Cybersecurity Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 25 37
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 154 29 66
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 10.55% 6.49% 4.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.23% 7.77% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 57 2 44
10th Percentile £26,750 £49,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £53,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -35.71%
75th Percentile £73,140 £65,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £68,250 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £33,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +43.94% -34.00% -16.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 949 373 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 65.00% 83.45% 79.00%
Number of salaries quoted 703 228 995
10th Percentile £29,550 £25,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £30,625 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,884 £45,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.04% -3.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,640 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.41%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in South Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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
Sheffield +28 79 £42,500 -15.00% 18
Doncaster -1 44 £100,000 +42.86% 2
Barnsley - 31 - - 4
Cybersecurity
Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (6.49%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.65%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 107 (69.48%) Azure
2 17 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 8 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.25%) AWS
6 4 (2.60%) GitHub
6 4 (2.60%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.84%) Firewall
2 7 (4.55%) VPN
3 5 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.60%) Internet
4 4 (2.60%) LAN
4 4 (2.60%) Network Security
4 4 (2.60%) WAN
5 1 (0.65%) ADSL
5 1 (0.65%) Broadband
5 1 (0.65%) ISDN
5 1 (0.65%) VDSL
5 1 (0.65%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Git
General
1 105 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.14%) Multimedia
3 9 (5.84%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.60%) Advertising
5 4 (2.60%) Banking
6 2 (1.30%) Finance
6 2 (1.30%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.30%) Retail
7 1 (0.65%) Automotive
7 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (36.36%) Analyst
1 56 (36.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 56 (36.36%) Security Analyst
2 48 (31.17%) Junior
2 48 (31.17%) Junior Analyst
2 48 (31.17%) Junior Security Analyst
3 45 (29.22%) Ethical Hacker
4 19 (12.34%) Trainee
5 8 (5.19%) IT Manager
5 8 (5.19%) Senior
6 7 (4.55%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 7 (4.55%) Head of Security
6 7 (4.55%) Head of Technology
6 7 (4.55%) IT Support
7 6 (3.90%) Security Manager
7 6 (3.90%) Senior Manager
7 6 (3.90%) Trainee Analyst
8 5 (3.25%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (3.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.60%) CSS
1 4 (2.60%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (29.87%) Cyberattack
2 3 (1.95%) Cyber Security Posture
2 3 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.30%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (0.65%) IoT
4 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.19%) Windows
2 6 (3.90%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (42.21%) Mentoring
2 52 (33.77%) Ethical Hacking
3 11 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (7.14%) Incident Response
3 11 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (5.84%) Identity Management
5 9 (5.84%) IT Strategy
6 8 (5.19%) Roadmaps
7 7 (4.55%) AI
7 7 (4.55%) Business Continuity
7 7 (4.55%) Decision-Making
7 7 (4.55%) Line Management
7 7 (4.55%) Logistics
7 7 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (4.55%) Service Management
8 6 (3.90%) ERP
8 6 (3.90%) ITIL
8 6 (3.90%) Project Planning
8 6 (3.90%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.25%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.60%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.60%) Python
3 2 (1.30%) R
Qualifications
1 103 (66.88%) Azure Certification
2 55 (35.71%) CompTIA Security+
3 52 (33.77%) CEH
4 49 (31.82%) CompTIA CySA+
5 10 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (4.55%) A+ Certification
7 7 (4.55%) Degree
8 6 (3.90%) CCNA
8 6 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (3.25%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.25%) CISSP
10 4 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (2.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (2.60%) CCSP
10 4 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.60%) Postgraduate
11 2 (1.30%) SC Cleared
11 2 (1.30%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.60%) NIST
4 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 114 (74.03%) Microsoft
2 93 (60.39%) ForeScout
3 5 (3.25%) Cisco
3 5 (3.25%) Veeam
4 4 (2.60%) HP
5 3 (1.95%) VMware
6 1 (0.65%) Sage