Cybercrime Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybercrime over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 761 391 699
Rank change year-on-year -370 +308 -86
Permanent jobs citing Cybercrime 10 446 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.73% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.042% 1.77% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 25
10th Percentile - £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,092 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,482 £67,500 £39,810
Median % change year-on-year -40.03% +69.56% -21.94%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £51,569
90th Percentile £70,500 £81,250 £66,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £40,606
% change year-on-year -3.70% +66.23% -18.79%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Cybercrime is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,976 25,150 30,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.98% 41.02% 43.52%
Number of salaries quoted 15,231 11,482 15,930
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £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 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybercrime in the UK excluding London

Cybercrime
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cybercrime in the UK excluding London

Cybercrime
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybercrime in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybercrime in the UK excluding London

Cybercrime
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 Cybercrime within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
North of England +34 5 £35,092 -48.01% 6
North West +4 3 £35,092 -48.01% 4
Midlands +1 2 £75,000 +36.36%
North East -8 2 £35,092 -
South West -66 2 £40,482 -
West Midlands +18 1 £90,000 -
East Midlands -18 1 £60,000 -
South East -185 1 £65,000 -16.13%
Cybercrime
UK

Cybercrime
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 7 (70.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
3 4 (40.00%) Digital Economy
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Law
3 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (30.00%) Retail
5 2 (20.00%) Local Government
5 2 (20.00%) Police
5 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Back Office
6 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Forensic Investigator
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Operations Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) SOC Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Blockchain
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (10.00%) FPGA
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (40.00%) Open Source
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Forensics
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (20.00%) Five Forces Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Advanced Persistent Threat
4 1 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Proactive Management
4 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) CCIE
3 2 (20.00%) CCNP
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco