Cybersecurity Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 40 51
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,783 4,027 3,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.40% 6.52% 5.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.40% 6.81% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,727 1,825 1,818
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +3.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,968 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,145 59,105 66,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.43% 95.64% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 40,986 30,311 41,402
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
South East +23 946 £50,500 -8.18% 218
North of England +7 897 £52,084 -14.62% 306
Midlands +9 679 £55,000 -8.33% 155
South West +11 630 £60,000 - 141
North West -6 556 £52,084 -15.99% 198
West Midlands +8 498 £55,000 -12.00% 105
Scotland -57 327 £55,000 -7.60% 49
Yorkshire +10 251 £51,250 -14.58% 86
East of England +15 220 £54,000 +2.86% 84
East Midlands +21 178 £42,500 -10.53% 49
North East +43 90 £42,500 -12.60% 22
Wales -41 54 £52,504 -24.99% 32
Northern Ireland -11 22 £42,500 -22.73% 8
Isle of Man -15 8 £37,500 -16.67%
Channel Islands -3 1 £100,000 -13.04%
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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
1 177 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 175 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 33 (0.87%) IIS
4 24 (0.63%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.37%) Confluence
5 14 (0.37%) FileNet
6 8 (0.21%) CMS
7 6 (0.16%) Apache
8 5 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.13%) Site Server
9 4 (0.11%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.053%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.053%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.026%) nginx
11 1 (0.026%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.026%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.026%) WebSphere
Applications
1 195 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.24%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.24%) Simulink
6 5 (0.13%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.11%) Stateflow
7 4 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
2 5 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.11%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.053%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.053%) Primavera
5 2 (0.053%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.053%) SAP FI-GL
Cloud Services
1 840 (22.20%) Azure
2 609 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
3 374 (9.89%) AWS
4 227 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 198 (5.23%) SaaS
6 101 (2.67%) GCP
7 91 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
8 77 (2.04%) PaaS
9 70 (1.85%) IaaS
10 55 (1.45%) Power Platform
11 54 (1.43%) Amazon S3
12 53 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
13 49 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
14 48 (1.27%) OneDrive
15 34 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
16 32 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 31 (0.82%) Datadog
17 31 (0.82%) PowerApps
18 27 (0.71%) Google Docs
19 26 (0.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 546 (14.43%) Firewall
2 222 (5.87%) Network Security
3 187 (4.94%) WAN
4 152 (4.02%) DNS
5 147 (3.89%) TCP/IP
6 122 (3.22%) DHCP
7 117 (3.09%) LAN
8 116 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
9 106 (2.80%) VPN
10 90 (2.38%) 5G
11 89 (2.35%) Intrusion Detection
12 77 (2.04%) Broadband
13 76 (2.01%) SD-WAN
14 61 (1.61%) SAN
15 54 (1.43%) Internet
16 51 (1.35%) VLAN
17 49 (1.30%) Wireless
18 42 (1.11%) VoIP
19 40 (1.06%) MPLS
20 33 (0.87%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (1.77%) SQL Server
2 59 (1.56%) NoSQL
3 45 (1.19%) Power BI
4 43 (1.14%) Big Data
5 41 (1.08%) MySQL
6 40 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
7 28 (0.74%) Hadoop
8 27 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 25 (0.66%) Redis
10 23 (0.61%) Scylla
11 15 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
