Cyberattack Jobs

Cyberattack
UK

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 cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 573 473
Rank change year-on-year +378 -100 +31
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 833 334 657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.60% 0.34% 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.62% 0.95% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 25 253 141
10th Percentile £41,500 £41,856 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,000 £45,512
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +14.17% +6.83%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £91,991 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,750 £50,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.50% -13.79% +16.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

Cyberattack 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,032 35,027 45,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.57% 35.62% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,839 23,030 23,975
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,000 £35,271
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in the UK

Cyberattack
Top 15 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 30 April 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
England +389 829 £60,000 -11.76% 95
UK excluding London +415 739 £45,750 -8.50% 57
North of England +294 572 £62,500 +25.00% 16
North West +226 556 £61,750 +23.50% 9
Work from Home +344 392 £44,000 -39.31% 50
London +83 82 £65,000 -13.33% 47
South East +155 66 £44,000 -10.66% 8
South West +86 44 - - 7
Midlands +79 32 £42,000 +31.25% 5
East of England +77 23 £70,000 -26.32% 12
East Midlands +62 18 - - 2
Yorkshire +64 15 £70,000 +40.00% 3
West Midlands +56 14 £42,000 +31.25% 3
Isle of Man - 2 £43,000 -
North East - 1 - - 4

Cyberattack
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (2.76%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 55 (6.60%) AWS
2 54 (6.48%) Azure
3 49 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
3 49 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 6 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.12%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 399 (47.90%) DNS
2 397 (47.66%) VPN
3 8 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (0.60%) Firewall
5 2 (0.24%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (0.24%) HTTP
5 2 (0.24%) SMTP
5 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.24%) VLAN
6 1 (0.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.88%) Elasticsearch
2 46 (5.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (0.12%) JIRA
1 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 795 (95.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 471 (56.54%) Finance
3 450 (54.02%) Analytical Skills
4 290 (34.81%) Legal
5 289 (34.69%) Law
6 9 (1.08%) Social Skills
7 5 (0.60%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.36%) Games
9 2 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.24%) Marketing
9 2 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.24%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.12%) Electronics
10 1 (0.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 446 (53.54%) Developer
1 446 (53.54%) Software Developer
2 46 (5.52%) Data Scientist
3 29 (3.48%) Senior
4 23 (2.76%) Senior Data Scientist
5 18 (2.16%) Project Manager
6 12 (1.44%) Analyst
7 9 (1.08%) Security Analyst
8 5 (0.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (0.60%) IT Security Officer
8 5 (0.60%) Security Officer
9 4 (0.48%) Consultant
9 4 (0.48%) Information Security Consultant
9 4 (0.48%) Security Consultant
9 4 (0.48%) Security Engineer
10 2 (0.24%) Administrator
10 2 (0.24%) Programme Manager
10 2 (0.24%) Senior Manager
10 2 (0.24%) Software Engineer
10 2 (0.24%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.00%) Node.js
2 49 (5.88%) .NET
2 49 (5.88%) Pandas
3 3 (0.36%) React
4 2 (0.24%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.24%) OAuth
4 2 (0.24%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.12%) REST
5 1 (0.12%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.52%) Algorithms
2 15 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (0.96%) Management Information System
4 4 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (0.48%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.24%) CSOC
5 2 (0.24%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (0.24%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.12%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 449 (53.90%) Linux
2 446 (53.54%) Android
3 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (87.76%) Line Management
2 492 (59.06%) Mathematics
3 469 (56.30%) Agile
4 447 (53.66%) Design Patterns
4 447 (53.66%) OO
5 446 (53.54%) Android Development
5 446 (53.54%) OOP
6 308 (36.97%) Cybersecurity
7 283 (33.97%) Creative Thinking
8 95 (11.40%) Statistics
9 76 (9.12%) Software Engineering
10 68 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (6.36%) Collaborative Working
12 50 (6.00%) Artificial Intelligence
13 49 (5.88%) CI/CD
13 49 (5.88%) Computer Science
13 49 (5.88%) Containerisation
13 49 (5.88%) Kanban
13 49 (5.88%) OWASP
13 49 (5.88%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 470 (56.42%) Python
2 469 (56.30%) Java
3 447 (53.66%) C++
4 446 (53.54%) Go
5 73 (8.76%) JavaScript
6 50 (6.00%) Rust
7 3 (0.36%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.24%) Bash
8 2 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 511 (61.34%) Security Cleared
2 510 (61.22%) DV Cleared
3 50 (6.00%) Degree
4 23 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (2.76%) Numerate Degree
5 7 (0.84%) CISM
6 6 (0.72%) CISSP
7 3 (0.36%) CEH
8 2 (0.24%) CIPFA
8 2 (0.24%) ISEB
8 2 (0.24%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.12%) CASP
9 1 (0.12%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 289 (34.69%) NCSC
2 19 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.16%) PMBOK
4 13 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.08%) GDPR
6 6 (0.72%) NIST
7 5 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.36%) GRC
8 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.24%) COBIT
9 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 469 (56.30%) Docker
2 2 (0.24%) Postfix
2 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 448 (53.78%) Ansible
2 72 (8.64%) Kubernetes
3 49 (5.88%) Terraform
4 2 (0.24%) Nagios
4 2 (0.24%) Proxmox
4 2 (0.24%) Puppet
4 2 (0.24%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.12%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.12%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (1.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.36%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (0.24%) Darktrace
3 2 (0.24%) McAfee
3 2 (0.24%) Ping Identity
3 2 (0.24%) TippingPoint
3 2 (0.24%) VMware
4 1 (0.12%) IBM
4 1 (0.12%) Splunk