Cyberwarfare
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Warfare in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Warfare over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 717 683 901
Rank change year-on-year -34 +218 -779
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Warfare 11 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.048% 0.005% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 - £23,496
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.02%
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,000 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Cyber Warfare 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 23,044 19,060 36,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.12% 43.11% 34.08%
Number of salaries quoted 14,606 8,942 23,441
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -9.09%

Cyber Warfare
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cyber Warfare job vacancy trend in the UK

Cyber Warfare
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Warfare.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cyber Warfare

Cyber Warfare
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Warfare within the UK over the 6 months to 10 June 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 -74 8 £26,000 - 7
UK excluding London - 8 £26,000 - 8
North of England - 3 £26,000 - 3
London -10 2 £26,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £26,000 - 2
Midlands - 2 £26,000 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £26,000 - 1
North West - 1 £26,000 - 1
South West - 1 £26,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £26,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 £26,000 - 1