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 advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 254 221
Rank change year-on-year +15 -33 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 9 20 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.12% 0.30% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.38% 0.79% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7 19 30
10th Percentile - £44,500 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £47,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +10.00% -32.20%
75th Percentile £96,250 £78,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £118,000 £85,608 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -20.00% +25.00%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Cyber Threat is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,360 2,529 2,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.63% 37.86% 39.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,704 980 1,764
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,075
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,108 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

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 28 April 2024.

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 28 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
Birmingham -10 6 £92,500 +68.18% 4
Solihull - 3 £62,500 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (22.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Incident Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (22.22%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
1 2 (22.22%) IT Technical Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Security
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
1 2 (22.22%) EPoS
1 2 (22.22%) Private Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Application Security
4 2 (22.22%) Budget Control
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (22.22%) Line Management
4 2 (22.22%) Log Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) SOAR
4 2 (22.22%) Supplier Management
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) CISSP
3 3 (33.33%) CCIE
3 3 (33.33%) CCNA
3 3 (33.33%) CCNP
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
4 2 (22.22%) CEH
4 2 (22.22%) CISM
4 2 (22.22%) GCFA
4 2 (22.22%) GCFE
4 2 (22.22%) GCIH
4 2 (22.22%) GREM
4 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 2 (22.22%) MCSE
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (22.22%) OSCP
4 2 (22.22%) SANS
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) GDPR
3 1 (11.11%) GRC
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Apple
2 2 (22.22%) VMware