Cybersecurity Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Cybersecurity
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 74 75
Rank change year-on-year +36 +1 -34
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 61 21 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 4.55% 2.30% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.20% 2.37% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 53 16 12
10th Percentile £33,800 £31,999 £42,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,350 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £49,625 £68,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.37% -27.29% +24.09%
75th Percentile £50,000 £70,313 £110,000
90th Percentile £63,035 £73,500 -
North East median annual salary £42,500 £45,875 £46,250
% change year-on-year -7.36% -0.81% -15.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,174 886 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 87.48% 96.83% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 987 446 644
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,049 £38,644 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,963 £75,000 £83,125
North East median annual salary £47,500 £48,375 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.81% +13.82% -5.56%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Tyne and Wear

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 11 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +31 46 £41,500 -24.55% 11
Sunderland -19 8 £42,000 -25.00% 1
Gateshead - 2 £40,000 -
Cybersecurity
North East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 7 (11.48%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (31.15%) Azure
2 13 (21.31%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (9.84%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.28%) AWS
5 1 (1.64%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.67%) Firewall
2 6 (9.84%) WAN
3 4 (6.56%) LAN
3 4 (6.56%) Network Security
4 2 (3.28%) DHCP
4 2 (3.28%) DNS
4 2 (3.28%) VoIP
4 2 (3.28%) VPN
4 2 (3.28%) Wireless
5 1 (1.64%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.64%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) GitLab
General
1 18 (29.51%) Finance
1 18 (29.51%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.75%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.84%) Automotive
4 5 (8.20%) Law
5 4 (6.56%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.92%) Social Housing
7 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Local Government
8 1 (1.64%) Back Office
8 1 (1.64%) Games
8 1 (1.64%) Legal
8 1 (1.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Lead
2 13 (21.31%) Analyst
3 12 (19.67%) Senior
4 10 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (14.75%) Security Analyst
6 6 (9.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (8.20%) Administrator
7 5 (8.20%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 5 (8.20%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (6.56%) Developer
8 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 4 (6.56%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) Help Desk Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) IT Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (4.92%) IT Technician
9 3 (4.92%) Product Owner
9 3 (4.92%) Senior IT Technician
9 3 (4.92%) Senior Product Owner
9 3 (4.92%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) .NET
2 3 (4.92%) OAuth
2 3 (4.92%) OpenID
2 3 (4.92%) REST
2 3 (4.92%) Web Services
3 1 (1.64%) Flutter
3 1 (1.64%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.48%) NHS
3 6 (9.84%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (8.20%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (6.56%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (6.56%) IoT
5 4 (6.56%) Private Cloud
6 3 (4.92%) Housing Association
6 3 (4.92%) Product Ownership
6 3 (4.92%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.64%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.64%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 12 (19.67%) Windows
2 7 (11.48%) Windows 10
3 6 (9.84%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.28%) Unix
5 1 (1.64%) Android
5 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.64%) Linux
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (21.31%) SIEM
2 12 (19.67%) ITIL
2 12 (19.67%) Risk Management
3 11 (18.03%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (18.03%) Mentoring
3 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (18.03%) Project Management
4 10 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (14.75%) Coaching
5 9 (14.75%) Information Governance
5 9 (14.75%) Risk Register
6 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (13.11%) Zero Trust
7 7 (11.48%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (11.48%) Data Protection
7 7 (11.48%) Data Security
7 7 (11.48%) Information Security
7 7 (11.48%) ITSM
7 7 (11.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) SQL
2 4 (6.56%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.28%) Bash
3 2 (3.28%) Python
4 1 (1.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (14.75%) Degree
2 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (9.84%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (8.20%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.92%) A+ Certification
5 3 (4.92%) CISSP
5 3 (4.92%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.92%) MCITP
5 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.28%) CISA
6 2 (3.28%) CISMP
6 2 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.28%) GIAC
6 2 (3.28%) SANS
6 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.64%) CISM
7 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.95%) Cyber Essentials
1 14 (22.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (21.31%) GDPR
2 13 (21.31%) NIST
3 9 (14.75%) NCSC
4 4 (6.56%) SLA
5 3 (4.92%) ISO 9001
6 2 (3.28%) QA
7 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.64%) GRC
7 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (24.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (6.56%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.64%) Docker
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.64%) vSphere
5 1 (1.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.28%) Terraform
3 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.56%) Intel
2 4 (6.56%) Splunk
3 3 (4.92%) CheckPoint
3 3 (4.92%) Cisco
3 3 (4.92%) Meraki
3 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.92%) Sophos
3 3 (4.92%) VMware
4 2 (3.28%) Citrix
4 2 (3.28%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.64%) LogRhythm
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle
5 1 (1.64%) Qualys
5 1 (1.64%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.64%) SAP
5 1 (1.64%) Veeam
5 1 (1.64%) Zerto