Cybersecurity Jobs in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 46 55
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 +17
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 166 252 456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.21% 4.37% 5.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.61% 5.21% 5.64%
Number of salaries quoted 146 227 217
10th Percentile £25,313 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,818 £87,500 £76,316
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,513 4,834 8,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 94.01% 83.89% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,336 3,700 3,509
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Yorkshire

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
West Yorkshire +5 76 £50,000 -16.00% 43
North Yorkshire 0 36 £47,683 +12.20% 17
Humberside +6 20 £47,683 -4.63% 3
East Yorkshire +8 10 £62,500 +47.06% 8
South Yorkshire +12 9 £50,000 +11.11% 15
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.20%) Confluence
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.66%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (6.63%) Azure
3 7 (4.22%) AWS
4 3 (1.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (1.81%) GCP
5 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.20%) IaaS
5 2 (1.20%) Mimecast
5 2 (1.20%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.20%) SaaS
6 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.60%) GitHub
6 1 (0.60%) IBM Cloud
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.60%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.60%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 18 (10.84%) VoIP
2 8 (4.82%) Network Security
3 6 (3.61%) Firewall
4 5 (3.01%) LAN
4 5 (3.01%) WAN
5 4 (2.41%) VPN
6 3 (1.81%) SAN
7 2 (1.20%) Broadband
8 1 (0.60%) DHCP
8 1 (0.60%) DNS
8 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.81%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.81%) MySQL
2 3 (1.81%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.81%) JIRA
General
1 42 (25.30%) Presentation Skills
2 37 (22.29%) Finance
3 34 (20.48%) Banking
4 19 (11.45%) Social Skills
5 18 (10.84%) Telecoms
6 13 (7.83%) Legal
7 12 (7.23%) Manufacturing
8 7 (4.22%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.41%) Back Office
10 2 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.20%) Law
10 2 (1.20%) Local Government
10 2 (1.20%) Retail
11 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.60%) Electronics
11 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 40 (24.10%) Systems Engineer
2 25 (15.06%) Analyst
3 19 (11.45%) IT Analyst
4 14 (8.43%) IT Support
5 13 (7.83%) Head of IT
5 13 (7.83%) IT Support Analyst
5 13 (7.83%) Support Analyst
6 10 (6.02%) 1st Line Support
6 10 (6.02%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 10 (6.02%) Head of IT Operations
6 10 (6.02%) Head of Operations
7 9 (5.42%) Lead
8 6 (3.61%) Help Desk Analyst
8 6 (3.61%) IT Manager
8 6 (3.61%) Security Engineer
8 6 (3.61%) Senior
8 6 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.01%) Architect
9 5 (3.01%) Graduate
9 5 (3.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (14.46%) Software Packaging
2 3 (1.81%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.81%) Node.js
2 3 (1.81%) React
2 3 (1.81%) Vue
3 1 (0.60%) .NET
3 1 (0.60%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.60%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.04%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.02%) Operational Technology
3 7 (4.22%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.61%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.01%) Hackathon
5 5 (3.01%) Learning Management System
5 5 (3.01%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.81%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.81%) FMCG
8 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.20%) NHS
8 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.60%) CCTV
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.60%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.87%) Windows
2 17 (10.24%) Windows 10
2 17 (10.24%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.82%) Linux
4 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (30.12%) Agile
2 40 (24.10%) MODAF
2 40 (24.10%) SysML
2 40 (24.10%) Systems Engineering
2 40 (24.10%) UML
3 33 (19.88%) Artificial Intelligence
3 33 (19.88%) Fintech
4 31 (18.67%) Line Management
5 30 (18.07%) Software Engineering
6 28 (16.87%) Mathematics
7 19 (11.45%) Information Security
8 18 (10.84%) ITIL
9 17 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (9.04%) People Management
10 15 (9.04%) Risk Management
11 14 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (7.83%) DevOps
13 11 (6.63%) Risk Assessment
14 10 (6.02%) ITSM
15 8 (4.82%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 40 (24.10%) MATLAB
2 7 (4.22%) JavaScript
2 7 (4.22%) Python
3 6 (3.61%) C#
4 5 (3.01%) Java
4 5 (3.01%) Kotlin
4 5 (3.01%) SQL
5 4 (2.41%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.20%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.60%) Bash
Qualifications
1 81 (48.80%) Degree
2 40 (24.10%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (5.42%) CISSP
4 8 (4.82%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.01%) CISM
5 5 (3.01%) Master's Degree
5 5 (3.01%) PhD
6 4 (2.41%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.81%) CEH
8 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.20%) CISA
8 2 (1.20%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.60%) APMP
9 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.60%) GCIA
9 1 (0.60%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (13.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (8.43%) NIST
3 8 (4.82%) GDPR
4 7 (4.22%) GRC
5 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.20%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.20%) QA
5 2 (1.20%) SLA
6 1 (0.60%) COBIT
6 1 (0.60%) NCSC
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.81%) Docker
4 2 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.60%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 3 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.20%) Ansible
2 2 (1.20%) QRadar
2 2 (1.20%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.60%) Nessus
3 1 (0.60%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 34 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.61%) IBM
2 6 (3.61%) VMware
3 5 (3.01%) Google
4 4 (2.41%) Tenable
5 3 (1.81%) Veeam
6 2 (1.20%) AlienVault
6 2 (1.20%) Cisco
6 2 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.20%) Varonis
7 1 (0.60%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.60%) Commvault
7 1 (0.60%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.60%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.60%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.60%) Qualys