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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 44 51
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,812 3,876 3,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.42% 6.32% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.42% 6.61% 5.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,748 1,797 1,842
10th Percentile £34,425 £33,054 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,526 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +2.63% +5.45%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,750 £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 59,358 58,642 66,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.33% 95.62% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41,086 30,131 41,542
10th Percentile £27,004 £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 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +24 957 £50,500 -8.18% 206
North of England +10 907 £52,084 -13.19% 206
Midlands +13 690 £55,000 -8.33% 132
South West +9 632 £60,000 - 134
North West 0 564 £52,084 -15.99% 119
West Midlands +11 506 £55,000 -12.00% 82
Scotland -58 322 £55,000 -7.60% 46
Yorkshire +10 251 £50,000 -16.67% 74
East of England +22 220 £54,000 +2.86% 88
East Midlands +26 180 £42,500 -10.53% 50
North East +44 92 £42,500 -10.53% 13
Wales -39 54 £52,504 -24.99% 34
Northern Ireland -15 22 £42,500 -22.73% 7
Isle of Man -14 8 £37,500 -16.67%
Channel Islands -3 1 £100,000 -13.04% 1
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
1 181 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 180 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 32 (0.84%) IIS
4 24 (0.63%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.37%) FileNet
6 12 (0.31%) Confluence
7 8 (0.21%) CMS
8 7 (0.18%) Apache
9 5 (0.13%) Site Server
10 4 (0.10%) CloudStack
10 4 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
11 3 (0.079%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.052%) MS Project Server
13 1 (0.026%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.026%) Luigi
13 1 (0.026%) nginx
13 1 (0.026%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.026%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.026%) WebSphere
Applications
1 195 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
2 76 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 58 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.24%) Simulink
7 5 (0.13%) CANalyzer
8 4 (0.10%) Stateflow
8 4 (0.10%) 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 (0.10%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.079%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.052%) Infor LN
5 2 (0.052%) Primavera
5 2 (0.052%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.026%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 848 (22.25%) Azure
2 616 (16.16%) Microsoft 365
3 377 (9.89%) AWS
4 229 (6.01%) Entra ID
5 199 (5.22%) SaaS
6 102 (2.68%) GCP
7 91 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
8 77 (2.02%) PaaS
9 69 (1.81%) IaaS
10 61 (1.60%) Power Platform
11 55 (1.44%) Amazon S3
12 51 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
13 50 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
14 47 (1.23%) OneDrive
15 34 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
16 32 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 32 (0.84%) PowerApps
17 31 (0.81%) Datadog
18 29 (0.76%) Power Automate
19 27 (0.71%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 546 (14.32%) Firewall
2 219 (5.75%) Network Security
3 192 (5.04%) WAN
4 154 (4.04%) DNS
5 146 (3.83%) TCP/IP
6 125 (3.28%) DHCP
7 120 (3.15%) LAN
8 117 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
9 104 (2.73%) VPN
10 90 (2.36%) 5G
10 90 (2.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 78 (2.05%) SD-WAN
12 77 (2.02%) Broadband
13 62 (1.63%) SAN
14 54 (1.42%) Internet
15 49 (1.29%) Wireless
16 48 (1.26%) VLAN
17 41 (1.08%) MPLS
17 41 (1.08%) VoIP
18 33 (0.87%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 60 (1.57%) NoSQL
3 51 (1.34%) Power BI
4 44 (1.15%) Big Data
5 41 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
5 41 (1.08%) MySQL
6 40 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 29 (0.76%) Hadoop
8 27 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 26 (0.68%) Redis
