Cyber Kill Chain Jobs

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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 700 810 896
Rank change year-on-year +110 +86 +245
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain 18 74 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.074% 0.080%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.087% 0.21% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 15 68 49
10th Percentile £60,650 £57,500 £52,400
25th Percentile £61,875 £68,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £87,610 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.39% +25.16% -30.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £103,750
90th Percentile £126,000 £97,250 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £80,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -21.88% +25.49% -36.25%

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 20,720 35,284 43,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.08% 35.31% 43.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,777 23,033 23,186
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,483
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £109,865
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -9.09% +4.76%

Cyber Kill Chain
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Kill Chain in the UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cyber Kill Chain in the UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Kill Chain over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Kill Chain in the UK

Cyber Kill Chain
Top 6 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 21 May 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 +110 18 £75,000 -14.39% 7
London +99 14 £77,500 -11.54% 4
UK excluding London +145 4 £62,500 -21.88% 5
North of England +39 4 £62,500 +4.17% 1
North West -5 4 £62,500 +4.17%
Work from Home +91 2 £61,500 -12.14% 11

Cyber Kill Chain
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 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) IaaS
2 3 (16.67%) PaaS
2 3 (16.67%) SaaS
3 2 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) 4G
General
1 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Lead
2 7 (38.89%) Consultant
2 7 (38.89%) Security Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) IAM Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) Lead Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Lead Security Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Security Specialist
3 2 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat Hunter
4 1 (5.56%) Senior
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 7 (38.89%) Blue Team
2 7 (38.89%) Offensive Security
2 7 (38.89%) Presales
2 7 (38.89%) Purple Team
2 7 (38.89%) Red Team
2 7 (38.89%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 4 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 3 (16.67%) SIEM
6 3 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
7 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
7 2 (11.11%) ITIL
7 2 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (11.11%) Use Case
7 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) CCSAM
1 3 (16.67%) CCSAS
1 3 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
2 2 (11.11%) GCFA
2 2 (11.11%) GCIA
2 2 (11.11%) GCIH
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) CREST Certified
3 1 (5.56%) GSEC
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) NIST
2 7 (38.89%) QA
3 5 (27.78%) GDPR
3 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Rapid7
3 1 (5.56%) Intel
3 1 (5.56%) Splunk