11 15 (0.40%) Relational Database
12 14 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.32%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
15 9 (0.24%) Tableau
16 5 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.13%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.13%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 50 (1.32%) JIRA
2 41 (1.08%) Git
3 29 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.69%) JUnit
5 21 (0.56%) GitLab
6 18 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
7 13 (0.34%) SonarQube
7 13 (0.34%) TeamCity
8 12 (0.32%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.29%) Burp Suite
9 11 (0.29%) Gradle
10 10 (0.26%) IntelliJ
10 10 (0.26%) Mockito
11 8 (0.21%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.16%) Subversion
13 5 (0.13%) CANoe
13 5 (0.13%) LabVIEW
14 4 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
14 4 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
14 4 (0.11%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 916 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 564 (14.91%) Finance
3 453 (11.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 375 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
5 244 (6.45%) Law
6 153 (4.04%) Public Sector
7 125 (3.30%) Legal
8 119 (3.15%) Telecoms
9 112 (2.96%) Manufacturing
10 98 (2.59%) Military
10 98 (2.59%) Retail
11 97 (2.56%) Aerospace
12 95 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
13 89 (2.35%) Games
14 79 (2.09%) Banking
15 75 (1.98%) Marketing
16 59 (1.56%) Automotive
17 40 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
18 38 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
19 32 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 484 (12.79%) Senior
2 445 (11.76%) Analyst
3 318 (8.41%) Lead
4 271 (7.16%) Consultant
5 260 (6.87%) Architect
6 248 (6.56%) Software Engineer
7 208 (5.50%) Security Analyst
8 207 (5.47%) Security Consultant
9 197 (5.21%) Security Manager
10 186 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 186 (4.92%) IT Manager
11 167 (4.41%) Security Engineer
12 151 (3.99%) IT Engineer
13 147 (3.89%) IT Support
14 128 (3.38%) Data Scientist
15 127 (3.36%) Security Architect
16 124 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 118 (3.12%) Security Specialist
18 113 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 112 (2.96%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (1.32%) Kafka
2 48 (1.27%) .NET
2 48 (1.27%) HTML
3 47 (1.24%) Spring
3 47 (1.24%) Web Services
4 45 (1.19%) REST
5 44 (1.16%) Node.js
6 43 (1.14%) AngularJS
6 43 (1.14%) CSS
7 42 (1.11%) React
8 41 (1.08%) OpenID
9 37 (0.98%) GraphQL
10 31 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
11 28 (0.74%) OAuth
12 23 (0.61%) JSON
13 22 (0.58%) jQuery
14 20 (0.53%) 802.1X
15 19 (0.50%) Middleware
16 17 (0.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 16 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 389 (10.28%) Management Information System
2 247 (6.53%) Data Centre
3 194 (5.13%) Algorithms
4 193 (5.10%) Cyber Threat
5 161 (4.26%) Operational Technology
6 148 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
7 145 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 137 (3.62%) Driving Licence
9 120 (3.17%) Public Cloud
9 120 (3.17%) Security Posture
10 97 (2.56%) Cyberattack
10 97 (2.56%) Social Media
11 85 (2.25%) IoT
12 83 (2.19%) Cloud Native
13 78 (2.06%) Onboarding
14 57 (1.51%) Product Ownership
15 54 (1.43%) Private Cloud
16 52 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
17 38 (1.00%) Cyber Security Posture
18 37 (0.98%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 748 (19.77%) Windows
2 374 (9.89%) Linux
3 324 (8.56%) Windows Server
4 111 (2.93%) Windows 10
5 85 (2.25%) Unix
6 84 (2.22%) Ubuntu
7 60 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 53 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
9 50 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 49 (1.30%) Mac OS
11 48 (1.27%) Apple iOS
12 40 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
13 32 (0.85%) Android
14 24 (0.63%) Windows 7
15 21 (0.56%) Mac OS X
16 19 (0.50%) VMS
17 15 (0.40%) Kali Linux
18 8 (0.21%) Windows 8
19 7 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
20 6 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 813 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
2 535 (14.14%) Information Security
3 432 (11.42%) Incident Response
4 425 (11.23%) Mentoring
5 393 (10.39%) Agile
6 388 (10.26%) Risk Management
7 347 (9.17%) SIEM
8 344 (9.09%) Computer Science
9 337 (8.91%) Software Engineering
10 320 (8.46%) Security Operations
11 305 (8.06%) Coaching
12 302 (7.98%) ITIL
13 288 (7.61%) Decision-Making
14 279 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 261 (6.90%) Project Management
16 257 (6.79%) Artificial Intelligence
17 248 (6.56%) Vulnerability Management
18 236 (6.24%) Analytics
19 229 (6.05%) Continuous Improvement
20 227 (6.00%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 298 (7.88%) Python
2 225 (5.95%) Bash
3 188 (4.97%) SQL
4 178 (4.71%) Java
5 156 (4.12%) PowerShell
6 99 (2.62%) C
7 91 (2.41%) JavaScript
8 59 (1.56%) Rust
9 51 (1.35%) C#
9 51 (1.35%) Embedded C
10 33 (0.87%) C++
11 30 (0.79%) Go
12 28 (0.74%) Scala
13 21 (0.56%) TypeScript
14 18 (0.48%) PHP
15 15 (0.40%) MATLAB
16 11 (0.29%) Perl
17 9 (0.24%) R
18 8 (0.21%) Ruby
19 4 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 826 (21.83%) Degree
2 668 (17.66%) Security Cleared
3 357 (9.44%) CISSP
4 308 (8.14%) SC Cleared
5 231 (6.11%) CISM
6 158 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
7 120 (3.17%) CCNA
8 118 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 110 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 108 (2.85%) DV Cleared
11 93 (2.46%) CRISC
12 83 (2.19%) CISA
13 82 (2.17%) CCNP
13 82 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 70 (1.85%) Azure Certification
15 67 (1.77%) Master's Degree
16 58 (1.53%) CESG Certified Professional
17 52 (1.37%) CEH
18 47 (1.24%) GIAC
19 43 (1.14%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 478 (12.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 409 (10.81%) NIST
3 251 (6.63%) GDPR
4 243 (6.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 147 (3.89%) GRC
6 143 (3.78%) NCSC
7 96 (2.54%) PCI DSS
8 85 (2.25%) SLA
9 84 (2.22%) Def Stans
10 65 (1.72%) QA
11 62 (1.64%) NIST 800
12 61 (1.61%) ISO 9001
13 54 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 44 (1.16%) Data Quality
15 41 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 38 (1.00%) JSP 440
17 28 (0.74%) SOC 2
18 27 (0.71%) COBIT
19 26 (0.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
19 26 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 531 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 173 (4.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 123 (3.25%) Hyper-V
4 77 (2.04%) Docker
5 29 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (0.71%) vSphere
7 25 (0.66%) Firmware
8 20 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.11%) pfSense
12 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.11%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.11%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.079%) Forefront TMG
14 2 (0.053%) NFS
14 2 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.053%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 238 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 111 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 94 (2.48%) Terraform
4 68 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
5 38 (1.00%) WSUS
6 37 (0.98%) EnCase
6 37 (0.98%) SCCM
7 36 (0.95%) Ansible
8 33 (0.87%) CASB
8 33 (0.87%) Grafana
9 27 (0.71%) Nessus
10 25 (0.66%) FortiGate
11 18 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
12 17 (0.45%) Puppet
12 17 (0.45%) vCenter Server
13 15 (0.40%) Stealthwatch
14 13 (0.34%) Nmap
15 10 (0.26%) Fluentd
15 10 (0.26%) logstash
16 9 (0.24%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1,042 (27.54%) Microsoft
2 251 (6.63%) VMware
3 220 (5.82%) Cisco
4 145 (3.83%) Apple
5 124 (3.28%) Adobe
6 98 (2.59%) Dell
7 88 (2.33%) Splunk
8 87 (2.30%) Veeam
9 78 (2.06%) Tanium
10 76 (2.01%) CyberArk
11 74 (1.96%) Google
12 73 (1.93%) Meraki
13 61 (1.61%) HP
14 50 (1.32%) Oracle
15 41 (1.08%) ServiceNow
16 38 (1.00%) Citrix
17 35 (0.93%) Fortinet
17 35 (0.93%) Sage
17 35 (0.93%) SAP
18 32 (0.85%) Juniper