Cyber Defence Jobs in the West Midlands

Cyber Defence
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 - 250
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.097% - 0.087%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.31% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £53,300
25th Percentile £43,358 - £58,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,905 - £70,000
75th Percentile £68,813 - £72,500
90th Percentile £83,775 - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% +44.00% +8.70%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Cyber Defence 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,278 2,655 2,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.13% 31.87% 45.61%
Number of salaries quoted 683 1,687 974
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% -2.73% +15.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in the West Midlands

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in the West Midlands

Cyber Defence
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Defence in the West Midlands

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Worcestershire - 2 £44,810 -
Cyber Defence
England

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Police
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Operations Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Security Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk