Cyber Assurance Job Trends

Cyber Assurance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Cyber Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 653 656
Rank change year-on-year +43 +3 +305
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Assurance 25 56 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.10% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 36 46
10th Percentile £22,129 £37,500 £53,125
25th Percentile £42,282 £53,595 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £73,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.41% +5.36% +6.06%
75th Percentile £67,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,925 £100,625 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £52,397 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% -12.67% +8.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Cyber Assurance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,456 49,466 47,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.78% 90.03% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,392 24,433 36,177
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Cyber Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cyber Assurance job vacancy trend in the UK

Cyber Assurance
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Assurance

Cyber Assurance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Assurance over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Assurance in the UK

Cyber Assurance
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Assurance within the UK over the 6 months to 2 January 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
England +40 22 £61,000 -4.54% 4
UK excluding London +29 12 £51,000 -2.67% 4
London +45 11 £59,500 -37.37%
South East +23 5 £62,500 +42.05% 2
Work from Home +62 3 £52,000 -32.90% 1
West Midlands +28 2 £59,750 -
North West +26 2 - -
Midlands +23 2 £59,750 -
North of England +6 2 - -
Scotland -5 2 £22,129 -65.96%
South West - 1 £50,000 -

Cyber Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (4.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Tableau
2 1 (4.00%) GIS
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Legal
6 2 (8.00%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.00%) Back Office
7 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Analyst
1 4 (16.00%) Associate Director
2 3 (12.00%) Monitoring Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Senior
2 3 (12.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (4.00%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Development Manager
4 1 (4.00%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Security Specialist
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Business Development Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Business Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Development Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (24.00%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (20.00%) Security Posture
4 4 (16.00%) Blockchain
5 3 (12.00%) Operational Technology
6 2 (8.00%) Driving Licence
6 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (4.00%) Housing Association
7 1 (4.00%) Industry 4.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (48.00%) Information Security
2 12 (48.00%) Risk Management
3 11 (44.00%) Agile
4 10 (40.00%) Mentoring
5 9 (36.00%) Coaching
5 9 (36.00%) Creative Thinking
6 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
7 6 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (24.00%) Data Collection
7 6 (24.00%) Data Protection
7 6 (24.00%) OWASP
7 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (20.00%) AI
8 5 (20.00%) Analytics
8 5 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
8 5 (20.00%) Data Analytics
9 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
10 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (12.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) CISM
2 10 (40.00%) CISSP
3 6 (24.00%) CRISC
3 6 (24.00%) Degree
4 4 (16.00%) CISA
4 4 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (12.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (4.00%) CISMP
6 1 (4.00%) CREST Certified
6 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) GIAC
6 1 (4.00%) GSLC
6 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (44.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (28.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (16.00%) NCSC
5 4 (16.00%) NIST
6 3 (12.00%) GDPR
7 2 (8.00%) COBIT
7 2 (8.00%) Def Stans
7 2 (8.00%) GRC
7 2 (8.00%) NIST 800
7 2 (8.00%) QA
8 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
8 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
8 1 (4.00%) SOC 3
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Qualys