Cyber Resilience Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cyber Resilience
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cyber Resilience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 519 554
Rank change year-on-year +57 +35 +92
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Resilience 47 47 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.13% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.15% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 39 23 13
10th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £46,000
25th Percentile £41,625 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -31.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,875 £87,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £91,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -29.03% -3.13% +6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber Resilience 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 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £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 Resilience
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cyber Resilience job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cyber Resilience
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Cyber Resilience
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Resilience in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Resilience in the UK excluding London

Cyber Resilience
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 Resilience within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +30 11 £65,000 +30.00% 11
Midlands +23 9 £30,000 -50.00% 5
North of England +8 9 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Wales +10 7 £50,000 -42.86% 2
North West +22 5 £80,000 +46.00% 3
Scotland +9 5 £40,000 -5.88% 1
East Midlands -3 5 £30,000 - 3
West Midlands +18 4 £85,000 +41.67% 2
Yorkshire -14 4 £50,000 +5.26% 2
East of England - 4 £70,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £40,327 -
Cyber Resilience
UK

Cyber Resilience
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 (2.13%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) AWS
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
2 2 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
2 2 (4.26%) SaaS
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.13%) Nutanix
3 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) Firewall
2 3 (6.38%) DMZ
3 2 (4.26%) Internet
3 2 (4.26%) SSL
3 2 (4.26%) VPN
4 1 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Public Sector
3 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.77%) Marketing
4 6 (12.77%) Telecoms
5 4 (8.51%) Local Government
6 3 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Finance
8 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.13%) Legal
8 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (21.28%) Analyst
2 8 (17.02%) Security Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Security Specialist
4 5 (10.64%) Sales Executive
5 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 4 (8.51%) Lead
5 4 (8.51%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Security Project Manager
8 1 (2.13%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 1 (2.13%) Head of Infrastructure
8 1 (2.13%) Head of Operations
8 1 (2.13%) Head of Security
8 1 (2.13%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) ModSecurity
2 1 (2.13%) JWT
2 1 (2.13%) OAuth
2 1 (2.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (12.77%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (12.77%) Security Posture
2 6 (12.77%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (10.64%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.26%) PKI
5 1 (2.13%) Blockchain
5 1 (2.13%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.13%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Windows
1 3 (6.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (68.09%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (31.91%) Incident Response
3 13 (27.66%) Security Operations
4 9 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (19.15%) SIEM
5 8 (17.02%) Decision-Making
6 7 (14.89%) Security Architecture
7 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (12.77%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (10.64%) B2B
8 5 (10.64%) B2B Sales
8 5 (10.64%) Mentoring
8 5 (10.64%) SOAR
8 5 (10.64%) Threat Analysis
8 5 (10.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 4 (8.51%) Cloud Security
9 4 (8.51%) Information Security
9 4 (8.51%) Roadmaps
9 4 (8.51%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (8.51%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) SQL
2 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) CEH
4 4 (8.51%) CISM
4 4 (8.51%) CISSP
4 4 (8.51%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (8.51%) Degree
4 4 (8.51%) GCIA
4 4 (8.51%) GCIH
5 1 (2.13%) CRISC
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.02%) GRC
2 7 (14.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (10.64%) NIST
4 2 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.26%) JSP 440
4 2 (4.26%) NCSC
5 1 (2.13%) GDPR
5 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.13%) QA
5 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) CASB
1 2 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (6.38%) Cisco
1 3 (6.38%) Citrix
1 3 (6.38%) Netskope
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Splunk
3 1 (2.13%) AlienVault
3 1 (2.13%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (2.13%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.13%) LogRhythm
3 1 (2.13%) Rapid7
3 1 (2.13%) VMware