Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 29 October 2020

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyberattack over the 6 months to 29 October 2020 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Cyberattack
UK
6 months to
29 Oct 2020		 Same period 2019 Same period 2018
Rank 572 847 948
Rank change year-on-year +275 +101 +78
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 116 223 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.61% 0.42% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 89 173 169
Median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +13.64% +1.85% +2.86%
10th Percentile £41,000 £29,443 £30,996
90th Percentile £89,000 £92,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +24.26%

Cyberattack is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

All Generic IT Skills
UK
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,957 53,596 65,149
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.11% 38.91% 39.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15,268 40,581 49,852
Median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median salary % change year-on-year +9.52% - +5.00%
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £28,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +5.88%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cyberattack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cyberattack in the UK

Cyberattack
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyberattack.

Salary trend for Cyberattack in the UK

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack over the 6 months to 29 October 2020.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in the UK

Cyberattack
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the UK over the 6 months to 29 October 2020. 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
Job
Vacancies
England +258 106 £62,500 +13.64% 16
UK excluding London +248 85 £60,000 +14.29% 12
North of England +177 29 £42,750 -18.92% 5
London +233 27 £70,000 -12.50% 6
Yorkshire +141 27 £43,750 +108.52% 3
Midlands +124 19 £62,500 +13.64% 2
West Midlands +106 18 £62,500 +13.64% 2
South East +183 14 £50,000 -9.09% 2
South West +96 14 £90,000 +126.06% 1
Northern Ireland +23 7 - -
East of England +131 1 £67,500 +53.41%
North West +128 1 £42,500 -19.40%
Scotland +92 1 £55,000 -31.25% 1
East Midlands +82 1 - -
North East +26 1 £43,000 -52.22% 2
Work from Home +23 1 £72,500 -19.44% 2

For the 6 months to 29 October 2020, IT jobs citing Cyberattack also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Cyberattack.

1 79 (68.10%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (37.93%) Cyberthreat
2 44 (37.93%) SIEM
3 40 (34.48%) Information Security
3 40 (34.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (33.62%) Windows
5 36 (31.03%) Azure
6 35 (30.17%) Microsoft
7 32 (27.59%) Linux
7 32 (27.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 32 (27.59%) Threat Intelligence
8 30 (25.86%) Active Directory
9 26 (22.41%) Incident Management
9 26 (22.41%) Penetration Testing
10 25 (21.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 24 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
11 24 (20.69%) Security Operations
12 23 (19.83%) Security Cleared
13 20 (17.24%) Security Architecture
13 20 (17.24%) TCP/IP
14 18 (15.52%) Firewall
14 18 (15.52%) Digital Forensics
14 18 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 18 (15.52%) GDPR
15 17 (14.66%) Data Protection
15 17 (14.66%) Management Information System
15 17 (14.66%) Intrusion Detection
16 16 (13.79%) CISSP
16 16 (13.79%) AWS
16 16 (13.79%) CREST Certified