10 23 (0.60%) Scylla
11 16 (0.42%) Relational Database
12 15 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
13 13 (0.34%) MongoDB
13 13 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
14 12 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.26%) Tableau
16 5 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.13%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.13%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 48 (1.26%) JIRA
2 43 (1.13%) Git
3 31 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.68%) JUnit
5 22 (0.58%) GitLab
6 19 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 12 (0.31%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.26%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.26%) Gradle
11 9 (0.24%) IntelliJ
11 9 (0.24%) Mockito
12 7 (0.18%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.16%) Subversion
14 5 (0.13%) CANoe
14 5 (0.13%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.10%) Bitbucket
15 4 (0.10%) LabVIEW
15 4 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
General
1 923 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 571 (14.98%) Finance
3 458 (12.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 374 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
5 252 (6.61%) Law
6 154 (4.04%) Public Sector
7 126 (3.31%) Legal
8 123 (3.23%) Telecoms
9 113 (2.96%) Manufacturing
10 101 (2.65%) Military
11 97 (2.54%) Retail
12 96 (2.52%) Aerospace
13 95 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
14 89 (2.33%) Games
15 81 (2.12%) Banking
16 77 (2.02%) Marketing
17 59 (1.55%) Automotive
18 41 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
19 38 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
20 30 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 491 (12.88%) Senior
2 454 (11.91%) Analyst
3 323 (8.47%) Lead
4 267 (7.00%) Architect
5 264 (6.93%) Consultant
6 247 (6.48%) Software Engineer
7 213 (5.59%) Security Analyst
8 202 (5.30%) Security Consultant
9 197 (5.17%) Security Manager
10 195 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 187 (4.91%) IT Manager
12 167 (4.38%) Security Engineer
13 151 (3.96%) IT Engineer
14 149 (3.91%) IT Support
15 132 (3.46%) Security Architect
16 129 (3.38%) Data Scientist
17 127 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 116 (3.04%) Security Specialist
19 114 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 112 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (1.34%) Kafka
2 50 (1.31%) .NET
2 50 (1.31%) HTML
3 48 (1.26%) Web Services
4 47 (1.23%) Spring
5 45 (1.18%) CSS
5 45 (1.18%) Node.js
6 44 (1.15%) AngularJS
6 44 (1.15%) React
6 44 (1.15%) REST
7 41 (1.08%) OpenID
8 37 (0.97%) GraphQL
9 31 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
10 28 (0.73%) OAuth
11 23 (0.60%) jQuery
11 23 (0.60%) JSON
12 21 (0.55%) 802.1X
13 19 (0.50%) Middleware
13 19 (0.50%) RESTful
14 18 (0.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 394 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 255 (6.69%) Data Centre
3 194 (5.09%) Algorithms
4 192 (5.04%) Cyber Threat
5 167 (4.38%) Operational Technology
6 149 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
7 146 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 133 (3.49%) Driving Licence
9 123 (3.23%) Security Posture
10 122 (3.20%) Public Cloud
11 99 (2.60%) Social Media
12 98 (2.57%) Cyberattack
13 86 (2.26%) IoT
14 81 (2.12%) Cloud Native
15 79 (2.07%) Onboarding
16 59 (1.55%) Product Ownership
17 54 (1.42%) Private Cloud
18 52 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
19 39 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
20 37 (0.97%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 751 (19.70%) Windows
2 370 (9.71%) Linux
3 333 (8.74%) Windows Server
4 113 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 85 (2.23%) Ubuntu
6 83 (2.18%) Unix
7 63 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 53 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
9 50 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 49 (1.29%) Apple iOS
10 49 (1.29%) Mac OS
11 41 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
12 33 (0.87%) Android
13 24 (0.63%) Windows 7
14 19 (0.50%) VMS
15 17 (0.45%) Mac OS X
16 15 (0.39%) Kali Linux
17 8 (0.21%) Windows 8
