Cyber Kill Chain Job Trends

Cyber Kill Chain
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Kill Chain in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Kill Chain over the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 643 770
Rank change year-on-year +50 +127 +143
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain 90 24 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.052% 0.073%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 53
10th Percentile £52,250 £61,050 £53,750
25th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +10.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £82,500 £104,875 £95,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £117,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +28.00% +1.63% -1.60%

All Generic Skills
UK

Cyber Kill Chain 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 22,664 17,871 29,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.32% 38.59% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,509 8,883 21,128
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,639 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,720 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +10.00% -9.09%

Cyber Kill Chain
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cyber Kill Chain job vacancy trend in the UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Kill Chain.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Kill Chain

Cyber Kill Chain
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cyber Kill Chain in the UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain within the UK over the 6 months to 7 March 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 +69 86 £80,000 +3.23% 4
Work from Home +121 84 £80,000 +28.00% 1
UK excluding London +64 80 £80,000 +28.00% 2
North of England +1 25 - -
Midlands - 22 - -
East Midlands - 15 - -
Yorkshire - 13 - -
East of England - 13 £80,000 -
London +29 10 £58,500 -24.52% 2
South East +13 10 - - 1
North West -2 8 - -
West Midlands - 7 - -
South West -3 6 £80,000 -12.57% 1
North East - 4 - -
Wales - 3 - -
Scotland - 1 £80,000 -

Cyber Kill Chain
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 13 (14.44%) Azure
2 9 (10.00%) AWS
3 4 (4.44%) SaaS
4 1 (1.11%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (14.44%) Firewall
2 10 (11.11%) Network Security
3 7 (7.78%) DMZ
4 4 (4.44%) DNS
4 4 (4.44%) HTTPS
4 4 (4.44%) TCP/IP
4 4 (4.44%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.11%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Bitbucket
1 4 (4.44%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (8.89%) Finance
3 4 (4.44%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.11%) Legal
4 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (76.67%) Lead
2 8 (8.89%) Consultant
3 5 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 5 (5.56%) Security Consultant
4 4 (4.44%) Analyst
4 4 (4.44%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 4 (4.44%) Security Analyst
4 4 (4.44%) Threat Hunter
5 3 (3.33%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 3 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (1.11%) Cyber Defence Consultant
6 1 (1.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (1.11%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (1.11%) Lead Security Consultant
6 1 (1.11%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (1.11%) Security Architect
6 1 (1.11%) Security Manager
6 1 (1.11%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (1.11%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (1.11%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 72 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
1 72 (80.00%) Operational Technology
2 70 (77.78%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (13.33%) Security Posture
4 7 (7.78%) Cloud Native
4 7 (7.78%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (7.78%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (7.78%) PKI
5 6 (6.67%) Blog
6 4 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.11%) Linux
2 8 (8.89%) Windows
3 4 (4.44%) Kali Linux
3 4 (4.44%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (90.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 81 (90.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 78 (86.67%) Security Operations
3 77 (85.56%) Risk Management
4 71 (78.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 69 (76.67%) Mentoring
5 69 (76.67%) SABSA
6 68 (75.56%) Business Strategy
6 68 (75.56%) Change Advisory Board
6 68 (75.56%) Coaching
6 68 (75.56%) Cyber Intelligence
6 68 (75.56%) ITIL
6 68 (75.56%) Roadmaps
6 68 (75.56%) Technology Roadmap
6 68 (75.56%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 68 (75.56%) Vulnerability Management
7 18 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (14.44%) SIEM
8 13 (14.44%) Threat Modelling
9 12 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.89%) PowerShell
1 8 (8.89%) Python
2 4 (4.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.89%) GIAC
3 4 (4.44%) CEH
3 4 (4.44%) GREM
3 4 (4.44%) OSCP
4 3 (3.33%) CISM
4 3 (3.33%) CISSP
4 3 (3.33%) SANS
5 2 (2.22%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.11%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.11%) Degree
6 1 (1.11%) GCFA
6 1 (1.11%) GCIH
6 1 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (90.00%) NIST
2 78 (86.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (75.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 9 (10.00%) GDPR
4 9 (10.00%) JSP 440
5 8 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 8 (8.89%) NCSC
5 8 (8.89%) PCI DSS
6 7 (7.78%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.44%) Ansible
1 4 (4.44%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 4 (4.44%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.44%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (4.44%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (4.44%) Splunk