Cyber Warfare Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cyberwarfare
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Warfare in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Warfare over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Warfare 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.055% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 - -
UK median annual salary £26,000 - £23,496
% change year-on-year - - +23.02%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber Warfare 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 14,654 12,309 24,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.07% 41.80% 32.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,594 5,288 15,494
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,988 £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 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Cyber Warfare
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Cyber Warfare job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cyber Warfare
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Cyber Warfare
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 Warfare within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
North of England - 3 £26,000 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £26,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £26,000 - 2
Midlands - 2 £26,000 - 1
North West - 1 £26,000 - 1
South West - 1 £26,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £26,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 £26,000 - 1
Cyber Warfare
UK