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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 43
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 48 22 33
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 6.83% 7.19% 4.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.06% 7.48% 5.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16 20 26
10th Percentile - £26,250 £28,438
25th Percentile £15,600 £27,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,750 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +3.37% +1.46%
75th Percentile £45,000 £73,344 £68,000
90th Percentile £88,125 £82,500 £71,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.59%

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 477 294 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 67.85% 96.08% 80.76%
Number of salaries quoted 317 181 417
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 - 33 £30,000 -
Horsham 0 8 £15,600 - 5
Haywards Heath - 5 £45,000 - 1
Worthing -9 1 £110,000 +57.14% 2
Burgess Hill - 1 £16,000 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.08%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 31 (64.58%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Firewall
1 2 (4.17%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Yeoman
2 1 (2.08%) Apache Continuum
2 1 (2.08%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
General
1 40 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Law
2 5 (10.42%) Military
3 1 (2.08%) Finance
3 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (37.50%) Analyst
1 18 (37.50%) Security Analyst
2 16 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 16 (33.33%) Junior
2 16 (33.33%) Junior Analyst
2 16 (33.33%) Junior Security Analyst
3 15 (31.25%) Ethical Hacker
4 4 (8.33%) Tester
5 3 (6.25%) IT Support
5 3 (6.25%) Security Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) Senior
6 2 (4.17%) Applications Tester
6 2 (4.17%) Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (4.17%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) IT Security Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Security Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Tester
6 2 (4.17%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.25%) Cyberattack
2 5 (10.42%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (10.42%) Hackathon
3 4 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.08%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 15 (31.25%) Ethical Hacking
3 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 6 (12.50%) Mathematics
5 5 (10.42%) Antivirus Management
5 5 (10.42%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (10.42%) Digital Forensics
5 5 (10.42%) SIEM
5 5 (10.42%) Software Testing
5 5 (10.42%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (6.25%) Business Continuity
7 3 (6.25%) Data Protection
7 3 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (6.25%) Incident Management
7 3 (6.25%) Information Security
7 3 (6.25%) Test Automation
8 2 (4.17%) Manual Testing
8 2 (4.17%) OWASP
Qualifications
1 31 (64.58%) Azure Certification
2 16 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 16 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (31.25%) CEH
4 2 (4.17%) Degree
5 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.58%) PCI DSS
2 6 (12.50%) QA
3 5 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (6.25%) GDPR
5 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 34 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 31 (64.58%) ForeScout
3 1 (2.08%) Apple
3 1 (2.08%) Cisco
3 1 (2.08%) IBM