Cyber Threat Jobs in the West Midlands

Cyber Threats
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 241 252
Rank change year-on-year +53 +11 -40
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 12 9 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.27% 0.12% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.90% 0.36% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 19
10th Percentile £33,750 - £44,500
25th Percentile £50,344 £58,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,375 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.61% +27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £96,250 £78,125
90th Percentile £71,250 £118,000 £85,608
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -20.00%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Cyber Threat 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 1,335 2,468 3,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 29.89% 34.09% 46.95%
Number of salaries quoted 696 1,705 981
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,108 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the West Midlands

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the West Midlands

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the West Midlands

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham +35 3 £63,750 -31.08% 5
Staffordshire - 2 £53,688 - 5
Solihull +4 1 £50,000 -20.00%
Herefordshire - 1 £67,500 -
Warwickshire - 1 £18,000 - 2
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
2 1 (8.33%) tcpdump
2 1 (8.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (8.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) GDB
1 1 (8.33%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (8.33%) WinDbg
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Information Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) libvirt
1 1 (8.33%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Clustering
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 5 (41.67%) Security Operations
4 4 (33.33%) Information Security
5 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Register
5 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 2 (16.67%) OWASP
6 2 (16.67%) People Management
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Threat Management
7 1 (8.33%) Coaching
7 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
7 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) C++
1 1 (8.33%) CodeQL
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (8.33%) PHP
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) CISM
2 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (25.00%) NIST
3 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (8.33%) GDPR
4 1 (8.33%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) Firmware
2 1 (8.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (8.33%) Splunk