Cyber Defence Jobs

Cyber Defence
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 844 603
Rank change year-on-year +86 -241 +312
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 84 43 892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.093% 0.053% 0.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.13% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 42 35 89
10th Percentile £52,647 £48,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% +13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £106,875 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,500 £80,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £48,200
% change year-on-year - +34.85% -37.81%

All Generic Skills
UK

Cyber Defence 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 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in the UK

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in the UK

Cyber Defence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Defence in the UK

Cyber Defence
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +80 79 £75,000 +15.38% 39
UK excluding London +7 55 £65,000 - 24
South West +15 28 £105,000 +64.71% 9
London +86 23 £90,000 +24.14% 16
Work from Home +45 14 £67,500 +5.88% 31
South East +17 11 £61,000 -18.67% 2
North of England +17 9 £65,000 +4.00% 8
Midlands -18 6 £55,000 -21.43% 1
North West - 6 £65,000 - 4
East Midlands - 6 £55,000 -
Yorkshire +60 3 £63,000 +0.80% 4
Scotland -44 1 £75,000 -11.76%

Cyber Defence
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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (15.48%) AWS
2 10 (11.90%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.95%) Azure
4 3 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.38%) IaaS
5 2 (2.38%) PaaS
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.48%) Firewall
2 18 (21.43%) Network Security
3 11 (13.10%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (11.90%) VoIP
5 1 (1.19%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.67%) Big Data
2 10 (11.90%) Power BI
General
1 21 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.62%) Aerospace
2 19 (22.62%) Finance
3 15 (17.86%) Military
4 10 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.95%) Legal
6 4 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.57%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.38%) Banking
8 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.38%) Law
9 1 (1.19%) Games
9 1 (1.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (26.19%) Analyst
2 18 (21.43%) Senior
3 15 (17.86%) Consultant
3 15 (17.86%) Security Analyst
3 15 (17.86%) Security Consultant
4 13 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Operations Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Security Operations Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 10 (11.90%) Senior Security Analyst
7 8 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 6 (7.14%) Head of Compliance
8 6 (7.14%) Head of Information
8 6 (7.14%) Head of Information Assurance
9 5 (5.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 5 (5.95%) Lead
10 4 (4.76%) Architect
10 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 3 (3.57%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.71%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 26 (30.95%) Security Operations Centre
2 22 (26.19%) Management Information System
3 16 (19.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 15 (17.86%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (14.29%) Cyberattack
6 6 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (7.14%) Operational Technology
7 4 (4.76%) Driving Licence
7 4 (4.76%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.57%) CSOC
9 2 (2.38%) FMCG
9 2 (2.38%) Hedge funds
10 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.19%) IoT
10 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 1 (1.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.05%) Linux
2 3 (3.57%) Unix
3 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (64.29%) Information Security
2 50 (59.52%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (52.38%) SIEM
4 36 (42.86%) Security Operations
5 30 (35.71%) Agile
6 26 (30.95%) Incident Response
6 26 (30.95%) Mentoring
7 21 (25.00%) Incident Management
8 19 (22.62%) Security Architecture
9 17 (20.24%) Collaborative Working
9 17 (20.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 17 (20.24%) Threat Intelligence
10 15 (17.86%) Decision-Making
11 14 (16.67%) Problem Management
12 13 (15.48%) Information Assurance
12 13 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 13 (15.48%) Resource Management
12 13 (15.48%) Service Delivery
13 12 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
13 12 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 3 (3.57%) Python
2 2 (2.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 46 (54.76%) Security Cleared
2 21 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 17 (20.24%) SC Cleared
4 16 (19.05%) CISSP
5 13 (15.48%) CISM
6 11 (13.10%) CISA
7 10 (11.90%) CompTIA CySA+
8 7 (8.33%) Degree
9 4 (4.76%) MBCS
10 3 (3.57%) CREST Certified
10 3 (3.57%) CRISC
11 2 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
12 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.19%) CASP
12 1 (1.19%) GCIA
12 1 (1.19%) GCIH
12 1 (1.19%) GIAC
12 1 (1.19%) ISACA
12 1 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (39.29%) NIST
2 16 (19.05%) NIST 800
3 15 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (14.29%) NCSC
5 9 (10.71%) GRC
6 4 (4.76%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.57%) HMG Infosec
7 3 (3.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (3.57%) JSP 440
7 3 (3.57%) RMADS
8 2 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.19%) GDPR
9 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 8 (9.52%) vSphere
2 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (15.48%) Ansible
2 1 (1.19%) Kibana
2 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.19%) logstash
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.19%) QRadar
2 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.71%) Tanium
3 8 (9.52%) SolarWinds
3 8 (9.52%) Tripwire
4 3 (3.57%) Splunk
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco
5 1 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.19%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.19%) IBM
5 1 (1.19%) Qualys