Cybersecurity Jobs

Cybersecurity
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 37 46
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 +32
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,378 5,446 6,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.08% 5.49% 6.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.48% 6.42% 6.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,157 3,950 3,177
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,500 £37,463
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,942 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,914 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £52,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year -9.18% -11.80% +2.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,098 84,818 95,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.84% 85.52% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,512 59,706 56,022
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK

Cybersecurity
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 -8 2,938 £54,500 -5.22% 2,704
UK excluding London +2 2,375 £47,683 -9.18% 1,979
Work from Home +18 1,681 £47,683 -17.07% 1,843
London -8 780 £75,000 +3.45% 1,108
North of England -19 591 £47,683 -8.45% 500
South East -5 550 £47,683 -5.58% 626
Midlands +3 540 £47,683 -13.30% 256
North West -30 396 £54,793 +5.20% 237
West Midlands +1 342 £57,500 +4.55% 172
South West -1 248 £47,683 -20.53% 228
Scotland +41 196 £47,683 -13.30% 140
East Midlands +16 195 £47,683 +12.20% 75
Yorkshire +9 178 £47,683 -6.50% 220
East of England -1 165 £47,683 -11.70% 190
Wales +43 68 £48,500 -7.63% 42
Northern Ireland +33 17 £70,151 +65.06% 61
North East -17 17 £65,000 +52.94% 47
Isle of Man +9 2 £38,750 +3.33% 1
Channel Islands +2 2 £78,750 -21.25%

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 102 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 22 (0.65%) Confluence
4 17 (0.50%) IIS
5 12 (0.36%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.24%) Apache
6 8 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.18%) CMS
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.15%) nginx
9 3 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.089%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.089%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.089%) WordPress
10 2 (0.059%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.059%) TPMS
11 1 (0.030%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 77 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (1.10%) Maya
3 31 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
4 20 (0.59%) Simulink
5 14 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 14 (0.41%) Trello
6 13 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.12%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.059%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 29 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.36%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.30%) SAP IBP
4 8 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.15%) Exchequer
6 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.12%) Fidessa
6 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.089%) Sage 50
7 3 (0.089%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.089%) SAP IS-U
7 3 (0.089%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.030%) CiviCRM
8 1 (0.030%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.030%) Lorenzo
8 1 (0.030%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 521 (15.42%) Azure
2 397 (11.75%) Microsoft 365
3 253 (7.49%) AWS
4 107 (3.17%) GCP
5 104 (3.08%) Entra ID
6 79 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
7 70 (2.07%) SaaS
8 59 (1.75%) Power Platform
9 57 (1.69%) PaaS
10 54 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 46 (1.36%) IaaS
12 37 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (1.04%) OneDrive
14 32 (0.95%) Power Automate
15 24 (0.71%) GitHub
16 22 (0.65%) Google Workspace
17 19 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
18 17 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (0.50%) PowerApps
19 15 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 364 (10.78%) Firewall
2 171 (5.06%) Network Security
3 136 (4.03%) DNS
4 101 (2.99%) WAN
5 98 (2.90%) VPN
6 95 (2.81%) DHCP
6 95 (2.81%) VoIP
7 93 (2.75%) TCP/IP
8 77 (2.28%) LAN
9 63 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
10 58 (1.72%) VLAN
11 37 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
12 34 (1.01%) Internet
13 30 (0.89%) SAN
14 29 (0.86%) 5G
15 24 (0.71%) SD-WAN
16 23 (0.68%) 3GPP
16 23 (0.68%) Wireless
17 20 (0.59%) HTTP
18 17 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (1.39%) Power BI
2 41 (1.21%) SQL Server
3 27 (0.80%) MongoDB
4 22 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 14 (0.41%) MySQL
9 13 (0.38%) Tableau
10 12 (0.36%) Big Data
11 11 (0.33%) BigQuery
11 11 (0.33%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.33%) SAP BW
12 10 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.24%) Metadata
13 8 (0.24%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.15%) Hadoop
15 3 (0.089%) Data Mining
15 3 (0.089%) GIS
15 3 (0.089%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 78 (2.31%) JIRA
2 27 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
3 18 (0.53%) Selenium
4 17 (0.50%) Git
5 16 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.36%) Burp Suite
6 12 (0.36%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.15%) AppScan
9 5 (0.15%) Babel
9 5 (0.15%) GitLab
9 5 (0.15%) IntelliJ
9 5 (0.15%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.15%) webpack
10 4 (0.12%) Subversion
10 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.089%) gulp
12 2 (0.059%) Mocha
12 2 (0.059%) rollup.js
General
1 870 (25.75%) Social Skills
2 593 (17.55%) Presentation Skills
3 549 (16.25%) Finance
4 426 (12.61%) Legal
5 408 (12.08%) Law
6 369 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 349 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
8 178 (5.27%) Banking
9 143 (4.23%) Telecoms
10 132 (3.91%) Marketing
11 119 (3.52%) Public Sector
12 115 (3.40%) Retail
13 103 (3.05%) Manufacturing
14 74 (2.19%) Electronics
15 66 (1.95%) Games
16 63 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
17 44 (1.30%) Aerospace
18 39 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
19 35 (1.04%) Military
20 32 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 553 (16.37%) Systems Engineer
2 419 (12.40%) Analyst
3 356 (10.54%) Security Engineer
4 297 (8.79%) Senior
5 257 (7.61%) Security Analyst
6 204 (6.04%) Lead
7 197 (5.83%) IT Support
8 175 (5.18%) Architect
9 161 (4.77%) Principal Engineer
10 147 (4.35%) Principal Security Engineer
11 118 (3.49%) IT Manager
12 117 (3.46%) Security Manager
13 108 (3.20%) Consultant
14 88 (2.61%) Product Analyst
15 87 (2.58%) Principal Security Analyst
16 78 (2.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 78 (2.31%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 70 (2.07%) IT Analyst
17 70 (2.07%) Senior Security Engineer
18 66 (1.95%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (1.78%) Software Packaging
2 54 (1.60%) React
3 36 (1.07%) Middleware
3 36 (1.07%) REST
4 35 (1.04%) Node.js
5 33 (0.98%) Kafka
6 31 (0.92%) Web Services
7 24 (0.71%) .NET
8 21 (0.62%) CSS
9 20 (0.59%) YAML
10 19 (0.56%) SAML
11 17 (0.50%) OAuth
12 16 (0.47%) AngularJS
13 15 (0.44%) MERN Stack
14 14 (0.41%) HTML
15 13 (0.38%) OpenID
16 11 (0.33%) Ajax
16 11 (0.33%) jQuery
16 11 (0.33%) Leaflet
17 10 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 304 (9.00%) Cyberattack
2 301 (8.91%) Management Information System
3 209 (6.19%) Security Posture
4 141 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
5 126 (3.73%) Data Centre
6 84 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 80 (2.37%) Operational Technology
8 74 (2.19%) Onboarding
9 52 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 51 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
11 48 (1.42%) Social Media
12 42 (1.24%) CCTV
13 36 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
14 33 (0.98%) Driving Licence
15 32 (0.95%) Cyber Security Posture
16 31 (0.92%) Cloud Native
16 31 (0.92%) SCADA
17 30 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
17 30 (0.89%) Product Ownership
18 29 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 423 (12.52%) Windows
2 151 (4.47%) Windows Server
3 150 (4.44%) Linux
4 89 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 40 (1.18%) Mac OS
6 24 (0.71%) Windows Vista
7 23 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 22 (0.65%) Android
9 21 (0.62%) Unix
10 15 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
12 8 (0.24%) Windows 7
13 6 (0.18%) VMS
14 5 (0.15%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.059%) Solaris
15 2 (0.059%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.059%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.030%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (23.42%) Agile
2 607 (17.97%) Information Security
3 602 (17.82%) Risk Management
4 591 (17.50%) Systems Engineering
5 544 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
6 541 (16.02%) SysML
7 527 (15.60%) MODAF
8 525 (15.54%) UML
9 417 (12.34%) Project Management
10 387 (11.46%) Line Management
11 360 (10.66%) Incident Response
12 317 (9.38%) Creative Thinking
13 294 (8.70%) Computer Science
14 284 (8.41%) SIEM
15 259 (7.67%) Artificial Intelligence
15 259 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 236 (6.99%) Mentoring
17 229 (6.78%) Vulnerability Management
18 202 (5.98%) Security Operations
19 201 (5.95%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 545 (16.13%) MATLAB
2 190 (5.62%) PowerShell
3 183 (5.42%) Python
4 95 (2.81%) SQL
5 57 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 51 (1.51%) TypeScript
7 41 (1.21%) Java
8 40 (1.18%) C#
9 36 (1.07%) Bash
10 30 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
11 26 (0.77%) C++
12 20 (0.59%) Perl
13 17 (0.50%) C
14 14 (0.41%) PHP
15 10 (0.30%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.24%) R
17 7 (0.21%) Ruby
18 6 (0.18%) Go
19 4 (0.12%) Groovy
19 4 (0.12%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1,378 (40.79%) Degree
2 764 (22.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 517 (15.30%) CISSP
4 391 (11.57%) CISM
5 280 (8.29%) Security Cleared
6 158 (4.68%) CESG Certified Professional
7 154 (4.56%) SC Cleared
8 134 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 95 (2.81%) CEH
10 90 (2.66%) Master's Degree
11 86 (2.55%) DV Cleared
12 84 (2.49%) PMI Certification
13 77 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
14 76 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
15 69 (2.04%) CISA
16 64 (1.89%) CRISC
17 62 (1.84%) DBS Check
18 58 (1.72%) GCIH
19 56 (1.66%) PMP
20 52 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 533 (15.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 491 (14.54%) NIST
3 384 (11.37%) NCSC
4 217 (6.42%) GDPR
5 162 (4.80%) JSP 440
6 159 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 148 (4.38%) RMADS
8 78 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 75 (2.22%) PCI DSS
10 72 (2.13%) GRC
11 51 (1.51%) QA
12 45 (1.33%) SLA
13 29 (0.86%) NIST 800
14 25 (0.74%) Accessibility
14 25 (0.74%) COBIT
14 25 (0.74%) HIPAA
15 24 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 23 (0.68%) GxP
17 19 (0.56%) Def Stans
17 19 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 239 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 85 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (1.81%) Hyper-V
4 46 (1.36%) Docker
5 43 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.30%) Firmware
8 7 (0.21%) vSphere
9 5 (0.15%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.059%) Postfix
11 2 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.030%) HDFS
12 1 (0.030%) pfSense
12 1 (0.030%) Snort
12 1 (0.030%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.030%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.030%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.030%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.030%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 103 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (1.51%) Kubernetes
3 42 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
4 40 (1.18%) Ansible
5 30 (0.89%) QRadar
6 26 (0.77%) SCCM
7 24 (0.71%) Terraform
8 19 (0.56%) Nessus
9 16 (0.47%) FortiGate
10 13 (0.38%) CSIRT
10 13 (0.38%) Puppet
11 11 (0.33%) CASB
11 11 (0.33%) Progress Chef
12 8 (0.24%) RSA Archer
13 7 (0.21%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.18%) ArcSight ESM
14 6 (0.18%) BMC PATROL
14 6 (0.18%) Functional Safety
14 6 (0.18%) SCOM
15 5 (0.15%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 685 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 141 (4.17%) VMware
3 116 (3.43%) Cisco
4 76 (2.25%) Google
5 63 (1.87%) SAP
6 50 (1.48%) Tenable
7 49 (1.45%) Fortinet
8 47 (1.39%) Splunk
9 31 (0.92%) Qualys
10 28 (0.83%) Salesforce
11 26 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
11 26 (0.77%) IBM
12 24 (0.71%) Oracle
12 24 (0.71%) Palo Alto
12 24 (0.71%) ServiceNow
12 24 (0.71%) Siemens
13 23 (0.68%) Apple
14 21 (0.62%) Adobe
15 20 (0.59%) Sophos
16 19 (0.56%) Ping Identity