Cybersecurity Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 50 38
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +50
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 441 336 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.56% 5.62% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.74% 5.94% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 211 124 285
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,575 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,188 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% -1.85% +17.39%
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £92,500 £100,000
South East median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% -8.33% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,701 5,658 6,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.81% 94.69% 92.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,924 3,080 3,875
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,290
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024. 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 +20 262 £50,000 -4.76% 16
Berkshire -3 131 £52,550 -24.93% 37
Oxfordshire +21 48 £42,500 -26.09% 11
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 30 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 90 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (15.42%) Azure
3 25 (5.67%) Entra ID
4 19 (4.31%) OneDrive
5 17 (3.85%) AWS
6 14 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (1.59%) SaaS
9 6 (1.36%) WhatsApp
10 5 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (0.91%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.91%) GCP
12 3 (0.68%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.45%) Serverless
14 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.23%) Azure Pipelines
14 1 (0.23%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 72 (16.33%) Firewall
2 27 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (5.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 22 (4.99%) Network Security
5 17 (3.85%) WAN
6 15 (3.40%) SD-WAN
7 11 (2.49%) DNS
7 11 (2.49%) Internet
8 9 (2.04%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.59%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (1.36%) MPLS
10 6 (1.36%) VPN
11 5 (1.13%) SAN
11 5 (1.13%) SNMP
12 4 (0.91%) DHCP
12 4 (0.91%) LAN
12 4 (0.91%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.68%) 5G
13 3 (0.68%) Broadband
13 3 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.54%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.68%) Power BI
3 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.45%) Tableau
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.23%) Git
General
1 141 (31.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 50 (11.34%) Social Skills
3 35 (7.94%) Finance
4 28 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (4.99%) Law
6 20 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.54%) Legal
7 16 (3.63%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.17%) Retail
9 11 (2.49%) Automotive
10 7 (1.59%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.36%) Banking
11 6 (1.36%) Games
11 6 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.68%) Marketing
13 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.23%) Local Government
14 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (23.13%) Data Scientist
2 62 (14.06%) Analyst
3 58 (13.15%) Senior
4 32 (7.26%) Data Engineer
5 31 (7.03%) Architect
5 31 (7.03%) Security Engineer
6 29 (6.58%) IT Support
7 27 (6.12%) Security Manager
7 27 (6.12%) SOC Analyst
8 24 (5.44%) Security Architect
9 23 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (4.99%) Lead
10 22 (4.99%) Support Engineer
11 20 (4.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 20 (4.54%) IT Engineer
11 20 (4.54%) Systems Engineer
12 19 (4.31%) IT Manager
12 19 (4.31%) IT Support Engineer
13 18 (4.08%) Consultant
14 17 (3.85%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.13%) NETCONF
1 5 (1.13%) Web Services
2 1 (0.23%) .NET
2 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.23%) CSS
2 1 (0.23%) HTML
2 1 (0.23%) JSON
2 1 (0.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 102 (23.13%) Algorithms
2 61 (13.83%) Management Information System
3 52 (11.79%) Data Centre
4 31 (7.03%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (4.31%) Security Operations Centre
7 13 (2.95%) Client/Server
8 11 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.49%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.27%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.04%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.13%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (0.68%) IoT
13 3 (0.68%) Social Media
14 2 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.45%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 108 (24.49%) Windows
2 52 (11.79%) Windows Server
3 42 (9.52%) Windows 10
4 21 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 20 (4.54%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (3.85%) Windows 7
7 8 (1.81%) Linux
8 5 (1.13%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (45.12%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (34.92%) Mentoring
3 148 (33.56%) Decision-Making
4 146 (33.11%) Coaching
5 142 (32.20%) Red Team
6 140 (31.75%) Computer Science
7 134 (30.39%) Data Science
8 108 (24.49%) Mathematics
9 102 (23.13%) Data Analysis
9 102 (23.13%) Digital Forensics
9 102 (23.13%) Statistical Modelling
10 65 (14.74%) ITIL
11 53 (12.02%) Analytics
12 50 (11.34%) Security Operations
13 49 (11.11%) Software Licensing
14 45 (10.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 45 (10.20%) Presales
15 44 (9.98%) Incident Response
16 41 (9.30%) SIEM
17 35 (7.94%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.90%) PowerShell
2 21 (4.76%) SQL
3 5 (1.13%) Python
4 3 (0.68%) Bash
5 2 (0.45%) R
5 2 (0.45%) VBScript
6 1 (0.23%) C#
6 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 253 (57.37%) Degree
2 62 (14.06%) Security Cleared
3 36 (8.16%) CISSP
4 20 (4.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.31%) CompTIA Security+
6 17 (3.85%) HNC
6 17 (3.85%) MCP
7 16 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (3.17%) CCNA
9 14 (3.17%) CCNP
9 14 (3.17%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.72%) AWS Certification
11 10 (2.27%) Azure Certification
11 10 (2.27%) CISM
12 8 (1.81%) GIAC
12 8 (1.81%) GPEN
13 7 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.91%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.71%) NIST
2 32 (7.26%) Data Quality
3 31 (7.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (6.35%) GDPR
5 15 (3.40%) PCI DSS
6 14 (3.17%) GRC
7 13 (2.95%) SLA
8 12 (2.72%) NIST 800
9 11 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (1.59%) COBIT
10 7 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.36%) NCSC
12 5 (1.13%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.91%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.91%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.68%) QA
15 2 (0.45%) COSO
15 2 (0.45%) ITGC
16 1 (0.23%) IASME
System Software
1 88 (19.95%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.45%) Docker
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.31%) SCCM
3 7 (1.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 7 (1.59%) Nessus
3 7 (1.59%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (1.13%) CASB
4 5 (1.13%) Suricata
5 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.45%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.23%) Terraform
7 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 166 (37.64%) Microsoft
2 54 (12.24%) VMware
3 50 (11.34%) Apple
4 49 (11.11%) Adobe
5 25 (5.67%) Citrix
6 19 (4.31%) Cisco
6 19 (4.31%) Veeam
7 13 (2.95%) Meraki
7 13 (2.95%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.72%) Dell
8 12 (2.72%) HP
9 11 (2.49%) Samsung
10 7 (1.59%) Splunk
11 6 (1.36%) Intel
11 6 (1.36%) Qualys
11 6 (1.36%) Sophos
12 5 (1.13%) Datto
12 5 (1.13%) Juniper
12 5 (1.13%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.13%) WatchGuard