Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyberattack over the 6 months to 2 July 2022 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Cyberattack
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
2 Jul 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 250 582 309
Rank change year-on-year +332 -273 +29
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 1,173 40 6
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.49% 0.11% 0.067%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.27% 0.28% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 137 30 5
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,547 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,625 £74,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% - +8.00%

Cyberattack is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

All Generic Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,821 14,489 3,363
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 45.52% 38.57% 37.77%
Number of salaries quoted 17,492 10,384 2,799
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £83,125 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £61,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% +4.55% -

Cyberattack
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cyberattack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cyberattack trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyberattack
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cyberattack.

Cyberattack salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cyberattack over the 6 months to 2 July 2022.

Cyberattack salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 2 July 2022, Cyberattack job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for Cyberattack.

1 1,003 (85.51%) Finance
2 986 (84.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 977 (83.29%) Threat Intelligence
4 968 (82.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 692 (58.99%) Cyber Defence
6 542 (46.21%) Security Cleared
7 451 (38.45%) Python
8 444 (37.85%) Java
9 439 (37.43%) Agile
10 383 (32.65%) Software Engineering
11 323 (27.54%) Social Skills
12 321 (27.37%) SC Cleared
13 311 (26.51%) Linux
14 286 (24.38%) Cybercrime
15 285 (24.30%) AWS
16 279 (23.79%) Docker
17 272 (23.19%) JavaScript
18 262 (22.34%) React
19 243 (20.72%) Public Sector
20 234 (19.95%) Test Automation
21 229 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
22 226 (19.27%) Ansible
23 224 (19.10%) Cybersecurity
24 223 (19.01%) Digital Transformation Programme
25 221 (18.84%) Project Management
26 200 (17.05%) Law
27 183 (15.60%) DevOps
28 171 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
29 164 (13.98%) Git (software)
30 162 (13.81%) Scrum

