2 (8.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
1 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) vSphere
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Iperf
2 2 (8.70%) Nmap
3 1 (4.35%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Fortinet
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
3 5 (21.74%) Cisco
4 4 (17.39%) Palo Alto
4 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
5 3 (13.04%) Ruckus Wireless
5 3 (13.04%) SonicWALL
5 3 (13.04%) VMware
6 2 (8.70%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (8.70%) Juniper
6 2 (8.70%) Nimble Storage
6 2 (8.70%) Sophos
6 2 (8.70%) Splunk
6 2 (8.70%) Veeam
6 2 (8.70%) Zscaler
7 1 (4.35%) Intel