Cyberattack
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.45%) Confluence
1 4 (3.45%) OpenStack
1 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Sentinel
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.03%) Azure
2 16 (13.79%) AWS
3 15 (12.93%) Azure Active Directory
4 12 (10.34%) Office 365
5 9 (7.76%) SaaS
6 8 (6.90%) IaaS
6 8 (6.90%) PaaS
7 4 (3.45%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.72%) GitHub
9 1 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.86%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.86%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 20 (17.24%) TCP/IP
2 18 (15.52%) Firewall
3 17 (14.66%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (7.76%) HTTP
4 9 (7.76%) Network Security
5 7 (6.03%) HTTPS
6 2 (1.72%) DNS
6 2 (1.72%) FTP
6 2 (1.72%) SMTP
7 1 (0.86%) DHCP
7 1 (0.86%) DKIM
7 1 (0.86%) DMARC
7 1 (0.86%) ICMP
7 1 (0.86%) IPv4
7 1 (0.86%) IPv6
7 1 (0.86%) LAN
7 1 (0.86%) SNMP
7 1 (0.86%) WAN
7 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) Big Data
2 2 (1.72%) Blockchain
3 1 (0.86%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) JIRA
2 6 (5.17%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.45%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (7.76%) Legal
2 8 (6.90%) Finance
3 4 (3.45%) Banking
3 4 (3.45%) Public Sector
3 4 (3.45%) Retail
4 3 (2.59%) Law
5 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.86%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.86%) German Language
6 1 (0.86%) Marketing
6 1 (0.86%) Military
6 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (12.07%) Developer
2 13 (11.21%) Security Specialist
3 12 (10.34%) Administrator
4 11 (9.48%) Consultant
5 10 (8.62%) Architect
5 10 (8.62%) Security Consultant
6 8 (6.90%) Cloud Architect
6 8 (6.90%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 8 (6.90%) Information Security Specialist
6 8 (6.90%) Information Specialist
6 8 (6.90%) Security Engineer
6 8 (6.90%) SOC Manager
6 8 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (6.03%) Information Security Consultant
7 7 (6.03%) Java Developer
7 7 (6.03%) Python Developer
8 6 (5.17%) Analyst
8 6 (5.17%) SIEM Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (3.45%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.03%) Dropwizard
1 7 (6.03%) React
1 7 (6.03%) Spring
2 4 (3.45%) Apache Flex
3 3 (2.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (37.93%) Cyberthreat
2 17 (14.66%) Management Information System
3 14 (12.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 14 (12.07%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (7.76%) PKI
4 9 (7.76%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (6.90%) Cloud Native
6 6 (5.17%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.45%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.72%) Cybercrime
8 2 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.86%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.86%) CESG
9 1 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.86%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.86%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (33.62%) Windows
2 32 (27.59%) Linux
3 13 (11.21%) Mac OS
3 13 (11.21%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.45%) CentOS
4 4 (3.45%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (68.10%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (37.93%) SIEM
3 40 (34.48%) Information Security
4 32 (27.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 32 (27.59%) Threat Intelligence
5 26 (22.41%) Incident Management
5 26 (22.41%) Penetration Testing
6 24 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
6 24 (20.69%) Security Operations
7 20 (17.24%) Security Architecture
8 18 (15.52%) Digital Forensics
9 17 (14.66%) Data Protection
10 14 (12.07%) Open Source
11 13 (11.21%) DevOps
12 12 (10.34%) Cyber Intelligence
12 12 (10.34%) Event Correlation
12 12 (10.34%) Network Architecture
12 12 (10.34%) Use Case
13 11 (9.48%) Vulnerability Management
14 10 (8.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.07%) Python
2 11 (9.48%) JavaScript
2 11 (9.48%) SQL
3 7 (6.03%) Java
3 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.31%) C
5 4 (3.45%) Rust
6 3 (2.59%) Bash Shell
7 2 (1.72%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.86%) C++
Qualifications
1 23 (19.83%) Security Cleared
2 16 (13.79%) CISSP
2 16 (13.79%) CREST Certified
3 13 (11.21%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.76%) CISM
4 9 (7.76%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.17%) CEH
5 6 (5.17%) Degree
5 6 (5.17%) GCIA
5 6 (5.17%) GCIH
6 5 (4.31%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.59%) SANS
8 2 (1.72%) CCNP
8 2 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.72%) OSCP
9 1 (0.86%) CISA
9 1 (0.86%) CISMP
9 1 (0.86%) OSCE
9 1 (0.86%) OSWP
9 1 (0.86%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (34.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (21.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (15.52%) GDPR
3 18 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 12 (10.34%) ISO 9001
4 12 (10.34%) NIST
5 8 (6.90%) NCSC
5 8 (6.90%) NIST 800
6 7 (6.03%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.72%) QA
8 1 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 30 (25.86%) Active Directory
2 16 (13.79%) Docker
3 4 (3.45%) LXC
Systems Management
1 10 (8.62%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 8 (6.90%) Ansible
2 8 (6.90%) CSIRT
2 8 (6.90%) Terraform
3 7 (6.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.72%) EnCase
5 1 (0.86%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.86%) Nessus
5 1 (0.86%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.86%) QRadar
Vendors
1 35 (30.17%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.76%) LogRhythm
3 8 (6.90%) AlienVault
3 8 (6.90%) Google
3 8 (6.90%) Splunk
4 2 (1.72%) Apple
4 2 (1.72%) Cisco
4 2 (1.72%) Thycotic
5 1 (0.86%) Proofpoint
5 1 (0.86%) Qualys