Cyberattack
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 69 (5.88%) Confluence
2 53 (4.52%) SharePoint
3 44 (3.75%) Apache
4 24 (2.05%) OpenStack
5 16 (1.36%) Apache Spark
6 14 (1.19%) JBoss
6 14 (1.19%) Tomcat
6 14 (1.19%) WebSphere
7 12 (1.02%) Jetty
7 12 (1.02%) WebSphere Application Server
8 6 (0.51%) MS Exchange
8 6 (0.51%) nginx
8 6 (0.51%) WildFly
9 2 (0.17%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.085%) Ethereum
Applications
1 91 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.36%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.60%) Maple
Business Applications
1 5 (0.43%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 285 (24.30%) AWS
2 143 (12.19%) Azure
3 50 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
4 37 (3.15%) Amazon ECS
4 37 (3.15%) OpenShift
5 31 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
7 23 (1.96%) Trello
8 20 (1.71%) Azure Machine Learning
9 14 (1.19%) IaaS
9 14 (1.19%) PaaS
10 13 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 13 (1.11%) Amazon MSK
10 13 (1.11%) AWS CloudTrail
10 13 (1.11%) Serverless
11 11 (0.94%) GCP
11 11 (0.94%) Slack
12 5 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.34%) Azure Active Directory
Communications & Networking
1 74 (6.31%) TCP/IP
2 68 (5.80%) Firewall
3 61 (5.20%) DHCP
4 56 (4.77%) Network Security
5 44 (3.75%) DNS
6 41 (3.50%) Wireless
7 39 (3.32%) Reverse Proxy
8 37 (3.15%) HTTP
8 37 (3.15%) SNA
8 37 (3.15%) Software-Defined Networking
9 36 (3.07%) SSL
10 35 (2.98%) IMAP
10 35 (2.98%) tcpdump
10 35 (2.98%) Wireshark
11 17 (1.45%) VoIP
12 16 (1.36%) Broadband
13 15 (1.28%) BGP
13 15 (1.28%) Cisco Nexus
13 15 (1.28%) OSPF
14 14 (1.19%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (11.42%) Big Data
2 59 (5.03%) NoSQL
2 59 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
3 55 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
4 47 (4.01%) Hadoop
5 46 (3.92%) MySQL
6 28 (2.39%) GIS
7 26 (2.22%) MongoDB
8 24 (2.05%) InfluxDB
9 18 (1.53%) Metadata
10 13 (1.11%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (1.11%) Relational Database
11 11 (0.94%) RDBMS
11 11 (0.94%) SQL Server
12 7 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (0.51%) Maltego
14 5 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (0.34%) HBase
Development Applications
1 164 (13.98%) Git (software)
2 128 (10.91%) JIRA
3 85 (7.25%) Jenkins
4 35 (2.98%) Zephyr
5 29 (2.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 28 (2.39%) GDB
7 22 (1.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 22 (1.88%) Bitbucket
7 22 (1.88%) Maven
8 21 (1.79%) Cucumber
9 20 (1.71%) IDA Disassembler
9 20 (1.71%) Mercurial
9 20 (1.71%) SonarQube
9 20 (1.71%) TeamCity
10 19 (1.62%) Subversion
11 16 (1.36%) Bundler
12 15 (1.28%) Cypress.io
12 15 (1.28%) REST Assured
12 15 (1.28%) Selenium
12 15 (1.28%) TestNG
General
1 1,003 (85.51%) Finance
2 986 (84.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 323 (27.54%) Social Skills
4 243 (20.72%) Public Sector
5 200 (17.05%) Law
6 171 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
7 89 (7.59%) Telecoms
8 75 (6.39%) Police
9 38 (3.24%) Banking
10 35 (2.98%) Legal
11 28 (2.39%) Marketing
12 23 (1.96%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.79%) Military
14 18 (1.53%) Electronics
15 17 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.28%) Manufacturing
17 14 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.11%) Retail
19 5 (0.43%) Back Office
20 4 (0.34%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 248 (21.14%) Software Engineer
2 135 (11.51%) Developer
3 96 (8.18%) Security Engineer
4 79 (6.73%) Architect
5 69 (5.88%) Graduate
6 56 (4.77%) Java Developer
7 51 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 49 (4.18%) Consultant
9 48 (4.09%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 48 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
10 47 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
11 44 (3.75%) Security Consultant
12 42 (3.58%) Scrum Master
13 41 (3.50%) Software Developer
14 40 (3.41%) Analyst
14 40 (3.41%) Lead Software Engineer
15 39 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (3.15%) Cloud Engineer
17 34 (2.90%) Python Engineer
18 31 (2.64%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (22.34%) React
2 146 (12.45%) HTML
3 101 (8.61%) Spring
4 93 (7.93%) Kafka
5 92 (7.84%) Node.js
6 91 (7.76%) HTML5
7 82 (6.99%) CSS
8 61 (5.20%) Apache NiFi
9 60 (5.12%) .NET
10 52 (4.43%) TensorFlow
11 48 (4.09%) AngularJS
11 48 (4.09%) Redux
12 46 (3.92%) REST
13 36 (3.07%) Keycloak
14 35 (2.98%) Elastic Stack
15 34 (2.90%) Apache Camel
16 32 (2.73%) PyTorch
16 32 (2.73%) scikit-learn
17 31 (2.64%) WAP
17 31 (2.64%) WML
Miscellaneous
1 692 (58.99%) Cyber Defence
2 286 (24.38%) Cybercrime
3 115 (9.80%) Cyberthreat
