Cyberattack Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cyberattack
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 464 466
Rank change year-on-year +112 +2 -106
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 178 78 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.24% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.25% 0.68% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23 15 81
10th Percentile £27,329 £40,900 £42,547
25th Percentile £28,000 £41,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -27.12% +12.38%
75th Percentile £47,652 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £63,500 £72,100 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.09% -18.46% +18.18%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Cyberattack 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,242 11,411 17,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.36% 34.91% 34.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,678 4,940 12,332
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,225 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,776 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,571
% change year-on-year -11.29% +11.57% -14.51%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cyberattack job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyberattack

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in the UK excluding London

Cyberattack
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 Cyberattack within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
North of England +31 53 £45,000 -23.08% 8
Scotland +32 43 - - 2
Yorkshire +3 30 £45,000 - 4
Midlands +32 25 £35,000 -16.67%
South East +5 22 - - 2
South West +4 20 £45,564 -14.03% 2
North West +31 19 £35,081 -40.03% 3
East Midlands 0 15 £35,000 -
West Midlands +19 10 - -
East of England +6 8 - - 1
Wales +8 6 - -
North East -4 4 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Cyberattack
UK

Cyberattack
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 151 (84.83%) Azure
2 43 (24.16%) Entra ID
3 40 (22.47%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.56%) AWS
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (23.60%) Broadband
2 5 (2.81%) Internet
3 3 (1.69%) Firewall
4 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.56%) VPN
General
1 145 (81.46%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.72%) Organisational Skills
3 35 (19.66%) Games
4 4 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (1.69%) Finance
6 2 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.12%) Military
6 2 (1.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 108 (60.67%) Ethical Hacker
2 29 (16.29%) Senior
3 17 (9.55%) Developer
3 17 (9.55%) IAM Developer
4 12 (6.74%) Senior Developer
5 10 (5.62%) Sales Representative
5 10 (5.62%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (2.81%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 5 (2.81%) Cyber Threat Specialist
6 5 (2.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 5 (2.81%) Systems Developer
6 5 (2.81%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 4 (2.25%) Architect
7 4 (2.25%) Senior Architect
7 4 (2.25%) Senior Sales Representative
8 3 (1.69%) Analyst
8 3 (1.69%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
8 3 (1.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 2 (1.12%) Head of Technology
9 2 (1.12%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (23.60%) GraphQL
1 42 (23.60%) REST
1 42 (23.60%) SOAP
2 40 (22.47%) LDAP
2 40 (22.47%) OAuth
2 40 (22.47%) OpenID
2 40 (22.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (26.40%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (2.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.56%) CSOC
3 1 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.37%) Windows
2 5 (2.81%) Linux
3 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (93.82%) Cybersecurity
2 108 (60.67%) Ethical Hacking
3 48 (26.97%) Mentoring
4 42 (23.60%) Programme Delivery
5 40 (22.47%) Identity Access Management
5 40 (22.47%) Regulatory Compliance
5 40 (22.47%) Roadmaps
6 11 (6.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (3.93%) Change Control
7 7 (3.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 7 (3.93%) Threat Intelligence
8 6 (3.37%) Mathematics
9 5 (2.81%) Coaching
9 5 (2.81%) Cyber Intelligence
9 5 (2.81%) Incident Response
10 3 (1.69%) Project Management
10 3 (1.69%) SIEM
10 3 (1.69%) Vulnerability Research
11 2 (1.12%) Agile
11 2 (1.12%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 43 (24.16%) PowerShell
2 42 (23.60%) Bash
3 40 (22.47%) T-SQL
4 7 (3.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (61.24%) CEH
2 108 (60.67%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.81%) Degree
4 3 (1.69%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.69%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.12%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.56%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (0.56%) CISSP
6 1 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.56%) GCIA
6 1 (0.56%) GCIH
6 1 (0.56%) OSCP
6 1 (0.56%) SANS
6 1 (0.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (23.60%) NCSC
1 42 (23.60%) NIST
2 8 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 43 (24.16%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 109 (61.24%) Microsoft
2 108 (60.67%) ForeScout
3 2 (1.12%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.56%) Spotify
4 1 (0.56%) Veeam
4 1 (0.56%) VMware