Cybersecurity Engineer
UK
The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 24 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 757 | 764 | 913 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | +149 | -153 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer | 137 | 222 | 292 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.21% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.23% | 0.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 105 | 174 | 153 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,450 | £42,500 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £47,813 | £50,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £60,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -20.00% | +30.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £75,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £91,250 | £91,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -15.38% | +28.71% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 92,682 | 96,623 | 147,884 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.57% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,673 | 60,571 | 85,427 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.67% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Top 13 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 24 April 2024. 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 |
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| England | +48 | 124 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 72 |
| UK excluding London | -2 | 76 | £55,000 | - | 54 |
| London | +107 | 53 | £73,750 | +18.00% | 23 |
| Work from Home | +42 | 46 | £64,850 | +8.08% | 31 |
| South East | +21 | 27 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 7 |
| North of England | +47 | 15 | £47,000 | -27.69% | 21 |
| East of England | +36 | 15 | £67,500 | +17.39% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 12 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 6 |
| North West | +4 | 12 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 17 |
| Midlands | -14 | 12 | £65,000 | +36.84% | 8 |
| Scotland | -61 | 4 | £47,500 | -23.39% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +92 | 3 | £38,500 | - | 1 |
| Wales | +9 | 3 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 6 |
Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities 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.
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Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
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:
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