Cyber Defence Jobs in London

Cyber Defence
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 509 774
Rank change year-on-year +24 +265 -178
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 31 107 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.69% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 27 24 24
10th Percentile £67,500 £49,900 £50,356
25th Percentile £70,000 £53,438 £60,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £61,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.94% -15.52% +1.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,290 £87,813
90th Percentile - £99,250 £92,275
England median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% +21.74% -11.54%

All Generic Skills
London

Cyber Defence 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 London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,609 15,602 35,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.58% 46.23% 50.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6,790 10,606 15,368
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,192 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,731 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in London.

Salary trend for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Defence in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Defence in London

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Central London +63 3 £67,500 +35.00%
Cyber Defence
England

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) Network Security
2 5 (16.13%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (6.45%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (3.23%) Bitbucket
1 1 (3.23%) Git
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.23%) Mercurial
1 1 (3.23%) SonarQube
1 1 (3.23%) TeamCity
General
1 15 (48.39%) Military
2 11 (35.48%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Law
3 3 (9.68%) Legal
3 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Consultant
1 15 (48.39%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 15 (48.39%) Security Consultant
2 10 (32.26%) Analyst
2 10 (32.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 10 (32.26%) Security Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Incident Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Senior
3 3 (9.68%) Senior Incident Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Lead
4 1 (3.23%) Operations Team Leader
4 1 (3.23%) Software Engineer
4 1 (3.23%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (48.39%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (80.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 15 (48.39%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (45.16%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (93.55%) Cybersecurity
1 29 (93.55%) Security Operations
2 27 (87.10%) SIEM
3 16 (51.61%) Agile
3 16 (51.61%) Information Security
4 15 (48.39%) Analytics
4 15 (48.39%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 15 (48.39%) Data Analytics
4 15 (48.39%) Incident Management
4 15 (48.39%) Security Architecture
4 15 (48.39%) Threat Intelligence
4 15 (48.39%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (45.16%) Incident Response
6 13 (41.94%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 10 (32.26%) Attack Monitoring
8 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (12.90%) Cyber Assurance
8 4 (12.90%) Project Management
8 4 (12.90%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 3 (9.68%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Security Cleared
2 15 (48.39%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) CREST Certified
3 1 (3.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (80.65%) NIST
2 10 (32.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (48.39%) vSphere
2 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Ansible
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) SolarWinds
1 15 (48.39%) Tanium
1 15 (48.39%) Tripwire
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.23%) Google
3 1 (3.23%) IBM
3 1 (3.23%) Perforce
3 1 (3.23%) Qualys