Cyber Threat Job Trends 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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 437 485
Rank change year-on-year +41 +48 -28
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 239 121 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.45% 0.92% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 125 104 189
10th Percentile £41,850 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,665 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,114 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £89,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £66,750
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.62% +12.14%

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 16,443 13,190 23,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.98% 39.04% 31.73%
Number of salaries quoted 10,854 6,000 14,309
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,619 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,445 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.64% +4.55% -14.60%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyber Threat.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cyber Threat

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 15 July 2026.

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 15 July 2026. 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 +1 56 £60,000 +1.69% 27
East of England +18 44 £80,000 +128.57% 16
Northern Ireland - 43 - - 3
Scotland +50 40 £60,000 +33.33% 8
North of England -38 22 £72,500 +11.54% 30
North West +2 21 £72,500 +9.24% 16
South West -64 19 £50,000 +3.08% 12
Midlands -42 13 £70,000 +9.80% 8
East Midlands -14 11 £70,000 - 2
Wales -52 4 £75,585 +43.44% 6
West Midlands -50 2 £44,750 -29.80% 6
Yorkshire -46 1 £44,000 -29.60% 13
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 85 (35.56%) Azure
2 61 (25.52%) AWS
3 46 (19.25%) SaaS
4 24 (10.04%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.69%) Google Workspace
6 15 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.67%) GCP
8 3 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.84%) IaaS
9 2 (0.84%) PaaS
10 1 (0.42%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.42%) GitHub
10 1 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.42%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.90%) Broadband
2 33 (13.81%) Firewall
3 18 (7.53%) TCP/IP
4 17 (7.11%) DNS
5 14 (5.86%) HTTP
6 9 (3.77%) Network Security
6 9 (3.77%) VPN
7 8 (3.35%) LAN
7 8 (3.35%) WAN
8 6 (2.51%) Internet
9 4 (1.67%) DHCP
9 4 (1.67%) DMZ
9 4 (1.67%) FTP
9 4 (1.67%) SMTP
9 4 (1.67%) SSL
9 4 (1.67%) VLAN
9 4 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.67%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.84%) SSH
11 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (1.26%) JIRA
General
1 66 (27.62%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.08%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (14.23%) Law
4 33 (13.81%) Games
5 23 (9.62%) Finance
6 16 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.35%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.93%) Legal
8 7 (2.93%) Retail
9 4 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.67%) Police
9 4 (1.67%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.26%) Military
11 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (23.01%) Analyst
2 48 (20.08%) IT Manager
3 45 (18.83%) Resilience Manager
4 44 (18.41%) IT Services Manager
4 44 (18.41%) Service Manager
5 40 (16.74%) Senior
6 24 (10.04%) Security Analyst
7 22 (9.21%) Security Manager
8 17 (7.11%) Cyber Threat Analyst
9 16 (6.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 16 (6.69%) Lead
9 16 (6.69%) Software Engineer
10 15 (6.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 12 (5.02%) Security Specialist
12 11 (4.60%) Architect
12 11 (4.60%) Developer
12 11 (4.60%) SOC Analyst
13 10 (4.18%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 8 (3.35%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.41%) Middleware
2 20 (8.37%) LDAP
3 16 (6.69%) GraphQL
3 16 (6.69%) OAuth
3 16 (6.69%) OpenID
3 16 (6.69%) REST
3 16 (6.69%) SAML
3 16 (6.69%) SOAP
4 2 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.25%) Cyberattack
2 27 (11.30%) Security Posture
3 17 (7.11%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (6.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (6.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (5.02%) AI Agents
5 12 (5.02%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (2.51%) Social Media
8 5 (2.09%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.67%) CSOC
10 3 (1.26%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.26%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.26%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.26%) PKI
11 2 (0.84%) Shadow IT
12 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.30%) Windows
2 21 (8.79%) Linux
3 10 (4.18%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (70.29%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (32.64%) Information Security
3 68 (28.45%) Disaster Recovery
4 55 (23.01%) Business Continuity
4 55 (23.01%) ITIL
5 54 (22.59%) SIEM
6 53 (22.18%) Programme Delivery
7 52 (21.76%) Incident Response
7 52 (21.76%) Test Automation
8 51 (21.34%) Contract Negotiation
9 50 (20.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (19.25%) AI
10 46 (19.25%) Runbook
10 46 (19.25%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 45 (18.83%) Agile
11 45 (18.83%) DevOps
12 44 (18.41%) Contingency Planning
12 44 (18.41%) Enterprise Architecture
12 44 (18.41%) Graceful Degradation
12 44 (18.41%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.62%) PowerShell
2 21 (8.79%) Python
3 17 (7.11%) Bash
4 16 (6.69%) T-SQL
5 13 (5.44%) C++
6 8 (3.35%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.35%) Rust
7 7 (2.93%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (2.09%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.26%) SQL
10 2 (0.84%) C#
10 2 (0.84%) Go
11 1 (0.42%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 61 (25.52%) CISSP
2 52 (21.76%) ITIL Certification
3 50 (20.92%) CISM
4 35 (14.64%) Security Cleared
5 21 (8.79%) SC Cleared
6 12 (5.02%) GIAC
7 11 (4.60%) Degree
8 10 (4.18%) OSCP
9 9 (3.77%) CREST Certified
10 8 (3.35%) DV Cleared
10 8 (3.35%) GCIA
10 8 (3.35%) GCIH
10 8 (3.35%) SANS
11 7 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.93%) GCED
12 5 (2.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.09%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.09%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.67%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (31.80%) NIST
2 49 (20.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (19.25%) ISO 22301
4 36 (15.06%) GDPR
5 24 (10.04%) PCI DSS
6 23 (9.62%) NCSC
7 21 (8.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (5.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (2.51%) GRC
11 5 (2.09%) PERC
12 4 (1.67%) SLA
12 4 (1.67%) SOC 2
13 3 (1.26%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
15 1 (0.42%) COBIT
System Software
1 25 (10.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.67%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.77%) Kibana
2 5 (2.09%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.67%) Iperf
3 4 (1.67%) QRadar
4 3 (1.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.42%) Ansible
5 1 (0.42%) Argo
5 1 (0.42%) CASB
5 1 (0.42%) Nessus
5 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.69%) Splunk
3 13 (5.44%) CrowdStrike
4 9 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.93%) Carbon Black
6 4 (1.67%) ArcSight
6 4 (1.67%) Cisco
6 4 (1.67%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.67%) Qualys
6 4 (1.67%) Ruckus Wireless
6 4 (1.67%) SonicWALL
6 4 (1.67%) VMware
7 3 (1.26%) New Relic
7 3 (1.26%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.26%) Zerto
8 2 (0.84%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.84%) Thales
9 1 (0.42%) Capita