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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 39 55
Rank change year-on-year +20 +16 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 285 266 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 9.63% 4.42% 5.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.35% 5.41% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 146 227 210
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,750 £27,375
25th Percentile £26,000 £36,407 £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 £53,750 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £86,000 £76,316
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -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 2,754 4,914 7,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 93.01% 81.63% 97.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 3,760 3,406
10th Percentile £25,600 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -8.90% +7.66%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,548
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 29 May 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 29 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
West Yorkshire +7 108 £50,000 -16.00% 64
North Yorkshire +11 83 £47,683 +12.20% 14
South Yorkshire +19 30 £60,000 +20.00% 26
Humberside +10 26 £47,683 -4.63%
East Yorkshire +17 24 £62,500 +47.06% 5
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 2 (0.70%) Confluence
1 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (12.98%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (7.02%) Azure
3 14 (4.91%) AWS
4 3 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (1.05%) GCP
5 2 (0.70%) IaaS
5 2 (0.70%) Mimecast
5 2 (0.70%) SaaS
6 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.35%) GitHub
6 1 (0.35%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.35%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 70 (24.56%) Firewall
2 19 (6.67%) VoIP
3 7 (2.46%) Network Security
4 4 (1.40%) LAN
4 4 (1.40%) WAN
5 3 (1.05%) SAN
5 3 (1.05%) VPN
6 2 (0.70%) Broadband
7 1 (0.35%) DHCP
7 1 (0.35%) DNS
7 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.05%) MySQL
2 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 72 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.95%) Presentation Skills
3 34 (11.93%) Finance
4 30 (10.53%) Banking
5 23 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.67%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.21%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.46%) Law
9 6 (2.11%) Legal
9 6 (2.11%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.40%) Back Office
11 2 (0.70%) Local Government
11 2 (0.70%) Retail
12 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.35%) Electronics
12 1 (0.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 52 (18.25%) Systems Engineer
2 39 (13.68%) IT Engineer
3 26 (9.12%) Analyst
4 21 (7.37%) PLC Engineer
5 20 (7.02%) IT Analyst
6 19 (6.67%) Instrumentation Engineer
7 18 (6.32%) IT Support
8 13 (4.56%) IT Support Analyst
8 13 (4.56%) Support Analyst
9 11 (3.86%) Head of IT
10 10 (3.51%) 1st Line Support
10 10 (3.51%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 9 (3.16%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 9 (3.16%) Security Specialist
12 8 (2.81%) Head of IT Operations
12 8 (2.81%) Head of Operations
12 8 (2.81%) Lead
13 7 (2.46%) Help Desk Analyst
14 6 (2.11%) Senior
14 6 (2.11%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.42%) Software Packaging
2 3 (1.05%) AngularJS
2 3 (1.05%) Node.js
2 3 (1.05%) React
2 3 (1.05%) Vue
3 1 (0.35%) .NET
3 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 67 (23.51%) Operational Technology
2 21 (7.37%) Cyberattack
2 21 (7.37%) Renewable Energy
3 13 (4.56%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.75%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.05%) FMCG
7 3 (1.05%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.70%) NHS
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.35%) Hackathon
9 1 (0.35%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.35%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.35%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.35%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 92 (32.28%) Windows
2 18 (6.32%) Windows 10
3 17 (5.96%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.46%) Linux
5 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (20.35%) Agile
2 57 (20.00%) Network Design
2 57 (20.00%) Network Management
3 52 (18.25%) MODAF
3 52 (18.25%) SysML
3 52 (18.25%) Systems Engineering
3 52 (18.25%) UML
4 47 (16.49%) Software Engineering
5 41 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 33 (11.58%) Mathematics
8 30 (10.53%) Line Management
9 29 (10.18%) Artificial Intelligence
9 29 (10.18%) Fintech
10 27 (9.47%) Internal Audit
11 21 (7.37%) Project Delivery
12 18 (6.32%) Information Security
13 17 (5.96%) ITIL
14 16 (5.61%) Incident Response
14 16 (5.61%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.25%) MATLAB
2 4 (1.40%) SQL
3 3 (1.05%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.05%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.05%) Python
4 2 (0.70%) C#
4 2 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.70%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.35%) Java
5 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 90 (31.58%) Degree
2 52 (18.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (7.37%) HND
4 9 (3.16%) CISSP
5 8 (2.81%) Security Cleared
6 5 (1.75%) CISM
7 4 (1.40%) CEH
7 4 (1.40%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.70%) CISA
8 2 (0.70%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.35%) APMP
9 1 (0.35%) CCSP
9 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.35%) GCIA
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.35%) OSCP
9 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.86%) NIST
3 8 (2.81%) GDPR
3 8 (2.81%) GRC
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.70%) NIST 800
4 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.70%) QA
4 2 (0.70%) SLA
5 1 (0.35%) COBIT
5 1 (0.35%) NCSC
5 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 60 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 57 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.05%) Docker
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 3 (1.05%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.70%) Ansible
2 2 (0.70%) QRadar
2 2 (0.70%) Terraform
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.35%) Nessus
3 1 (0.35%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 43 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.40%) Tenable
2 4 (1.40%) VMware
3 2 (0.70%) AlienVault
3 2 (0.70%) Cisco
3 2 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (0.70%) Varonis
3 2 (0.70%) Veeam
4 1 (0.35%) Commvault
4 1 (0.35%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.35%) Darktrace
4 1 (0.35%) Google
4 1 (0.35%) IBM
4 1 (0.35%) Qualys