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 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 420 470
Rank change year-on-year +113 +50 +343
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 647 393 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 0.67% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.61% 1.77% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 67 154 192
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,142 £30,831
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,563 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -23.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,500 £87,250 £92,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% -

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 24,750 22,260 64,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.56% 37.91% 45.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,956 16,186 31,701
10th Percentile £32,875 £34,234 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,628 £45,321 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £106,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%

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 26 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in the UK

Cyberattack
Top 17 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 26 October 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
England +102 622 £52,000 -16.80% 31
UK excluding London +48 404 £50,000 -20.00% 25
North of England +103 256 £53,750 -2.27% 6
North West +84 222 £50,000 -1.45% 5
London +134 213 £65,000 +8.33% 5
South West -56 71 £37,500 -42.31% 4
Work from Home -153 63 £60,000 -4.00% 25
South East -10 35 £55,000 -13.73% 8
Yorkshire +22 20 £60,000 -2.25% 1
East of England -31 18 £65,000 +15.56% 2
North East -17 14 - - 1
Midlands -28 12 £59,750 -2.45% 4
West Midlands -29 7 £59,750 -2.45%
Wales +38 6 £50,000 -28.57% 1
Scotland -4 5 £50,000 -13.79%
East Midlands - 5 - - 4
Northern Ireland +21 1 £115,000 +206.67%

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:

Applications
1 27 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 142 (21.95%) Azure
2 135 (20.87%) Cloud Computing
3 128 (19.78%) AWS
4 115 (17.77%) GCP
5 26 (4.02%) Power Platform
6 20 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.62%) IaaS
7 4 (0.62%) PaaS
7 4 (0.62%) SaaS
8 2 (0.31%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.31%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.31%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 123 (19.01%) Network Security
2 117 (18.08%) Broadband
3 103 (15.92%) Intrusion Detection
4 23 (3.55%) Firewall
5 12 (1.85%) LAN
5 12 (1.85%) Wireless
6 11 (1.70%) Internet
7 9 (1.39%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.24%) VoIP
8 8 (1.24%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.31%) NGFW
9 2 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.02%) Power BI
1 26 (4.02%) Qlik Sense
1 26 (4.02%) Tableau
2 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (1.24%) Burp Suite
1 8 (1.24%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.15%) Git
2 1 (0.15%) Mocha
General
1 430 (66.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 145 (22.41%) Finance
3 133 (20.56%) Social Skills
4 119 (18.39%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (15.46%) Telecoms
6 40 (6.18%) Legal
7 24 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.85%) Public Sector
9 10 (1.55%) Games
10 9 (1.39%) Law
11 8 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.24%) Retail
12 5 (0.77%) Electronics
13 4 (0.62%) Military
14 2 (0.31%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.31%) Banking
14 2 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.31%) Local Government
15 1 (0.15%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 195 (30.14%) Architect
2 149 (23.03%) Analyst
3 137 (21.17%) Security Analyst
4 113 (17.47%) Senior
5 112 (17.31%) Security Architect
6 109 (16.85%) Cloud Security Analyst
7 100 (15.46%) Software Engineer
8 87 (13.45%) Lead
9 83 (12.83%) Software Architect
10 82 (12.67%) Programmer
10 82 (12.67%) Software Programmer
11 81 (12.52%) Senior Analyst
12 79 (12.21%) Lead Software Engineer
13 75 (11.59%) Senior Security Analyst
14 14 (2.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (2.16%) Penetration Tester
14 14 (2.16%) Tester
15 13 (2.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 12 (1.85%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 12 (1.85%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (20.40%) HTML
2 5 (0.77%) STL
3 4 (0.62%) Node.js
4 3 (0.46%) .NET
5 2 (0.31%) Middleware
6 1 (0.15%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 139 (21.48%) Cyber Threat
2 123 (19.01%) Cloud Native
3 121 (18.70%) Management Information System
4 109 (16.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 109 (16.85%) Social Media
5 13 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.85%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (1.55%) Blog
9 8 (1.24%) IoT
9 8 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
10 6 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.62%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.31%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.31%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.31%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.31%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.17%) Linux
2 11 (1.70%) Windows
3 8 (1.24%) Kali Linux
4 3 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (63.83%) Mentoring
2 406 (62.75%) Problem-Solving
3 388 (59.97%) Creative Thinking
4 362 (55.95%) Agile
5 319 (49.30%) Cybersecurity
6 290 (44.82%) Machine Learning
7 288 (44.51%) Software Engineering
8 283 (43.74%) Data Engineering
8 283 (43.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 283 (43.74%) User Experience
9 249 (38.49%) Incident Response
10 151 (23.34%) Information Security
11 131 (20.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 131 (20.25%) Threat Intelligence
12 130 (20.09%) Risk Management
13 123 (19.01%) Infrastructure as Code
14 120 (18.55%) Disaster Recovery
15 117 (18.08%) Programme Delivery
15 117 (18.08%) Security Testing
16 116 (17.93%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 26 (4.02%) SQL
1 26 (4.02%) VBA
2 20 (3.09%) C++
3 19 (2.94%) Python
4 17 (2.63%) Go
4 17 (2.63%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.16%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.16%) Ruby
6 10 (1.55%) Rust
7 3 (0.46%) Java
8 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 162 (25.04%) Security Cleared
2 135 (20.87%) DV Cleared
3 26 (4.02%) CCAB
3 26 (4.02%) CISA
4 23 (3.55%) CISSP
4 23 (3.55%) Degree
5 21 (3.25%) CREST Certified
6 19 (2.94%) OSCP
7 18 (2.78%) GIAC
7 18 (2.78%) SC Cleared
8 16 (2.47%) CISM
9 15 (2.32%) AWS Certification
9 15 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (2.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (2.01%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.01%) CCSP
11 12 (1.85%) ISACA
12 9 (1.39%) CEH
12 9 (1.39%) Cyber Scheme
13 8 (1.24%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (20.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (19.47%) GDPR
3 125 (19.32%) NIST
4 109 (16.85%) HIPAA
5 46 (7.11%) QA
6 31 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (4.02%) ITGC
8 20 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.85%) IASME
10 11 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.62%) NCSC
12 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.15%) COBIT
14 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (10.20%) Docker
2 25 (3.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 66 (10.20%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.24%) Nessus
2 8 (1.24%) Nmap
3 4 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
3 4 (0.62%) QRadar
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 29 (4.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.08%) Cisco
3 5 (0.77%) Palo Alto
4 4 (0.62%) Darktrace
4 4 (0.62%) McAfee
4 4 (0.62%) Qualys
5 3 (0.46%) Meraki
5 3 (0.46%) Splunk
6 2 (0.31%) Citrix
6 2 (0.31%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.31%) Google
6 2 (0.31%) IBM
6 2 (0.31%) Rapid7
6 2 (0.31%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.15%) Commvault
7 1 (0.15%) Dell
7 1 (0.15%) Intel