Cybersecurity Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 79 31
Rank change year-on-year +58 -48 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 357 141 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.25% 3.74% 6.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.45% 4.15% 7.42%
Number of salaries quoted 211 116 211
10th Percentile £30,250 £24,750 £38,000
25th Percentile £39,375 £28,250 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.34% -19.52% -4.63%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,852 £78,410
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -0.09%

All Process & 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 4,794 3,396 4,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.49% 90.06% 81.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,365 1,460 2,589
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,466 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.85% -4.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

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 18 August 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
Berkshire +77 151 £45,000 -8.16% 41
Buckinghamshire +35 130 £49,536 +94.26% 21
Oxfordshire -1 76 £70,000 +43.59% 20
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 15 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.56%) CMS
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.68%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 156 (43.70%) Azure
2 66 (18.49%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (6.16%) AWS
4 19 (5.32%) Entra ID
5 18 (5.04%) SaaS
6 14 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (3.92%) Google Workspace
7 8 (2.24%) GCP
8 6 (1.68%) Cloudflare
9 5 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.12%) Datadog
10 4 (1.12%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.12%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.12%) Sumo Logic
11 3 (0.84%) IaaS
11 3 (0.84%) PaaS
12 2 (0.56%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (0.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 54 (15.13%) DNS
2 47 (13.17%) Firewall
3 33 (9.24%) VPN
4 31 (8.68%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (7.56%) Network Security
5 27 (7.56%) SSL
6 25 (7.00%) TCP/IP
7 23 (6.44%) DHCP
7 23 (6.44%) HTTP
7 23 (6.44%) VLAN
8 17 (4.76%) WAN
9 12 (3.36%) FTP
10 10 (2.80%) BGP
10 10 (2.80%) ICMP
10 10 (2.80%) IPsec
10 10 (2.80%) MPLS
10 10 (2.80%) SD-WAN
10 10 (2.80%) SNMP
10 10 (2.80%) SSH
11 9 (2.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.40%) GIS
2 2 (0.56%) Power BI
3 1 (0.28%) Metadata
3 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
General
1 166 (46.50%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (7.00%) Finance
4 17 (4.76%) Telecoms
5 14 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.36%) Retail
7 11 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.80%) Marketing
8 10 (2.80%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.68%) Banking
10 6 (1.68%) Local Government
11 4 (1.12%) Games
11 4 (1.12%) Public Speaking
12 3 (0.84%) Law
13 2 (0.56%) Legal
13 2 (0.56%) Military
13 2 (0.56%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 88 (24.65%) Analyst
2 53 (14.85%) Security Analyst
3 51 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 36 (10.08%) Ethical Hacker
4 36 (10.08%) Junior
4 36 (10.08%) Senior
5 35 (9.80%) Architect
6 34 (9.52%) IT Support
6 34 (9.52%) Junior Analyst
6 34 (9.52%) Junior Security Analyst
7 32 (8.96%) Security Architect
8 29 (8.12%) IT Manager
9 20 (5.60%) SOC Analyst
10 19 (5.32%) IT Engineer
11 18 (5.04%) Business Development Manager
11 18 (5.04%) Business Manager
11 18 (5.04%) Development Manager
12 17 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
12 17 (4.76%) Support Engineer
13 15 (4.20%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.80%) OAuth
1 10 (2.80%) SAML
2 5 (1.40%) LDAP
3 3 (0.84%) JSON
3 3 (0.84%) JSON Schema
3 3 (0.84%) Middleware
3 3 (0.84%) Regular Expression
3 3 (0.84%) XML
3 3 (0.84%) XMPP
4 2 (0.56%) .NET
4 2 (0.56%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.56%) Model Context Protocol
4 2 (0.56%) Node.js
4 2 (0.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.36%) Cyberattack
2 30 (8.40%) Cyber Threat
3 24 (6.72%) Driving Licence
4 23 (6.44%) Security Operations Centre
5 16 (4.48%) Cyber Defence
6 14 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (3.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 12 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.36%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.24%) CSOC
9 5 (1.40%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.12%) Hackathon
10 4 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.84%) CCTV
11 3 (0.84%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.84%) PKI
11 3 (0.84%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 73 (20.45%) Windows
2 35 (9.80%) Linux
3 29 (8.12%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.36%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (14.57%) Mentoring
3 49 (13.73%) SIEM
4 48 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (10.64%) Ethical Hacking
6 33 (9.24%) Incident Response
7 32 (8.96%) Security Operations
8 30 (8.40%) Business Development
9 28 (7.84%) Information Security
10 27 (7.56%) ITIL
11 26 (7.28%) AI
12 25 (7.00%) Data Protection
13 24 (6.72%) Disaster Recovery
13 24 (6.72%) Service Delivery
13 24 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 24 (6.72%) Vulnerability Management
14 23 (6.44%) Customer Service
14 23 (6.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 21 (5.88%) Project Delivery
16 19 (5.32%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.56%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.16%) Python
3 7 (1.96%) Bash
3 7 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (1.96%) Search Processing Language
3 7 (1.96%) SQL
4 4 (1.12%) C#
4 4 (1.12%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 74 (20.73%) Azure Certification
2 68 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 64 (17.93%) CompTIA Security+
4 43 (12.04%) CEH
5 41 (11.48%) CompTIA CySA+
6 39 (10.92%) SC Cleared
7 32 (8.96%) Degree
8 25 (7.00%) DV Cleared
9 22 (6.16%) CISSP
10 16 (4.48%) GCIA
11 15 (4.20%) GIAC
12 12 (3.36%) DBS Check
13 11 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
13 11 (3.08%) SANS
14 10 (2.80%) CREST Certified
14 10 (2.80%) OSCP
15 9 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (2.24%) CCNA
16 8 (2.24%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (6.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 24 (6.72%) NIST
3 18 (5.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 15 (4.20%) GRC
5 9 (2.52%) GDPR
6 8 (2.24%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.40%) COBIT
8 5 (1.40%) ISO 22301
9 4 (1.12%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.12%) SLA
10 3 (0.84%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.56%) COSO
11 2 (0.56%) NCSC
11 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 41 (11.48%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.92%) Hyper-V
2 14 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.40%) ClearTrust
3 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.12%) vSphere
5 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.80%) CASB
2 10 (2.80%) FortiGate
3 9 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (2.52%) Kibana
4 7 (1.96%) Graylog
5 3 (0.84%) QRadar
6 1 (0.28%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 183 (51.26%) Microsoft
2 69 (19.33%) ForeScout
3 29 (8.12%) Cisco
4 21 (5.88%) VMware
5 17 (4.76%) Google
6 14 (3.92%) Palo Alto
6 14 (3.92%) Splunk
7 13 (3.64%) CrowdStrike
8 12 (3.36%) Apple
9 9 (2.52%) Datto
9 9 (2.52%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.52%) SonicWALL
9 9 (2.52%) Veeam
10 7 (1.96%) Carbon Black
11 4 (1.12%) Aruba
11 4 (1.12%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (1.12%) ConnectWise
11 4 (1.12%) SAP
12 3 (0.84%) Adobe
12 3 (0.84%) Red Hat