Cybercrime Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in permanent job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cybercrime 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.039% - 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% - 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £35,092
North East median annual salary - - £35,092

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

Cybercrime 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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 557 218 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 21.55% 33.85% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 419 121 127
10th Percentile £32,750 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £69,914
90th Percentile £98,000 £70,000 £85,000
North East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%

Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybercrime relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Cybercrime job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Cybercrime
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Cybercrime.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Cybercrime

Cybercrime
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 Cybercrime within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 - - 1
Cybercrime
North East

Cybercrime
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) EDRMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Discovery Reference Model
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) FIS
1 1 (100.00%) Nuix
1 1 (100.00%) Relativity