Cybersecurity Jobs in West Sussex

Cybersecurity
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Sussex requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 25 49
Rank change year-on-year +4 +24 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 26 30 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 6.18% 5.66% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.75% 7.06% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 24 23 27
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £76,593 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,250 £93,750
South East median annual salary £49,600 £52,550 £55,050
% change year-on-year -5.61% -4.54% -9.75%

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 385 425 664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 91.45% 80.19% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 250 275 397
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,677 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £74,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in West Sussex.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in West Sussex

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in West Sussex over the 6 months to 18 August 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 18 August 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
Shoreham-by-Sea - 9 £27,500 -
Worthing - 7 £70,000 - 2
Crawley -3 6 £68,750 +7.42% 17
Horsham -5 2 - - 1
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 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) AWS
2 2 (7.69%) Nutanix
3 1 (3.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) SSL
2 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (7.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
General
1 18 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Finance
2 1 (3.85%) Law
2 1 (3.85%) Legal
2 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Programme Manager
2 5 (19.23%) IT Support
2 5 (19.23%) IT Support Specialist
2 5 (19.23%) Security Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Support Specialist
3 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Technical Support
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Programme Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Security Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Coaching
1 9 (34.62%) Mentoring
1 9 (34.62%) Server Migrations
2 7 (26.92%) Agile
3 6 (23.08%) Information Security
4 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 4 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (15.38%) Line Management
5 4 (15.38%) Patch Management
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (15.38%) Project Management
5 4 (15.38%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (15.38%) Resource Management
5 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 3 (11.54%) Capacity Management
6 3 (11.54%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (11.54%) Incident Response
6 3 (11.54%) People Management
6 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) CISM
1 4 (15.38%) CISSP
2 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.54%) PMP
3 2 (7.69%) CEH
4 1 (3.85%) CISA
4 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.85%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) GDPR
2 4 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (15.38%) PMO
2 4 (15.38%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.85%) GRC
3 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Fortinet
1 3 (11.54%) Rapid7
2 2 (7.69%) Extreme Networks
2 2 (7.69%) Netskope
2 2 (7.69%) VMware