4 68 (5.80%) Management Information System
5 59 (5.03%) Smartphone
6 56 (4.77%) Social Media
7 55 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
8 49 (4.18%) User Experience
9 48 (4.09%) Cloud Native
10 46 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
11 37 (3.15%) Social Network
12 34 (2.90%) Mobile App
13 32 (2.73%) Acoustics
14 31 (2.64%) Embedded Systems
14 31 (2.64%) W3C
15 30 (2.56%) Replication
16 26 (2.22%) FPGA
17 20 (1.71%) IoT
18 18 (1.53%) Blog
18 18 (1.53%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 311 (26.51%) Linux
2 161 (13.73%) Windows
3 89 (7.59%) Android
4 57 (4.86%) Apple iOS
5 38 (3.24%) Ubuntu
6 33 (2.81%) CentOS
7 26 (2.22%) Kali Linux
7 26 (2.22%) Windows Server
8 16 (1.36%) Unix
8 16 (1.36%) Windows Phone
9 15 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.60%) VMS
10 7 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.51%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.51%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.085%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 977 (83.29%) Threat Intelligence
2 968 (82.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 439 (37.43%) Agile
4 383 (32.65%) Software Engineering
5 234 (19.95%) Test Automation
6 229 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
7 224 (19.10%) Cybersecurity
8 223 (19.01%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 221 (18.84%) Project Management
10 183 (15.60%) DevOps
11 162 (13.81%) Scrum
12 161 (13.73%) Continuous Integration
13 152 (12.96%) CI/CD
14 136 (11.59%) Decision-Making
15 133 (11.34%) Coaching
16 123 (10.49%) Mentoring
17 113 (9.63%) Analytics
18 103 (8.78%) Full Stack Development
19 97 (8.27%) Artificial Intelligence
20 92 (7.84%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 451 (38.45%) Python
2 444 (37.85%) Java
3 272 (23.19%) JavaScript
4 156 (13.30%) C++
5 153 (13.04%) Bash
6 112 (9.55%) TypeScript
7 108 (9.21%) C#
8 72 (6.14%) SQL
9 71 (6.05%) Go
10 58 (4.94%) MATLAB
11 55 (4.69%) C
12 50 (4.26%) Groovy
13 49 (4.18%) Scala
14 41 (3.50%) R
15 37 (3.15%) Shell Script
16 24 (2.05%) Ruby
17 15 (1.28%) Perl
18 14 (1.19%) PowerShell
19 9 (0.77%) Rust
19 9 (0.77%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 542 (46.21%) Security Cleared
2 321 (27.37%) SC Cleared
3 87 (7.42%) Degree
4 60 (5.12%) PhD
5 49 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 37 (3.15%) AWS Certification
6 37 (3.15%) ISTQB
6 37 (3.15%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 37 (3.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 23 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (1.88%) CISSP
9 20 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 16 (1.36%) CCNP
10 16 (1.36%) CREST Certified
11 15 (1.28%) CISM
12 14 (1.19%) Chartered Engineer
13 11 (0.94%) OSCP
14 10 (0.85%) CCA
15 8 (0.68%) CISA
16 7 (0.60%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (9.12%) QA
2 31 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 22 (1.88%) PMO
4 19 (1.62%) NCSC
5 17 (1.45%) ECSS
6 16 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.36%) NIST
7 13 (1.11%) GDPR
8 9 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.77%) GRC
9 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.51%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.26%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.26%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.26%) SOC 3
11 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 279 (23.79%) Docker
2 96 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 92 (7.84%) Active Directory
4 49 (4.18%) Firmware
5 45 (3.84%) vSphere
6 40 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
7 29 (2.47%) KVM
8 14 (1.19%) Xen
9 12 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.51%) XenApp
10 6 (0.51%) XenDesktop
11 5 (0.43%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 226 (19.27%) Ansible
2 99 (8.44%) Kubernetes
3 89 (7.59%) Terraform
4 71 (6.05%) Puppet
5 51 (4.35%) Opscode Chef
5 51 (4.35%) vCenter Server
6 39 (3.32%) Docker Swarm
7 37 (3.15%) Grafana
8 35 (2.98%) HP ALM
9 28 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (1.45%) Kibana
10 17 (1.45%) logstash
11 15 (1.28%) yum
12 14 (1.19%) Prometheus
13 13 (1.11%) Sysdig
14 7 (0.60%) CSIRT
15 5 (0.43%) Nagios
16 4 (0.34%) systemd
16 4 (0.34%) vRealize
17 1 (0.085%) Nessus
Vendors
1 134 (11.42%) Microsoft
2 117 (9.97%) VMware
3 68 (5.80%) Atlassian
4 59 (5.03%) Perforce
5 47 (4.01%) HP
6 33 (2.81%) Cisco
7 31 (2.64%) Oracle
8 30 (2.56%) Google
8 30 (2.56%) Splunk
9 25 (2.13%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.36%) Veeam
11 15 (1.28%) BT
12 13 (1.11%) ServiceNow
13 12 (1.02%) Okta
14 11 (0.94%) Dell
14 11 (0.94%) WSO2
15 9 (0.77%) Twitter
16 8 (0.68%) CheckPoint
17 7 (0.60%) T-Plan
18 6 (0.51%) Citrix