Cybersecurity Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 33 48
Rank change year-on-year -46 +15 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 110 435 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.27% 6.45% 5.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 7.57% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 89 210 125
10th Percentile £24,000 £37,500 £33,600
25th Percentile £24,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% -3.70%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £92,500
South East median annual salary £47,683 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.58% -8.18% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,150 5,748 5,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.56% 85.18% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 3,995 3,143
10th Percentile £28,800 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,875 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Buckinghamshire -36 45 £25,500 -49.00% 27
Berkshire -27 40 £60,000 +14.18% 72
Oxfordshire +14 25 £75,000 +76.47% 47
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.55%) Apache
1 5 (4.55%) IIS
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.91%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.00%) Azure
2 13 (11.82%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (10.91%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.27%) AWS
5 5 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.73%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.82%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.82%) PaaS
7 2 (1.82%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.91%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (0.91%) GCP
8 1 (0.91%) IaaS
8 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.45%) Firewall
2 9 (8.18%) DNS
2 9 (8.18%) Network Security
3 8 (7.27%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.45%) SNMP
5 5 (4.55%) VPN
6 4 (3.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (3.64%) WAN
7 3 (2.73%) Broadband
7 3 (2.73%) Mobile Broadband
8 2 (1.82%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.82%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.82%) Internet
8 2 (1.82%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.82%) SSL
8 2 (1.82%) VSAN
9 1 (0.91%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.55%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.73%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.91%) MySQL
5 1 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.91%) Power BI
General
1 65 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.18%) Finance
2 9 (8.18%) Retail
3 8 (7.27%) Publishing
4 7 (6.36%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.45%) Back Office
5 6 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.45%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.55%) Local Government
7 4 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.64%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.82%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.91%) Advertising
9 1 (0.91%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.91%) Law
9 1 (0.91%) Legal
9 1 (0.91%) Marketing
9 1 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (21.82%) Graduate
1 24 (21.82%) Graduate Sales Executive
1 24 (21.82%) Sales Executive
2 19 (17.27%) Analyst
3 11 (10.00%) Security Manager
3 11 (10.00%) Senior
4 10 (9.09%) Lead
5 8 (7.27%) Governance Manager
5 8 (7.27%) Information Governance Manager
5 8 (7.27%) Information Manager
6 7 (6.36%) IT Analyst
6 7 (6.36%) Security Engineer
7 6 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 6 (5.45%) Field Engineer
7 6 (5.45%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (5.45%) Information Security Manager
8 5 (4.55%) IT Manager
8 5 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.64%) Architect
9 4 (3.64%) Head of Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.82%) Kafka
1 2 (1.82%) Leaflet
2 1 (0.91%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.91%) JSON
2 1 (0.91%) Node.js
2 1 (0.91%) React
2 1 (0.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (31.82%) Data Centre
2 23 (20.91%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.27%) Client/Server
3 8 (7.27%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (7.27%) Driving Licence
3 8 (7.27%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (7.27%) Freedom of Information Act
4 7 (6.36%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (6.36%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.36%) Security Posture
5 5 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.64%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.73%) SCADA
7 3 (2.73%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.91%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.91%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.91%) Life Science
8 1 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (17.27%) Windows
2 9 (8.18%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.36%) Linux
4 3 (2.73%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.91%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.73%) Information Security
2 24 (21.82%) Artificial Intelligence
2 24 (21.82%) Customer Experience
3 20 (18.18%) Incident Management
4 19 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (17.27%) Security Operations
5 17 (15.45%) SIEM
6 16 (14.55%) Analytics
7 15 (13.64%) Customer Service
8 14 (12.73%) ITIL
9 11 (10.00%) Data Protection
9 11 (10.00%) Roadmaps
10 10 (9.09%) Decision-Making
10 10 (9.09%) Incident Response
10 10 (9.09%) Information Security Management
10 10 (9.09%) Security Management
11 9 (8.18%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (8.18%) Risk Management
12 8 (7.27%) ISMS
12 8 (7.27%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.18%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.27%) Python
3 6 (5.45%) SQL
4 2 (1.82%) C#
4 2 (1.82%) Go
4 2 (1.82%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 22 (20.00%) CISSP
2 18 (16.36%) Degree
3 13 (11.82%) CISM
4 12 (10.91%) Security Cleared
5 10 (9.09%) CISA
5 10 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 8 (7.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 6 (5.45%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (5.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (4.55%) CCNP
8 5 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.73%) CCNA
9 3 (2.73%) GCIA
9 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.73%) SANS
10 2 (1.82%) CCSE
10 2 (1.82%) CISMP
10 2 (1.82%) MCP
10 2 (1.82%) MCSA
10 2 (1.82%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (11.82%) NIST
4 10 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (8.18%) HIPAA
5 9 (8.18%) PCI DSS
6 4 (3.64%) GDPR
7 3 (2.73%) SLA
8 2 (1.82%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.91%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (10.91%) Active Directory
1 12 (10.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.64%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.82%) Docker
3 2 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (4.55%) FortiGate
1 5 (4.55%) ZABBIX
2 3 (2.73%) Graylog
2 3 (2.73%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.91%) QRadar
4 1 (0.91%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (26.36%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.73%) VMware
3 6 (5.45%) Cisco
3 6 (5.45%) Fortinet
3 6 (5.45%) Oracle
4 2 (1.82%) AlienVault
4 2 (1.82%) Apple
4 2 (1.82%) CheckPoint
4 2 (1.82%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.82%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.91%) Splunk
5 1 (0.91%) Veeam