Cybersecurity Job Trends in West Sussex

Cybersecurity
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 22 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +42
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 33 15 43
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 6.20% 6.55% 6.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.38% 7.14% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 32
10th Percentile - - £32,750
25th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £78,750 £51,250 £65,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £78,750 £68,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £57,670 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.63% +15.34% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 352 210 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 66.17% 91.70% 87.06%
Number of salaries quoted 238 121 383
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £25,650
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,800 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,673 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.77% +13.35% -9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in West Sussex over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in West Sussex

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 15 March 2026. 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
Chichester - 22 £41,650 - 1
Horsham +3 4 £105,000 +121.05% 1
Worthing +1 3 £27,000 - 4
Crawley -6 2 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Burgess Hill -5 1 £16,000 -80.31% 2
East Grinstead - 1 £50,000 -
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.09%) Confluence
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) CATIA
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (75.76%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.09%) AWS
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) VPN
2 2 (6.06%) Internet
3 1 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.03%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Continuum
2 1 (3.03%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (69.70%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Analyst
1 14 (42.42%) Security Analyst
2 13 (39.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 13 (39.39%) Junior
2 13 (39.39%) Junior Analyst
2 13 (39.39%) Junior Security Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Ethical Hacker
4 4 (12.12%) IT Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) IT Support
4 4 (12.12%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Trainee
6 2 (6.06%) Trainee Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Trainee Web Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Web Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) CSS
1 2 (6.06%) HTML
1 2 (6.06%) React
1 2 (6.06%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Cyberattack
2 3 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
1 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Mentoring
2 7 (21.21%) Ethical Hacking
3 6 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.12%) Agile
4 4 (12.12%) Waterfall
5 3 (9.09%) AI
5 3 (9.09%) Coaching
5 3 (9.09%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 3 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 3 (9.09%) Line Management
5 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.09%) Programme Delivery
5 3 (9.09%) SDLC
5 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.06%) Information Security
6 2 (6.06%) Web Development
7 1 (3.03%) Business Development
7 1 (3.03%) Integration Testing
7 1 (3.03%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
1 2 (6.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 14 (42.42%) CompTIA Security+
3 13 (39.39%) CompTIA CySA+
4 7 (21.21%) CEH
5 3 (9.09%) AWS Certification
6 2 (6.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.03%) CCSP
7 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.03%) CISSP
7 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) PMO
2 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (3.03%) NCSC
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 20 (60.61%) ForeScout
3 3 (9.09%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) Imperva
4 1 (3.03%) Qualys
4 1 (3.03%) Thales
4 1 (3.03%) Trend Micro