Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in Staffordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £53,688 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 85 62
Rank change year-on-year +18 -23 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 4 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 0.62% 0.49% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.51% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £53,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £65,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.40% +62.50% -
75th Percentile - £67,500 £66,875
90th Percentile - - £81,500
West Midlands median annual salary £53,688 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.52% - +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Staffordshire with a recognized job title 492 985 486
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 76.28% 96.10% 92.40%
Number of salaries quoted 266 728 374
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,000 £23,075
25th Percentile £28,822 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,754 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% -11.11% +4.65%
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,025 £62,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,443 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.89% -4.76% +5.00%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Staffordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Staffordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Stafford -1 4 £53,688 -6.63%
Cybersecurity Engineer
West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Staffordshire region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Police
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Management
2 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (50.00%) GIAC
3 2 (50.00%) ISACA
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (50.00%) SANS
3 2 (50.00%) APMG
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
General
1 3 (75.00%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (50.00%) APMG
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (50.00%) GIAC
3 2 (50.00%) ISACA
3 2 (50.00%) SANS
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft