Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 27 October 2021

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberthreat in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyberthreat over the 6 months to 27 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Cyberthreat
UK
6 months to
27 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 653 440 692
Rank change year-on-year -213 +252 -239
Permanent jobs citing Cyberthreat 431 281 410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.57% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.84% 1.61% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 280 193 278
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,625 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -4.55%

Cyberthreat is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

All Generic IT Skills
UK
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 51,524 17,431 47,987
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.57% 35.20% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 30,880 14,386 36,902
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £37,815
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +5.50% +3.81%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -

Cyberthreat
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyberthreat in the UK

Cyberthreat
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cyberthreat in the UK

Cyberthreat
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberthreat over the 6 months to 27 October 2021.

Salary histogram for Cyberthreat in the UK

Cyberthreat
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberthreat within the UK over the 6 months to 27 October 2021. 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 -206 380 £65,000 +1.56% 64
UK excluding London -187 207 £55,000 -2.65% 44
London -191 181 £65,000 - 25
Work from Home -202 86 £72,500 -9.38% 9
South East -100 69 £60,000 - 9
Midlands -133 38 £55,000 -8.33% 7
East of England -76 29 £53,000 -18.46% 8
North of England -153 29 £47,500 +5.56% 12
West Midlands -103 26 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Scotland -72 22 £42,500 -40.35% 1
Yorkshire -119 16 £47,500 +22.58% 6
South West -117 13 £59,750 +3.91% 3
North West -109 10 £54,500 +21.11% 5
East Midlands -59 9 £47,500 -26.92%
Wales -58 7 £32,500 - 4
North East - 3 £57,500 - 1

For the 6 months to 27 October 2021, IT jobs citing Cyberthreat also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Cyberthreat.

1 283 (65.66%) Cybersecurity
2 178 (41.30%) Information Security
3 155 (35.96%) Risk Management
4 107 (24.83%) Azure
5 105 (24.36%) Social Skills
6 104 (24.13%) Threat Intelligence
7 100 (23.20%) SIEM
8 99 (22.97%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 92 (21.35%) Security Cleared
10 89 (20.65%) Management Information System
11 88 (20.42%) Microsoft
12 87 (20.19%) Security Operations
13 85 (19.72%) Penetration Testing
14 80 (18.56%) Linux
15 79 (18.33%) Agile Software Development
16 78 (18.10%) Firewall
17 75 (17.40%) Finance
18 72 (16.71%) CISSP
18 72 (16.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 72 (16.71%) Network Security
19 71 (16.47%) Python
20 70 (16.24%) Cyber Intelligence
21 67 (15.55%) Windows
22 66 (15.31%) DevOps
23 65 (15.08%) Threat Modelling
24 61 (14.15%) Active Directory
25 60 (13.92%) AWS
26 57 (13.23%) Vulnerability Assessment
27 54 (12.53%) User Stories
28 52 (12.06%) CISM

