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The median annual salary for a Cybersecurity Engineer was £52,500 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 19 September 2018. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Cybersecurity Engineer UK |
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6 months to
19 Sep 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
954 |
1107 |
1146 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+153 |
+39 |
+128 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer |
219 |
99 |
113 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.13% |
0.056% |
0.058% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.14% |
0.058% |
0.060% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
163 |
83 |
98 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£55,000 |
£56,250 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-4.55% |
-2.22% |
+25.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£36,000 |
£28,350 |
£32,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,000 |
£70,000 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£55,000 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-13.64% |
+15.79% |
+26.67% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
160,829 |
170,335 |
187,327 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
96.05% |
96.01% |
96.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
129,588 |
136,552 |
157,473 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
£26,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£78,750 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+6.25% |
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Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer over the 6 months to 19 September 2018.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 September 2018.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+143 |
216 |
£52,500 |
-4.55% |
35 |
| UK excluding London |
+99 |
131 |
£47,500 |
-13.64% |
29 |
| London |
+89 |
85 |
£65,000 |
+44.44% |
8 |
| South West |
+27 |
56 |
£45,000 |
-18.18% |
4 |
| South East |
+43 |
35 |
£52,500 |
+16.67% |
10 |
| Midlands |
+41 |
22 |
£47,500 |
-34.48% |
8 |
| North of England |
- |
17 |
£47,250 |
- |
4 |
| North West |
- |
15 |
£45,500 |
- |
4 |
| West Midlands |
+36 |
13 |
£43,750 |
-39.66% |
2 |
| East Midlands |
- |
9 |
£57,500 |
- |
6 |
| East of England |
+1 |
2 |
£51,250 |
-21.15% |
1 |
| Yorkshire |
- |
2 |
£47,500 |
- |
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Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 19 September 2018, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.
Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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