Cybersecurity Jobs in West Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 38 70
Rank change year-on-year +6 +32 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 77 154 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 6.60% 5.13% 4.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.97% 5.93% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 69 140 123
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,125 £26,500
25th Percentile £25,313 £45,000 £50,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,526 £64,029
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -7.03% +14.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £71,652
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,125 £80,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.63% -16.67% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,104 2,599 5,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 94.68% 86.52% 97.95%
Number of salaries quoted 687 1,878 2,319
10th Percentile £25,425 £28,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,918 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,228 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,964 £86,393
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +7.84%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in West Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in West Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in West Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Leeds +16 63 £55,000 -8.33% 34
Halifax -6 12 £25,313 -57.48% 1
Bradford +13 2 £55,000 -2.65% 6
Cybersecurity
Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) Confluence
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.79%) AWS
2 4 (5.19%) Azure
3 3 (3.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 3 (3.90%) GCP
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.60%) IaaS
4 2 (2.60%) Mimecast
4 2 (2.60%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.60%) SaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.30%) IBM Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.30%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.30%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.09%) Network Security
2 2 (2.60%) Firewall
2 2 (2.60%) VPN
3 1 (1.30%) DHCP
3 1 (1.30%) DNS
3 1 (1.30%) LAN
3 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.90%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.90%) MySQL
2 3 (3.90%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) JIRA
General
1 37 (48.05%) Finance
2 34 (44.16%) Banking
3 8 (10.39%) Legal
3 8 (10.39%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.19%) Back Office
6 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Law
6 2 (2.60%) Retail
7 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (14.29%) Head of IT
2 10 (12.99%) Head of IT Operations
2 10 (12.99%) Head of Operations
3 6 (7.79%) Analyst
4 5 (6.49%) Architect
4 5 (6.49%) Graduate
5 4 (5.19%) Security Architect
5 4 (5.19%) Technologist
6 3 (3.90%) Developer
6 3 (3.90%) Information Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Information Security Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Lead
6 3 (3.90%) Node.js Developer
6 3 (3.90%) Security Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Senior
6 3 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Senior Information Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (31.17%) Software Packaging
2 3 (3.90%) AngularJS
2 3 (3.90%) Node.js
2 3 (3.90%) React
2 3 (3.90%) Vue
3 1 (1.30%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 5 (6.49%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.49%) Hackathon
3 5 (6.49%) Learning Management System
3 5 (6.49%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.60%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.30%) CCTV
6 1 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.30%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.19%) Windows
2 2 (2.60%) Linux
3 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
1 33 (42.86%) Fintech
2 30 (38.96%) Line Management
3 29 (37.66%) Software Engineering
4 28 (36.36%) Mathematics
5 14 (18.18%) People Management
6 13 (16.88%) ITIL
7 12 (15.58%) Information Security
7 12 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 9 (11.69%) DevOps
9 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (11.69%) Risk Assessment
10 8 (10.39%) Agile
10 8 (10.39%) Containerisation
11 7 (9.09%) ITSM
11 7 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (7.79%) Customer Service
12 6 (7.79%) IT Strategy
13 5 (6.49%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 7 (9.09%) Python
2 5 (6.49%) C#
2 5 (6.49%) Java
2 5 (6.49%) Kotlin
3 3 (3.90%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.90%) SQL
4 2 (2.60%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 36 (46.75%) Degree
2 6 (7.79%) CISSP
3 5 (6.49%) Master's Degree
3 5 (6.49%) PhD
3 5 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.19%) CISM
5 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.60%) CISA
6 2 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.30%) CCSP
7 1 (1.30%) CEH
7 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.30%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (11.69%) NIST
3 7 (9.09%) GRC
4 2 (2.60%) GDPR
4 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.60%) QA
5 1 (1.30%) COBIT
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.30%) NCSC
5 1 (1.30%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.90%) Docker
2 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.60%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.30%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.60%) Ansible
2 2 (2.60%) Terraform
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.30%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.79%) IBM
3 5 (6.49%) Google
4 2 (2.60%) Cisco
4 2 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.60%) Tenable
4 2 (2.60%) Varonis
4 2 (2.60%) Veeam
4 2 (2.60%) VMware
5 1 (1.30%) AlienVault
5 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.30%) Commvault
5 1 (1.30%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.30%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.30%) Palo Alto