Cybersecurity Practitioner Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Practitioner
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cybersecurity Practitioner salary in the UK excluding London is £43,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 756 -
Rank change year-on-year +181 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Practitioner 5 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.003% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £47,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,250 £47,000 -
% change year-on-year +6.91% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,260 67,223 53,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,851 47,591 30,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,716 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Cybersecurity Practitioner
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Practitioner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Practitioner in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Practitioner
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Practitioner in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Practitioner
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Practitioner in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Practitioner in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Practitioner
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 Cybersecurity Practitioner within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. 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 +59 2 £40,000 -14.89%
North West +13 2 £40,000 -14.89%
Midlands - 2 £57,500 -
West Midlands - 2 £57,500 -
South East - 1 £43,000 -
Cybersecurity Practitioner
UK

Cybersecurity Practitioner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Cybersecurity Practitioner job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Cybersecurity Practitioner in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Def Stans
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Legal
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Network Security
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management

Cybersecurity Practitioner Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CASP
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (60.00%) Def Stans
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft