Cybersecurity Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity 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 42 33 50
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,183 3,567 4,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.88% 7.41% 5.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.12% 7.76% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,271 1,717 2,040
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,730 £33,986
25th Percentile £41,263 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,998 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.97% +3.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,750 £64,000
% change year-on-year -11.20% +1.17% +2.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cybersecurity 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 51,975 45,995 74,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.63% 95.53% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 33,355 26,900 43,045
10th Percentile £28,371 £30,500 £30,076
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,050 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 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
South East +7 820 £52,500 -4.55% 142
North of England 0 758 £52,084 -12.50% 124
Midlands -8 573 £50,000 -16.67% 98
South West +1 524 £62,500 -3.85% 72
North West -7 504 £54,793 -8.68% 75
West Midlands -5 418 £57,500 -6.50% 59
Scotland -46 274 £50,309 -15.48% 44
Yorkshire -7 193 £50,000 -16.00% 34
East Midlands -13 152 £42,500 -10.53% 38
East of England -8 151 £50,000 -9.09% 36
North East +20 61 £45,000 +12.50% 17
Wales -33 47 £50,309 -28.13% 20
Northern Ireland -7 29 £46,404 -7.19% 41
Isle of Man -12 8 £37,500 -16.67%
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
1 143 (4.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 133 (4.18%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.44%) FileNet
4 13 (0.41%) IIS
5 12 (0.38%) Apache
6 8 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.22%) CMS
8 6 (0.19%) Confluence
9 5 (0.16%) Luigi
10 4 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.094%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.063%) CloudStack
12 2 (0.063%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.063%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.063%) WordPress
13 1 (0.031%) Joomla!
13 1 (0.031%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.031%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.031%) Site Server
Applications
1 106 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.063%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.063%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.031%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.031%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (0.35%) Primavera
2 10 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.16%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.13%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.094%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.094%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.063%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.031%) Infor LN
8 1 (0.031%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.031%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 732 (23.00%) Azure
2 507 (15.93%) Microsoft 365
3 319 (10.02%) AWS
4 247 (7.76%) Entra ID
5 107 (3.36%) SaaS
6 97 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
7 66 (2.07%) GCP
8 55 (1.73%) IaaS
9 54 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 52 (1.63%) PaaS
11 49 (1.54%) OneDrive
12 44 (1.38%) Power Platform
13 43 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 32 (1.01%) Datadog
15 30 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (0.69%) Amazon S3
16 22 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
17 21 (0.66%) PowerApps
18 20 (0.63%) GitHub
19 16 (0.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 454 (14.26%) Firewall
2 215 (6.75%) Network Security
3 185 (5.81%) WAN
4 117 (3.68%) DNS
5 116 (3.64%) 5G
6 112 (3.52%) TCP/IP
7 100 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
8 96 (3.02%) LAN
9 95 (2.98%) DHCP
10 85 (2.67%) VPN
11 84 (2.64%) SD-WAN
12 73 (2.29%) Broadband
13 71 (2.23%) Intrusion Detection
14 54 (1.70%) SAN
15 43 (1.35%) Wireless
16 42 (1.32%) Internet
17 37 (1.16%) Cisco Firepower
18 34 (1.07%) MPLS
18 34 (1.07%) VLAN
19 30 (0.94%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 52 (1.63%) MySQL
3 48 (1.51%) Big Data
4 47 (1.48%) NoSQL
5 36 (1.13%) Power BI
6 29 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (0.82%) Relational Database
8 23 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 16 (0.50%) Hadoop
11 14 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
12 12 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.31%) Redis
14 8 (0.25%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.19%) Bigtable
16 5 (0.16%) CouchDB
16 5 (0.16%) Oracle Database 12c
16 5 (0.16%) RethinkDB
16 5 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (1.48%) Git
2 45 (1.41%) JIRA
3 25 (0.79%) SonarQube
4 20 (0.63%) JUnit
4 20 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
5 17 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.41%) GitLab
6 13 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 10 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.31%) Selenium
8 7 (0.22%) PHPUnit
9 6 (0.19%) Burp Suite
9 6 (0.19%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.19%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.19%) Rational Team Concert
10 5 (0.16%) Subversion
11 3 (0.094%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.094%) Gradle
11 3 (0.094%) Mockito
11 3 (0.094%) TeamCity
General
1 716 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 439 (13.79%) Finance
3 329 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 203 (6.38%) Law
6 163 (5.12%) Telecoms
7 135 (4.24%) Legal
8 107 (3.36%) Public Sector
9 80 (2.51%) Manufacturing
10 77 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
11 72 (2.26%) Retail
12 68 (2.14%) Banking
12 68 (2.14%) Marketing
13 64 (2.01%) Military
14 56 (1.76%) Aerospace
15 41 (1.29%) Automotive
16 36 (1.13%) Games
17 29 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
17 29 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
18 24 (0.75%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 482 (15.14%) Senior
2 383 (12.03%) Analyst
3 310 (9.74%) Lead
4 253 (7.95%) Consultant
5 238 (7.48%) Architect
6 196 (6.16%) Security Manager
7 188 (5.91%) Security Consultant
8 179 (5.62%) Software Engineer
9 178 (5.59%) Security Analyst
10 164 (5.15%) IT Manager
11 144 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 137 (4.30%) IT Support
13 136 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 125 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 124 (3.90%) Security Architect
16 119 (3.74%) IT Engineer
17 114 (3.58%) Security Specialist
18 108 (3.39%) Security Engineer
18 108 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
19 105 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (1.95%) HTML
2 56 (1.76%) Node.js
3 54 (1.70%) CSS
4 42 (1.32%) Kafka
5 41 (1.29%) AngularJS
6 37 (1.16%) React
7 31 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
8 28 (0.88%) Spring
8 28 (0.88%) Web Services
9 27 (0.85%) 802.1X
10 26 (0.82%) .NET
11 24 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
11 24 (0.75%) jQuery
11 24 (0.75%) RESTful
12 21 (0.66%) JSON
13 19 (0.60%) EDI
14 18 (0.57%) GraphQL
15 17 (0.53%) Laravel
15 17 (0.53%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 16 (0.50%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 357 (11.22%) Management Information System
2 275 (8.64%) Data Centre
3 150 (4.71%) Cyber Threat
4 135 (4.24%) Operational Technology
5 128 (4.02%) Security Operations Centre
6 117 (3.68%) Cyberattack
7 96 (3.02%) Security Posture
8 91 (2.86%) Social Media
9 88 (2.76%) Driving Licence
10 87 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
11 74 (2.32%) Public Cloud
12 72 (2.26%) Cloud Native
13 65 (2.04%) IoT
13 65 (2.04%) Onboarding
14 46 (1.45%) Algorithms
15 42 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 42 (1.32%) Product Ownership
16 37 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
17 36 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
18 35 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 556 (17.47%) Windows
2 295 (9.27%) Linux
3 262 (8.23%) Windows Server
4 92 (2.89%) Ubuntu
4 92 (2.89%) Windows 10
5 48 (1.51%) Embedded Linux
6 47 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 41 (1.29%) Unix
8 37 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (0.75%) Mac OS
10 20 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 14 (0.44%) Apple iOS
12 14 (0.44%) Windows 7
13 13 (0.41%) Android
14 12 (0.38%) VMS
15 11 (0.35%) Kali Linux
15 11 (0.35%) Mac OS X
16 9 (0.28%) CentOS
17 8 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
2 474 (14.89%) Information Security
3 384 (12.06%) Risk Management
4 350 (11.00%) Incident Response
5 314 (9.86%) Security Operations
6 310 (9.74%) Agile
7 285 (8.95%) SIEM
8 268 (8.42%) Software Engineering
9 264 (8.29%) ITIL
10 234 (7.35%) Artificial Intelligence
10 234 (7.35%) Project Management
11 225 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 219 (6.88%) Computer Science
12 219 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 219 (6.88%) Decision-Making
13 216 (6.79%) Vulnerability Management
14 211 (6.63%) Mentoring
15 200 (6.28%) Roadmaps
16 172 (5.40%) Analytics
17 171 (5.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 253 (7.95%) Python
2 237 (7.45%) SQL
3 179 (5.62%) Bash
4 169 (5.31%) PowerShell
5 130 (4.08%) Java
6 91 (2.86%) C
7 80 (2.51%) JavaScript
8 62 (1.95%) Rust
9 48 (1.51%) Embedded C
10 47 (1.48%) PHP
11 46 (1.45%) C++
12 42 (1.32%) C#
13 28 (0.88%) Perl
14 21 (0.66%) Go
15 18 (0.57%) TypeScript
16 16 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.31%) R
17 10 (0.31%) Ruby
18 9 (0.28%) Scala
18 9 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 620 (19.48%) Security Cleared
2 602 (18.91%) Degree
3 332 (10.43%) CISSP
4 312 (9.80%) SC Cleared
5 226 (7.10%) CISM
6 144 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
7 122 (3.83%) CCNA
8 109 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 105 (3.30%) DV Cleared
10 97 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 91 (2.86%) CRISC
12 90 (2.83%) CCNP
13 82 (2.58%) CISA
14 71 (2.23%) Azure Certification
15 69 (2.17%) Master's Degree
16 63 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
17 51 (1.60%) CESG Certified Professional
18 46 (1.45%) OSCP
19 45 (1.41%) GIAC
20 42 (1.32%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 374 (11.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 359 (11.28%) NIST
3 201 (6.31%) GDPR
4 180 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 166 (5.22%) NCSC
6 143 (4.49%) GRC
7 83 (2.61%) SLA
8 76 (2.39%) PCI DSS
9 69 (2.17%) Def Stans
10 54 (1.70%) QA
11 53 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 49 (1.54%) NIST 800
13 28 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 26 (0.82%) JSP 440
15 25 (0.79%) SOC 2
16 22 (0.69%) Accessibility
17 21 (0.66%) COBIT
18 20 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
19 13 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
20 12 (0.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 506 (15.90%) Active Directory
2 163 (5.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (3.17%) Hyper-V
4 70 (2.20%) Docker
5 44 (1.38%) RACF
6 41 (1.29%) vSphere
7 34 (1.07%) Firmware
8 17 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 6 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.16%) XenApp
13 4 (0.13%) NFS
13 4 (0.13%) pfSense
13 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.13%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.13%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.094%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 191 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 78 (2.45%) Terraform
4 70 (2.20%) Jamf Pro
5 41 (1.29%) Ansible
6 39 (1.23%) Grafana
7 36 (1.13%) Stealthwatch
8 27 (0.85%) CASB
9 26 (0.82%) WSUS
10 25 (0.79%) FortiGate
11 24 (0.75%) Nessus
12 20 (0.63%) SCCM
13 14 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
14 13 (0.41%) Nagios
14 13 (0.41%) Puppet
14 13 (0.41%) vCenter Server
15 9 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 8 (0.25%) Cacti
17 7 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
18 6 (0.19%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 897 (28.18%) Microsoft
2 248 (7.79%) VMware
3 206 (6.47%) Cisco
4 132 (4.15%) Apple
5 128 (4.02%) Adobe
6 120 (3.77%) CyberArk
7 89 (2.80%) Tanium
8 84 (2.64%) Splunk
9 83 (2.61%) Veeam
10 82 (2.58%) Meraki
11 73 (2.29%) Dell
12 60 (1.89%) HP
13 48 (1.51%) Oracle
14 47 (1.48%) Google
15 37 (1.16%) Citrix
16 36 (1.13%) Juniper
17 34 (1.07%) Fortinet
18 31 (0.97%) Dynatrace
19 30 (0.94%) SolarWinds
20 29 (0.91%) Databricks