18 7 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 6 (0.16%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 814 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
2 533 (13.98%) Information Security
3 439 (11.52%) Incident Response
4 425 (11.15%) Mentoring
5 392 (10.28%) Agile
6 387 (10.15%) Risk Management
7 349 (9.16%) SIEM
8 345 (9.05%) Computer Science
9 336 (8.81%) Software Engineering
10 320 (8.39%) Security Operations
11 304 (7.97%) Coaching
11 304 (7.97%) ITIL
12 294 (7.71%) Decision-Making
13 289 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 268 (7.03%) Project Management
15 266 (6.98%) Artificial Intelligence
16 253 (6.64%) Vulnerability Management
17 238 (6.24%) Analytics
18 234 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
19 229 (6.01%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 299 (7.84%) Python
2 225 (5.90%) Bash
3 192 (5.04%) SQL
4 182 (4.77%) Java
5 159 (4.17%) PowerShell
6 102 (2.68%) C
7 93 (2.44%) JavaScript
8 61 (1.60%) Rust
9 51 (1.34%) C#
9 51 (1.34%) Embedded C
10 33 (0.87%) C++
11 30 (0.79%) Go
12 29 (0.76%) Scala
13 22 (0.58%) TypeScript
14 18 (0.47%) PHP
15 14 (0.37%) MATLAB
16 12 (0.31%) R
17 11 (0.29%) Perl
18 8 (0.21%) Ruby
19 4 (0.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 832 (21.83%) Degree
2 681 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 357 (9.37%) CISSP
4 311 (8.16%) SC Cleared
5 231 (6.06%) CISM
6 157 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
7 123 (3.23%) CCNA
8 115 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 113 (2.96%) DV Cleared
9 113 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 92 (2.41%) CRISC
11 85 (2.23%) CISA
12 82 (2.15%) CCNP
12 82 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
13 73 (1.92%) Azure Certification
14 63 (1.65%) Master's Degree
15 55 (1.44%) CESG Certified Professional
16 54 (1.42%) CEH
17 47 (1.23%) GIAC
18 43 (1.13%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 478 (12.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 413 (10.83%) NIST
3 251 (6.58%) GDPR
4 243 (6.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 146 (3.83%) GRC
6 142 (3.73%) NCSC
7 95 (2.49%) PCI DSS
8 87 (2.28%) SLA
9 84 (2.20%) Def Stans
10 66 (1.73%) QA
11 65 (1.71%) NIST 800
12 60 (1.57%) ISO 9001
13 54 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 44 (1.15%) Data Quality
15 42 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 40 (1.05%) JSP 440
17 29 (0.76%) SOC 2
18 27 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
19 26 (0.68%) COBIT
20 25 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 542 (14.22%) Active Directory
2 179 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 126 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 79 (2.07%) Docker
5 30 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (0.71%) vSphere
7 26 (0.68%) Firmware
8 21 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 10 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.10%) pfSense
12 4 (0.10%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.10%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.10%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.079%) Forefront TMG
13 3 (0.079%) NFS
13 3 (0.079%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 2 (0.052%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 239 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 110 (2.89%) Kubernetes
3 97 (2.54%) Terraform
4 68 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
5 38 (1.00%) EnCase
5 38 (1.00%) SCCM
5 38 (1.00%) WSUS
6 34 (0.89%) Ansible
6 34 (0.89%) Grafana
7 31 (0.81%) CASB
8 28 (0.73%) Nessus
9 26 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 18 (0.47%) Puppet
10 18 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (0.47%) Stealthwatch
11 17 (0.45%) vCenter Server
12 12 (0.31%) Nmap
13 11 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 10 (0.26%) Fluentd
14 10 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,057 (27.73%) Microsoft
2 257 (6.74%) VMware
3 219 (5.75%) Cisco
4 150 (3.93%) Apple
5 129 (3.38%) Adobe
6 97 (2.54%) Dell
7 89 (2.33%) Splunk
7 89 (2.33%) Veeam
8 78 (2.05%) Tanium
9 76 (1.99%) CyberArk
10 75 (1.97%) Google
10 75 (1.97%) Meraki
11 64 (1.68%) HP
12 50 (1.31%) Oracle
13 40 (1.05%) ServiceNow
14 38 (1.00%) Citrix
15 37 (0.97%) Fortinet
16 35 (0.92%) Sage
17 34 (0.89%) Juniper
17 34 (0.89%) SAP