Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £53,688 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 232 254
Rank change year-on-year +46 +22 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 17 14 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.38% 0.19% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.20% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 9
10th Percentile £47,543 - £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £54,500 £68,375 £73,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,049 6,847 5,918
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.14% 90.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,810 5,178 3,357
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,217 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in the West Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
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 Cybersecurity Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
Warwickshire -11 8 - - 1
Staffordshire +25 5 £53,688 -17.40% 1
Solihull - 3 £52,500 - 1
Birmingham +32 1 £37,935 -41.64% 2
Cybersecurity Engineer
England

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (70.59%) CISSP
3 10 (58.82%) GIAC
3 10 (58.82%) ISACA
3 10 (58.82%) SANS
3 10 (58.82%) NCSC
4 9 (52.94%) GRC
4 9 (52.94%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (52.94%) Firewall
5 8 (47.06%) CISA
5 8 (47.06%) CISM
5 8 (47.06%) ITIL
5 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
5 8 (47.06%) Problem Management
5 8 (47.06%) JSP 440
5 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
5 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
5 8 (47.06%) Compliance Management
6 7 (41.18%) Nessus
7 6 (35.29%) Azure
8 5 (29.41%) Security Operations
8 5 (29.41%) Degree
8 5 (29.41%) Tenable
9 4 (23.53%) GDPR
9 4 (23.53%) NIST
9 4 (23.53%) Police
9 4 (23.53%) Incident Response
9 4 (23.53%) PKI
9 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (17.65%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (11.76%) AWS
5 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) Firewall
2 4 (23.53%) Internet
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (17.65%) VPN
General
1 4 (23.53%) Police
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) PKI
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (47.06%) Compliance Management
3 8 (47.06%) ITIL
3 8 (47.06%) Problem Management
4 5 (29.41%) Security Operations
5 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (23.53%) Identity Management
5 4 (23.53%) Incident Response
5 4 (23.53%) Security Management
5 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (17.65%) Information Security
6 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (17.65%) SIEM
6 3 (17.65%) Threat Detection
7 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (11.76%) Digital Forensics
7 2 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 2 (11.76%) Secure Coding
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) CISSP
2 10 (58.82%) GIAC
2 10 (58.82%) ISACA
2 10 (58.82%) SANS
3 8 (47.06%) CISA
3 8 (47.06%) CISM
3 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
4 5 (29.41%) Degree
5 3 (17.65%) A+ Certification
6 2 (11.76%) APMG
6 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
6 2 (11.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (11.76%) CEH
6 2 (11.76%) Cyber Scheme
7 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) NCSC
2 9 (52.94%) GRC
3 8 (47.06%) JSP 440
4 4 (23.53%) GDPR
4 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (23.53%) NIST
5 2 (11.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) Nessus
2 3 (17.65%) FortiGate
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Tenable
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) Fortinet