Cyber Assurance Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cyber Assurance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 499 523 548
Rank change year-on-year +24 +25 +195
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Assurance 11 36 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.100% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.11% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 5 21 10
10th Percentile - £33,000 £47,450
25th Percentile £22,129 £43,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -2.59% +1.49%
75th Percentile £52,000 £63,900 £63,750
90th Percentile £60,550 £68,000 £64,625
UK median annual salary £51,000 £68,098 £70,000
% change year-on-year -25.11% -2.72% +1.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber Assurance 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,001 32,118 30,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.62% 88.87% 88.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,958 14,487 22,822
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cyber Assurance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cyber Assurance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyber Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyber Assurance

Cyber Assurance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Assurance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Assurance in the UK excluding London

Cyber Assurance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
South East +29 5 £62,500 +42.05% 2
North West +13 2 - -
North of England +2 2 - -
Scotland 0 2 £22,129 -65.96%
West Midlands +35 1 £52,000 - 1
Midlands +22 1 £52,000 - 1
South West - 1 £50,000 -
Cyber Assurance
UK

Cyber Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (9.09%) Mimecast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Senior
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (9.09%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (9.09%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (9.09%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (27.27%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
4 1 (9.09%) Housing Association
4 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Information Security
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Coaching
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (27.27%) Data Collection
3 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) OWASP
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Data Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Data Management
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CISM
2 3 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) CRISC
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) CISA
4 1 (9.09%) CISMP
4 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (27.27%) NIST
4 2 (18.18%) Def Stans
4 2 (18.18%) GDPR
4 2 (18.18%) NCSC
4 2 (18.18%) NIST 800
4 2 (18.18%) QA
5 1 (9.09%) COBIT
5 1 (9.09%) GRC
5 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (9.09%) SOC 2
5 1 (9.09%) SOC 3
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft