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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 26 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 54 21 26
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 6.22% 5.11% 5.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.50% 5.77% 7.05%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 18
10th Percentile £15,600 £26,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +43.59% -11.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,937 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,500 £76,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.52% -0.23%

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 635 364 369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 73.16% 88.56% 79.01%
Number of salaries quoted 467 241 220
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -2.73% -2.22%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £72,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 14 September 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 14 September 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 - 21 £60,000 - 5
Crawley -8 12 £38,500 -45.00% 15
Horsham 0 11 £15,600 -79.20% 2
Haywards Heath - 7 £45,000 -
Worthing -13 2 £96,575 +37.96% 3
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:

Cloud Services
1 24 (44.44%) Azure
2 9 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.70%) SaaS
4 1 (1.85%) IaaS
4 1 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Network Security
2 2 (3.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Yeoman
2 1 (1.85%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 30 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Aerospace
2 7 (12.96%) Law
2 7 (12.96%) Military
3 5 (9.26%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.41%) Marketing
5 2 (3.70%) French Language
5 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Back Office
6 1 (1.85%) Finance
6 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (18.52%) Analyst
1 10 (18.52%) Junior
1 10 (18.52%) Security Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Ethical Hacker
2 8 (14.81%) Junior Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Junior Security Analyst
3 6 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) IT Support
4 5 (9.26%) Security Specialist
5 4 (7.41%) IT Security Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Lead
5 4 (7.41%) Security Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Tester
6 3 (5.56%) IT Security Specialist
7 2 (3.70%) Applications Tester
7 2 (3.70%) IT Security Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Security Tester
7 2 (3.70%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 2 (3.70%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) .NET
1 1 (1.85%) EJB
1 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Cyberattack
2 7 (12.96%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (12.96%) Hackathon
3 5 (9.26%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.70%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.85%) CCTV
6 1 (1.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.93%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (14.81%) Customer Service
3 8 (14.81%) Ethical Hacking
3 8 (14.81%) Mentoring
3 8 (14.81%) SIEM
4 7 (12.96%) Antivirus Management
4 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (12.96%) Data Loss Prevention
4 7 (12.96%) Digital Forensics
4 7 (12.96%) Mathematics
4 7 (12.96%) Software Testing
5 5 (9.26%) Incident Management
6 4 (7.41%) Business Continuity
6 4 (7.41%) Computer Science
6 4 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (7.41%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (7.41%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (5.56%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.56%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (1.85%) Bash
2 1 (1.85%) C#
2 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Azure Certification
2 8 (14.81%) CEH
2 8 (14.81%) CompTIA CySA+
2 8 (14.81%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (9.26%) Degree
4 2 (3.70%) CISSP
4 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (1.85%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) PCI DSS
2 8 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (12.96%) QA
4 3 (5.56%) GDPR
4 3 (5.56%) NIST
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Ansible
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.85%) PaperCut
1 1 (1.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 16 (29.63%) ForeScout
3 7 (12.96%) Thales
4 5 (9.26%) VMware
5 3 (5.56%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.70%) Cisco
7 1 (1.85%) Apple
7 1 (1.85%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.85%) SAP
7 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.85%) Workday