Cyberthreat
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.87%) IIS
2 4 (0.93%) Apache
3 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.39%) Sentinel
Cloud Services
1 107 (24.83%) Azure
2 60 (13.92%) AWS
3 40 (9.28%) Azure Active Directory
4 37 (8.58%) SaaS
5 36 (8.35%) PaaS
6 33 (7.66%) IaaS
7 32 (7.42%) Azure Key Vault
8 25 (5.80%) GCP
9 18 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (3.48%) Google App Engine
11 11 (2.55%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.70%) Serverless
14 2 (0.46%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
15 1 (0.23%) Amazon Cognito
15 1 (0.23%) AWS Lambda
15 1 (0.23%) Azure Functions
15 1 (0.23%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 78 (18.10%) Firewall
2 72 (16.71%) Network Security
3 37 (8.58%) HTTP
4 26 (6.03%) TCP/IP
5 20 (4.64%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 20 (4.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 19 (4.41%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (3.02%) Broadband
7 13 (3.02%) SAN
7 13 (3.02%) VPN
8 12 (2.78%) FTP
8 12 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
8 12 (2.78%) SMTP
9 11 (2.55%) DNS
10 10 (2.32%) Internet
11 7 (1.62%) 802.11
12 6 (1.39%) SNMP
12 6 (1.39%) Sourcefire
12 6 (1.39%) SSL
12 6 (1.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.48%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.16%) Big Data
3 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.70%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.46%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (7.42%) Visual Studio Team System
2 27 (6.26%) GitLab
3 15 (3.48%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.25%) Git (software)
5 12 (2.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (2.09%) IDA Disassembler
7 8 (1.86%) Burp Suite
8 6 (1.39%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.93%) JIRA
9 4 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.46%) GoCD
11 1 (0.23%) AutoIt
11 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.23%) PhantomJS
General
1 105 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 75 (17.40%) Finance
3 45 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.71%) Public Sector
4 16 (3.71%) Retail
5 14 (3.25%) Law
6 13 (3.02%) Banking
7 11 (2.55%) Legal
7 11 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.86%) Games
10 8 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.93%) Military
14 3 (0.70%) Marketing
15 2 (0.46%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 78 (18.10%) Analyst
2 67 (15.55%) Security Specialist
3 47 (10.90%) Consultant
4 42 (9.74%) Security Analyst
5 41 (9.51%) Security Manager
6 38 (8.82%) Security Engineer
7 32 (7.42%) Azure Specialist
8 31 (7.19%) Information Security Specialist
8 31 (7.19%) Information Specialist
9 24 (5.57%) Security Operations Specialist
10 22 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 22 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 21 (4.87%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 19 (4.41%) Information Manager
12 19 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (4.18%) Information Security Manager
14 16 (3.71%) SOC Analyst
15 15 (3.48%) Architect
15 15 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
15 15 (3.48%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.51%) Middleware
2 25 (5.80%) LDAP
3 14 (3.25%) JSON
3 14 (3.25%) Regular Expression
4 7 (1.62%) 802.1X
5 4 (0.93%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.93%) STL
6 3 (0.70%) React
6 3 (0.70%) REST
7 2 (0.46%) CSS
7 2 (0.46%) HTML
7 2 (0.46%) Node.js
7 2 (0.46%) XML
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Amplify
8 1 (0.23%) Django
8 1 (0.23%) Loki
8 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 89 (20.65%) Management Information System
2 46 (10.67%) Cyberattack
3 30 (6.96%) Cyber Defence
4 29 (6.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 19 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (3.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 15 (3.48%) Public Cloud
8 14 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (3.25%) Social Media
9 10 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.62%) PKI
11 6 (1.39%) Cybercrime
11 6 (1.39%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.39%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.16%) Life Science
12 5 (1.16%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.93%) PMI
14 3 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 80 (18.56%) Linux
2 67 (15.55%) Windows
3 30 (6.96%) Unix
4 10 (2.32%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.09%) Android
5 9 (2.09%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.62%) Kali Linux
7 6 (1.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (65.66%) Cybersecurity
2 178 (41.30%) Information Security
3 155 (35.96%) Risk Management
4 104 (24.13%) Threat Intelligence
5 100 (23.20%) SIEM
6 99 (22.97%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 87 (20.19%) Security Operations
8 85 (19.72%) Penetration Testing
9 79 (18.33%) Agile Software Development
10 70 (16.24%) Cyber Intelligence
11 66 (15.31%) DevOps
12 65 (15.08%) Threat Modelling
13 57 (13.23%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 54 (12.53%) User Stories
15 50 (11.60%) ITIL
16 47 (10.90%) Threat Detection
17 45 (10.44%) Vulnerability Management
18 43 (9.98%) Problem-Solving
19 41 (9.51%) Proactive Monitoring
20 36 (8.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.47%) Python
2 31 (7.19%) PowerShell
3 23 (5.34%) Java
4 17 (3.94%) Bash Shell
5 16 (3.71%) C++
5 16 (3.71%) Go
6 14 (3.25%) Ruby
7 9 (2.09%) C
7 9 (2.09%) C#
8 6 (1.39%) Lua
9 5 (1.16%) Perl
10 4 (0.93%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.46%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.46%) R
11 2 (0.46%) VBA
12 1 (0.23%) SQL
12 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (21.35%) Security Cleared
2 72 (16.71%) CISSP
3 52 (12.06%) CISM
4 47 (10.90%) SC Cleared
5 45 (10.44%) Degree
6 39 (9.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (7.42%) DV Cleared
8 19 (4.41%) CISA
9 18 (4.18%) CRISC
10 13 (3.02%) CEH
10 13 (3.02%) SANS
11 9 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.62%) CCNA
13 7 (1.62%) GIAC
13 7 (1.62%) IISP
14 6 (1.39%) CREST Certified
14 6 (1.39%) MCSE
14 6 (1.39%) OSCP
15 5 (1.16%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (16.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (9.05%) PCI DSS
3 33 (7.66%) COBIT
3 33 (7.66%) NIST
4 24 (5.57%) GDPR
4 24 (5.57%) GRC
5 16 (3.71%) NCSC
6 11 (2.55%) SLA
7 7 (1.62%) QA
8 6 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (1.16%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.93%) RMADS
10 4 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.70%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.46%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.23%) GPG13
System Software
1 61 (14.15%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.71%) Docker
4 15 (3.48%) NFS
5 14 (3.25%) Hyper-V
5 14 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.55%) Firmware
7 3 (0.70%) HDFS
8 2 (0.46%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.18%) Ansible
3 15 (3.48%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 13 (3.02%) Terraform
5 8 (1.86%) CSIRT
5 8 (1.86%) Nessus
5 8 (1.86%) Nmap
6 6 (1.39%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.16%) Puppet
8 4 (0.93%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.93%) EnCase
9 3 (0.70%) FTK
10 1 (0.23%) CASB
10 1 (0.23%) Mesos
10 1 (0.23%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.23%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.23%) Opscode Chef
10 1 (0.23%) Salt
Vendors
1 88 (20.42%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.12%) CheckPoint
3 34 (7.89%) Cisco
4 29 (6.73%) VMware
5 26 (6.03%) F5
5 26 (6.03%) ServiceNow
6 25 (5.80%) Splunk
7 19 (4.41%) Apple
7 19 (4.41%) Zscaler
8 16 (3.71%) Google
9 12 (2.78%) LogRhythm
10 7 (1.62%) ArcSight
10 7 (1.62%) Meraki
11 6 (1.39%) Blue Coat
11 6 (1.39%) IBM
11 6 (1.39%) Juniper
11 6 (1.39%) TippingPoint
11 6 (1.39%) Trend Micro
12 5 (1.16%) Darktrace
12 5 (1.16%) McAfee
71 Cyberthreat job vacancies Nationwide