Cyberattack Jobs in England

Cyberattack
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyberattack over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 537 506
Rank change year-on-year -46 -31 +183
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 256 427 899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.48% 0.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.86% 1.12% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 218 85 162
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,930 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £42,500 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £56,162
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -2.07% -16.80%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £71,875
90th Percentile £91,991 £85,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.41% +2.61% -14.81%

All Generic Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,822 38,083 63,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.48% 43.17% 46.91%
Number of salaries quoted 20,875 20,890 30,322
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,570 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cyberattack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cyberattack in England

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyberattack in England.

Salary trend for Cyberattack in England

Cyberattack
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyberattack in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyberattack in England

Cyberattack
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
London +113 103 £75,000 +61.29% 15
North of England +31 57 £50,000 -27.75% 18
South West -128 47 £68,500 +2.78% 3
North West +12 37 £50,000 -28.06% 5
South East -40 24 £49,250 -6.19% 7
Yorkshire +57 20 £50,000 -9.09% 11
Midlands -3 17 £32,000 -54.29% 3
West Midlands +13 9 £32,000 -55.86% 3
East Midlands -3 8 £52,500 -19.23%
East of England +3 4 £95,000 +68.89% 5
Cyberattack
UK

Cyberattack
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.39%) Confluence
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (21.48%) Azure
2 45 (17.58%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (4.69%) GCP
4 11 (4.30%) AWS
5 4 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.17%) IaaS
6 3 (1.17%) PaaS
6 3 (1.17%) SaaS
7 2 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.78%) dbt
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 36 (14.06%) Firewall
2 30 (11.72%) Internet
3 26 (10.16%) DNS
4 22 (8.59%) TCP/IP
5 18 (7.03%) DKIM
5 18 (7.03%) DMARC
6 13 (5.08%) Intrusion Detection
6 13 (5.08%) LAN
6 13 (5.08%) WAN
7 8 (3.13%) DHCP
8 7 (2.73%) Broadband
8 7 (2.73%) VLAN
9 6 (2.34%) HTTP
9 6 (2.34%) SAN
9 6 (2.34%) SMTP
10 4 (1.56%) SSL
11 2 (0.78%) Network Security
12 1 (0.39%) tcpdump
12 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.81%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.69%) BigQuery
2 12 (4.69%) Data Hub
2 12 (4.69%) DB2
2 12 (4.69%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 12 (4.69%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.78%) Metabase
3 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.78%) Redis
4 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.39%) Git
2 1 (0.39%) Subversion
2 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 59 (23.05%) Finance
2 38 (14.84%) Social Skills
3 28 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (8.98%) Banking
6 21 (8.20%) Financial Institution
7 14 (5.47%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.30%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.52%) Law
10 6 (2.34%) Legal
10 6 (2.34%) Retail
11 5 (1.95%) Military
12 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.17%) Marketing
14 2 (0.78%) Publishing
15 1 (0.39%) Games
15 1 (0.39%) Local Government
15 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (33.98%) Analyst
2 64 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 55 (21.48%) Senior
4 40 (15.63%) Security Manager
5 33 (12.89%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 31 (12.11%) Security Assurance Manager
7 30 (11.72%) Information Assurance Manager
7 30 (11.72%) Information Manager
7 30 (11.72%) Information Security Manager
7 30 (11.72%) Lead
8 28 (10.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 26 (10.16%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (7.03%) Architect
10 18 (7.03%) Information Analyst
10 18 (7.03%) Information Security Analyst
11 15 (5.86%) Security Engineer
12 13 (5.08%) Consultant
12 13 (5.08%) IT Engineer
12 13 (5.08%) IT Security Analyst
12 13 (5.08%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.25%) HTML
2 8 (3.13%) Kafka
2 8 (3.13%) Middleware
3 2 (0.78%) CSS
3 2 (0.78%) D3.js
3 2 (0.78%) Node.js
3 2 (0.78%) React
3 2 (0.78%) Vue
4 1 (0.39%) Anaconda
4 1 (0.39%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 58 (22.66%) Cyber Threat
2 20 (7.81%) Data Fabric
3 19 (7.42%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 15 (5.86%) Security Posture
6 14 (5.47%) Product Ownership
7 13 (5.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 12 (4.69%) Public Cloud
9 8 (3.13%) Replication
10 6 (2.34%) PKI
10 6 (2.34%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (1.95%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.56%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.56%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.56%) Operational Technology
13 3 (1.17%) CSOC
13 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.78%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 72 (28.13%) Windows
2 44 (17.19%) Linux
3 20 (7.81%) zOS
4 17 (6.64%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.13%) CentOS
5 8 (3.13%) Solaris
5 8 (3.13%) Ubuntu
5 8 (3.13%) Unix
6 6 (2.34%) Mac OS X
6 6 (2.34%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.34%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.39%) Android
7 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.39%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (59.77%) Cybersecurity
2 95 (37.11%) Incident Response
3 71 (27.73%) SIEM
4 59 (23.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 59 (23.05%) Threat Intelligence
5 57 (22.27%) Security Operations
6 53 (20.70%) Information Security
7 45 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (17.19%) Analytics
9 43 (16.80%) Security Management
10 40 (15.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 39 (15.23%) Risk Management
11 39 (15.23%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 34 (13.28%) Roadmaps
13 33 (12.89%) Cloud Security
13 33 (12.89%) Penetration Testing
13 33 (12.89%) Vulnerability Management
14 31 (12.11%) Information Assurance
14 31 (12.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (11.72%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.03%) SQL
2 15 (5.86%) Python
3 13 (5.08%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.56%) Go
6 3 (1.17%) Java
7 2 (0.78%) C++
7 2 (0.78%) Lisp
7 2 (0.78%) Ruby
8 1 (0.39%) C#
8 1 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 69 (26.95%) Security Cleared
2 43 (16.80%) SC Cleared
3 34 (13.28%) CISSP
4 24 (9.38%) GIAC
5 23 (8.98%) CREST Certified
5 23 (8.98%) DV Cleared
6 22 (8.59%) Degree
7 9 (3.52%) CISM
8 8 (3.13%) CEH
8 8 (3.13%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.34%) OSCP
10 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.56%) CCSAM
10 4 (1.56%) CISA
10 4 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.17%) CCSP
11 3 (1.17%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (1.17%) CRISC
11 3 (1.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (20.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (17.19%) NCSC
3 24 (9.38%) NIST
4 7 (2.73%) GDPR
4 7 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 6 (2.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (1.56%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.78%) GRC
9 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (17.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.34%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.78%) Docker
4 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (7.03%) CASB
2 4 (1.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.56%) Nessus
2 4 (1.56%) QRadar
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.39%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.39%) Puppet
4 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (0.39%) SCCM
4 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.69%) Databricks
2 12 (4.69%) F5
2 12 (4.69%) Oracle
3 10 (3.91%) Splunk
4 8 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
4 8 (3.13%) IBM
5 7 (2.73%) Veeam
6 6 (2.34%) Epicor
7 4 (1.56%) BT
7 4 (1.56%) Cisco
8 3 (1.17%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.17%) VMware
9 2 (0.78%) Facebook
9 2 (0.78%) Intel
10 1 (0.39%) AlienVault
10 1 (0.39%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.39%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.39%) HP
10 1 (0.39%) Red Hat