Cyber Threat Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threats
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 205 244
Rank change year-on-year +28 +39 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 3 41 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.090% 0.59% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 1.80% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3 27 3
10th Percentile £52,500 - £73,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £37,500 £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -35.48% -22.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,625 £96,250
90th Percentile - £112,500 £106,750
South East median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -26.67% -25.00%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,377 2,283 2,403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.14% 32.96% 40.99%
Number of salaries quoted 547 1,494 1,114
10th Percentile £26,400 £28,821 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -16.30% -1.30%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the Thames Valley

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire +36 2 £65,000 -38.10% 6
Buckinghamshire +16 1 £50,000 +25.00% 2
Cyber Threat
South East

Cyber Threat
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Head of Security
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) CRISC
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Graylog
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft