Cyberattack Jobs 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 387 317
Rank change year-on-year +38 -70 +277
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 407 325 871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.68% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.01% 1.69% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 135 78 124
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,003 £30,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,019 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £56,105
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +3.38% +18.12%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £71,556 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £66,959 £57,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.95% +0.43% -17.86%

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 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyberattack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyberattack in the UK excluding London

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyberattack in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cyberattack in the UK excluding London

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
North of England +144 273 £50,000 -25.93% 38
North West +157 227 £50,000 -25.93% 34
South West -83 77 £68,500 +51.60% 30
Yorkshire +28 33 £50,000 -32.77% 4
South East +9 22 £58,750 +2.17% 6
Midlands -7 20 £32,000 -54.29% 3
North East 0 13 - - 1
West Midlands +3 12 £32,000 -54.29% 3
East Midlands -20 8 £52,500 -16.00%
East of England +1 6 £85,000 +21.43%
Wales +32 4 £50,000 -28.57% 2
Scotland -48 4 £52,500 -9.48% 2
Northern Ireland +14 1 £115,000 +206.67% 2
Cyberattack
UK

Cyberattack
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.25%) Confluence
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (5.41%) Azure
2 15 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (1.47%) AWS
4 4 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (0.98%) IaaS
4 4 (0.98%) PaaS
4 4 (0.98%) SaaS
5 2 (0.49%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.25%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.25%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.25%) GCP
6 1 (0.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.14%) Firewall
2 21 (5.16%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.19%) Internet
3 13 (3.19%) LAN
3 13 (3.19%) WAN
4 6 (1.47%) DHCP
4 6 (1.47%) DNS
4 6 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.47%) SAN
4 6 (1.47%) VLAN
5 4 (0.98%) HTTP
5 4 (0.98%) Network Security
5 4 (0.98%) SMTP
5 4 (0.98%) SSL
6 2 (0.49%) Broadband
6 2 (0.49%) NGFW
7 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.25%) VoIP
7 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.25%) Power BI
1 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Git
1 1 (0.25%) JIRA
1 1 (0.25%) Mocha
General
1 256 (62.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 28 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.39%) Social Skills
4 9 (2.21%) Finance
5 8 (1.97%) Law
5 8 (1.97%) Legal
5 8 (1.97%) Military
6 4 (0.98%) Aerospace
7 3 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (0.74%) Retail
8 2 (0.49%) Games
8 2 (0.49%) Marketing
9 1 (0.25%) Electronics
9 1 (0.25%) Local Government
9 1 (0.25%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.25%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 89 (21.87%) Lead
2 84 (20.64%) Software Engineer
3 82 (20.15%) Architect
4 77 (18.92%) Software Architect
5 76 (18.67%) Programmer
5 76 (18.67%) Software Programmer
6 73 (17.94%) Lead Software Engineer
7 40 (9.83%) Security Manager
8 39 (9.58%) Analyst
9 35 (8.60%) Senior
10 33 (8.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 31 (7.62%) Security Assurance Manager
12 30 (7.37%) Information Assurance Manager
12 30 (7.37%) Information Manager
12 30 (7.37%) Information Security Manager
13 21 (5.16%) Security Analyst
14 15 (3.69%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 11 (2.70%) Security Engineer
16 9 (2.21%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.25%) Jest
1 1 (0.25%) Node.js
1 1 (0.25%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.57%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (3.44%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.44%) Security Posture
3 7 (1.72%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (0.98%) CSOC
5 4 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.49%) Cybercrime
7 2 (0.49%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.49%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.49%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.49%) SCADA
7 2 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.25%) CESG
8 1 (0.25%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.11%) Windows
2 18 (4.42%) Windows Server
3 17 (4.18%) Linux
4 6 (1.47%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.74%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (67.57%) Problem-Solving
2 249 (61.18%) Agile
2 249 (61.18%) Software Engineering
3 248 (60.93%) Mentoring
4 246 (60.44%) Machine Learning
5 245 (60.20%) Creative Thinking
5 245 (60.20%) Data Engineering
5 245 (60.20%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 245 (60.20%) User Experience
6 117 (28.75%) Cybersecurity
7 58 (14.25%) Incident Response
8 50 (12.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 50 (12.29%) Threat Intelligence
9 43 (10.57%) Security Management
10 40 (9.83%) Risk Management
11 35 (8.60%) Information Security
12 33 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (8.11%) Vulnerability Management
13 32 (7.86%) Information Assurance
14 29 (7.13%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.46%) Python
2 8 (1.97%) C++
2 8 (1.97%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.72%) Go
3 7 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 7 (1.72%) Ruby
4 6 (1.47%) SQL
5 1 (0.25%) Rust
5 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (11.06%) Security Cleared
2 37 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.88%) GIAC
4 25 (6.14%) CREST Certified
5 15 (3.69%) CISSP
6 14 (3.44%) Degree
7 11 (2.70%) OSCP
8 7 (1.72%) CISM
9 6 (1.47%) CEH
10 5 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.98%) CHECK Team Member
11 4 (0.98%) CISA
11 4 (0.98%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 2 (0.49%) CASP
13 2 (0.49%) CCSP
13 2 (0.49%) GCIA
13 2 (0.49%) GCIH
13 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (8.11%) NCSC
3 20 (4.91%) NIST
4 8 (1.97%) GDPR
5 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (1.23%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.98%) Nessus
2 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.25%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 21 (5.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.72%) Veeam
3 6 (1.47%) Epicor
3 6 (1.47%) Splunk
4 3 (0.74%) Palo Alto
5 2 (0.49%) BT
5 2 (0.49%) Cisco
5 2 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (0.49%) Rapid7
5 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.49%) VMware
6 1 (0.25%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.25%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.25%) HP
6 1 (0.25%) Meraki
6 1 (0.25%) Spotify