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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 512 478
Rank change year-on-year +61 -34 +65
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 128 265 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.35% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.95% 1.08% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 81 201 172
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -21.43%
75th Percentile £68,114 £72,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -14.96%

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 13,541 24,499 24,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.12% 32.71% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,957 15,292 10,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 +50 39 £50,000 -9.09% 35
North of England -14 25 £66,367 +32.73% 36
East of England +25 20 £35,000 -46.15% 13
South West +105 17 £48,507 -22.39% 19
Midlands +55 16 £65,000 - 19
West Midlands +60 15 £63,750 -8.93% 15
North West -34 15 £66,367 +32.73% 16
Yorkshire +47 9 £65,000 +8.33% 18
Scotland +109 8 £45,000 -33.33% 12
Wales - 3 £52,697 - 2
North East +43 1 £80,000 +102.53% 2
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 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (28.13%) AWS
2 26 (20.31%) AWS Lambda
2 26 (20.31%) Serverless
3 22 (17.19%) Azure
4 18 (14.06%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (8.59%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (6.25%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.56%) GCP
7 2 (1.56%) SaaS
8 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (25.00%) Firewall
2 26 (20.31%) Broadband
2 26 (20.31%) SSH
2 26 (20.31%) SSL
3 14 (10.94%) VPN
4 8 (6.25%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.25%) WAN
5 7 (5.47%) LAN
5 7 (5.47%) Network Security
6 5 (3.91%) VLAN
7 4 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (3.13%) Wireshark
8 3 (2.34%) DHCP
8 3 (2.34%) DMZ
8 3 (2.34%) DNS
9 2 (1.56%) Internet
9 2 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.56%) WLAN
10 1 (0.78%) MPLS
10 1 (0.78%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.56%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.78%) GDB
2 1 (0.78%) GitLab
2 1 (0.78%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.78%) WinDbg
General
1 55 (42.97%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (14.06%) Finance
4 11 (8.59%) Law
5 9 (7.03%) Banking
5 9 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.25%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.34%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.34%) Public Speaking
9 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.56%) Legal
9 2 (1.56%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (32.03%) Analyst
2 27 (21.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 26 (20.31%) DevOps Engineer
4 19 (14.84%) SOC Analyst
5 12 (9.38%) Senior
6 10 (7.81%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 10 (7.81%) Security Analyst
6 10 (7.81%) Security Manager
7 9 (7.03%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 8 (6.25%) Consultant
8 8 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (5.47%) Lead
10 6 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (4.69%) Information Security Consultant
10 6 (4.69%) Security Consultant
11 5 (3.91%) Security Engineer
12 4 (3.13%) Architect
12 4 (3.13%) Data Manager
12 4 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
12 4 (3.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.31%) RESTful
1 26 (20.31%) Web Services
2 4 (3.13%) Middleware
3 1 (0.78%) libvirt
3 1 (0.78%) Node.js
3 1 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.78%) React
3 1 (0.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 38 (29.69%) Cyberattack
2 35 (27.34%) Management Information System
3 27 (21.09%) Onboarding
4 26 (20.31%) PKI
5 23 (17.97%) Security Operations Centre
6 15 (11.72%) Security Posture
7 10 (7.81%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (2.34%) Tandem
12 2 (1.56%) Biopharmaceutical
12 2 (1.56%) YARA
13 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.78%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.78%) Clustering
13 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.16%) Windows
2 6 (4.69%) Linux
3 5 (3.91%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.56%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (67.97%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (42.19%) Incident Response
3 45 (35.16%) Security Operations
4 44 (34.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 44 (34.38%) Threat Intelligence
5 36 (28.13%) SIEM
6 34 (26.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 31 (24.22%) Roadmaps
8 29 (22.66%) DevOps
8 29 (22.66%) Use Case
9 27 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (20.31%) Deployment Automation
10 26 (20.31%) Key Management
10 26 (20.31%) Programme Delivery
11 23 (17.97%) Threat Detection
11 23 (17.97%) Vulnerability Management
12 18 (14.06%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (13.28%) Information Security
13 17 (13.28%) Mentoring
13 17 (13.28%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.78%) Python
2 9 (7.03%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (4.69%) Bash
4 3 (2.34%) C#
4 3 (2.34%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.56%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.78%) C
6 1 (0.78%) C++
6 1 (0.78%) CodeQL
6 1 (0.78%) PHP
6 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.78%) VB
6 1 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (16.41%) Degree
2 17 (13.28%) Security Cleared
3 16 (12.50%) CISM
3 16 (12.50%) CISSP
4 11 (8.59%) SC Cleared
5 10 (7.81%) GCIH
6 9 (7.03%) DV Cleared
6 9 (7.03%) GIAC
7 7 (5.47%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (4.69%) CEH
8 6 (4.69%) Master's Degree
9 5 (3.91%) CISA
10 4 (3.13%) Azure Certification
10 4 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (3.13%) OSCP
11 3 (2.34%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.34%) CHECK Team Member
11 3 (2.34%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (42.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (35.16%) NIST
3 18 (14.06%) GDPR
4 15 (11.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 7 (5.47%) PCI DSS
6 5 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (2.34%) GRC
7 3 (2.34%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.56%) COBIT
8 2 (1.56%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 33 (25.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.34%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.56%) Docker
4 1 (0.78%) Firmware
4 1 (0.78%) Xen
Systems Management
1 27 (21.09%) Terraform
2 3 (2.34%) Iperf
2 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.56%) Nmap
3 2 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.78%) Ansible
4 1 (0.78%) Graylog
4 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.78%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.78%) Nessus
4 1 (0.78%) QRadar
Vendors
1 34 (26.56%) Microsoft
2 26 (20.31%) Thales
3 10 (7.81%) Splunk
4 7 (5.47%) Fortinet
5 6 (4.69%) Cisco
6 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.34%) ArcSight
7 3 (2.34%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.34%) Google
7 3 (2.34%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.34%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (2.34%) SonicWALL
7 3 (2.34%) VMware
8 2 (1.56%) Aruba
8 2 (1.56%) Sophos
9 1 (0.78%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.78%) IBM
9 1 (0.78%) Juniper
9 1 (0.78%) McAfee
9 1 (0.78%) SAP