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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 22 36
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 22 27 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 5.45% 5.86% 5.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.15% 7.38% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 20 18 29
10th Percentile £26,250 £40,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £44,063 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.59% -11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £76,906 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £83,500 £76,250 £93,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -5.74%

All Process and 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 358 366 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 88.61% 79.39% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 237 211 363
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £57,349
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.10% -0.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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
Worthing -2 7 £70,000 - 3
Crawley -3 5 £70,000 +16.67% 12
Shoreham-by-Sea - 5 £27,500 -
Horsham -8 3 £75,000 +57.89% 2
East Grinstead -7 1 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Petworth - 1 £75,874 -
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) Nutanix
3 1 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (13.64%) Network Security
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Law
2 1 (4.55%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Programme Manager
2 5 (22.73%) IT Support
2 5 (22.73%) IT Support Specialist
2 5 (22.73%) Support Specialist
3 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Security Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Technical Programme Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Security Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Security Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
3 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Coaching
1 9 (40.91%) Mentoring
2 6 (27.27%) Agile
2 6 (27.27%) Information Security
3 5 (22.73%) Project Management
3 5 (22.73%) Server Migrations
4 4 (18.18%) Incident Response
4 4 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (18.18%) Line Management
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
4 4 (18.18%) Resource Management
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.64%) Business Development
5 3 (13.64%) Capacity Management
5 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
5 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
5 3 (13.64%) Integration Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Performance Management
5 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) CISSP
2 3 (13.64%) CISM
2 3 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) PMI Certification
2 3 (13.64%) PMP
3 2 (9.09%) CEH
3 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.55%) CCSP
4 1 (4.55%) CISA
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) GDPR
2 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (18.18%) PMO
2 4 (18.18%) QA
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 1 (4.55%) GRC
4 1 (4.55%) NCSC
4 1 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Fortinet
1 3 (13.64%) Rapid7
2 2 (9.09%) Extreme Networks
2 2 (9.09%) Netskope
2 2 (9.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Imperva
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Qualys
3 1 (4.55%) Thales
3 1 (4.55%) Trend Micro