Cyber Threat Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threats
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat 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 497 439 518
Rank change year-on-year -58 +79 +51
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 218 247 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.51% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.08% 1.28% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 164 172 188
10th Percentile £37,875 £40,440 £28,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,454 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,875 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.05% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,833 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,750 £77,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £59,526 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.20% -14.96% +7.69%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
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 Threat 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
North of England +7 72 £50,000 -4.76% 11
South East +27 58 £55,000 -26.67% 7
North West -1 57 £50,000 -16.00% 8
East of England +15 28 £65,000 +23.81% 4
Midlands -17 23 £66,500 +20.91% 7
South West -28 18 £62,500 +5.00% 8
Scotland -57 14 £70,000 +20.69% 4
Yorkshire +47 13 £56,250 +9.51% 3
West Midlands -5 12 £68,750 +25.00% 6
East Midlands -21 11 £65,000 +40.54% 1
Isle of Man - 4 - -
North East - 2 £42,000 -
Wales -10 1 £45,500 -35.00% 4
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
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 3 (1.38%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.92%) Apache
2 2 (0.92%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.67%) Simulink
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.64%) Azure
2 35 (16.06%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (10.55%) AWS
4 12 (5.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (2.29%) Amazon ECS
5 5 (2.29%) Cloudflare
6 3 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.92%) GCP
8 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.46%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.46%) IaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.46%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.46%) PaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.46%) SaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (18.81%) Firewall
2 30 (13.76%) Intrusion Detection
3 19 (8.72%) Network Security
4 9 (4.13%) Internet
4 9 (4.13%) LAN
5 7 (3.21%) WAN
5 7 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (3.21%) Wireless
6 6 (2.75%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.29%) DNS
7 5 (2.29%) HTTP
7 5 (2.29%) MPLS
7 5 (2.29%) SMTP
7 5 (2.29%) SNMP
7 5 (2.29%) SSL
8 3 (1.38%) DHCP
9 2 (0.92%) OSPF
9 2 (0.92%) VLAN
9 2 (0.92%) WLAN
10 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.92%) Big Data
1 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.46%) MySQL
2 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.46%) Power BI
2 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.46%) GitLab
General
1 64 (29.36%) Analytical Skills
2 56 (25.69%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.84%) Finance
4 15 (6.88%) Legal
5 12 (5.50%) Electronics
6 10 (4.59%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.67%) Law
7 8 (3.67%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.67%) Retail
8 6 (2.75%) Games
9 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Automotive
11 2 (0.92%) Banking
11 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.92%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.46%) Marketing
12 1 (0.46%) Military
12 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (22.94%) Analyst
2 49 (22.48%) Senior
3 26 (11.93%) Lead
4 20 (9.17%) Security Manager
5 19 (8.72%) SOC Analyst
5 19 (8.72%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 18 (8.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 18 (8.26%) Cyber Threat Specialist
7 17 (7.80%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
7 17 (7.80%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 16 (7.34%) Architect
9 15 (6.88%) Security Analyst
10 14 (6.42%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (5.50%) Embedded Engineer
11 12 (5.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 12 (5.50%) Security Engineer
11 12 (5.50%) Software Engineer
12 11 (5.05%) Consultant
12 11 (5.05%) Security Consultant
13 10 (4.59%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.29%) Laravel
1 5 (2.29%) NETCONF
2 3 (1.38%) OpenACC
2 3 (1.38%) OpenMP
3 2 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.46%) .NET
4 1 (0.46%) EDI
4 1 (0.46%) Middleware
4 1 (0.46%) Node.js
4 1 (0.46%) RESTful
4 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (19.72%) Cyberattack
2 36 (16.51%) Management Information System
3 23 (10.55%) Security Operations Centre
3 23 (10.55%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.50%) Client/Server
5 11 (5.05%) Algorithms
5 11 (5.05%) Operational Technology
6 8 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (2.29%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.38%) CSOC
10 3 (1.38%) CUDA
10 3 (1.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.38%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.38%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.92%) EPoS
11 2 (0.92%) SCADA
11 2 (0.92%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.39%) Windows
2 11 (5.05%) Linux
3 6 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.29%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.83%) Unix
6 3 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 3 (1.38%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.92%) Android
7 2 (0.92%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (68.81%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (45.41%) Incident Response
3 68 (31.19%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (29.36%) Threat Intelligence
5 63 (28.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 46 (21.10%) SIEM
7 44 (20.18%) Information Security
8 41 (18.81%) Security Operations
9 36 (16.51%) Risk Management
10 35 (16.06%) Cyber Intelligence
11 31 (14.22%) Computer Science
12 30 (13.76%) Vulnerability Management
13 27 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (12.39%) Project Management
13 27 (12.39%) Threat Modelling
14 26 (11.93%) Cloud Security
15 24 (11.01%) Purple Team
16 23 (10.55%) Disaster Recovery
16 23 (10.55%) Penetration Testing
17 20 (9.17%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.72%) Python
2 13 (5.96%) C
2 13 (5.96%) PHP
3 9 (4.13%) C#
3 9 (4.13%) C++
4 8 (3.67%) MATLAB
5 6 (2.75%) SQL
6 5 (2.29%) Rust
7 4 (1.83%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.38%) Bash
8 3 (1.38%) C-shell
8 3 (1.38%) Fortran
8 3 (1.38%) Perl
9 2 (0.92%) Java
9 2 (0.92%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.92%) R
9 2 (0.92%) Ruby
10 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 55 (25.23%) Degree
2 50 (22.94%) CISSP
3 36 (16.51%) Security Cleared
4 26 (11.93%) CISM
5 25 (11.47%) CREST Certified
6 23 (10.55%) GIAC
7 20 (9.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (8.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 18 (8.26%) SC Cleared
10 10 (4.59%) CEH
11 6 (2.75%) CCNP
11 6 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (2.75%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.75%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.29%) CCIE
12 5 (2.29%) CISA
12 5 (2.29%) CRISC
13 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (1.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (27.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (16.51%) NIST
3 29 (13.30%) GDPR
4 13 (5.96%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (4.59%) GRC
5 10 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 10 (4.59%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.67%) NIST 800
7 7 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (2.75%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.29%) SLA
10 4 (1.83%) NCSC
10 4 (1.83%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.83%) Docker
4 3 (1.38%) Ceph
4 3 (1.38%) GPFS
4 3 (1.38%) Lustre
4 3 (1.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.92%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.83%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.83%) Nessus
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.38%) Podman
3 2 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.92%) SELinux
4 1 (0.46%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.46%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.46%) Kibana
4 1 (0.46%) logstash
4 1 (0.46%) QRadar
4 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (18.81%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.21%) VMware
3 6 (2.75%) Cisco
4 5 (2.29%) Splunk
5 3 (1.38%) Apple
5 3 (1.38%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.46%) Carbon Black
6 1 (0.46%) Facebook
6 1 (0.46%) Google
6 1 (0.46%) Intel
6 1 (0.46%) Meraki
6 1 (0.46%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.46%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.46%) Sage
6 1 (0.46%) SonicWALL
6 1 (0.46%) Sophos
6 1 (0.46%) Tanium
6 1 (0.46%) Tripwire
6 1 (0.46%) Twitter
6 1 (0.46%) Workday