Cyber Threat Jobs in London

Cyber Threats
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 370 421 657
Rank change year-on-year +51 +236 -153
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 136 213 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.58% 0.63% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.42% 1.36% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 110 133 151
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,291 £38,973
25th Percentile £61,563 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,823 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -13.97% +23.08%
75th Percentile £102,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £105,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -20.00% +20.00%

All Generic Skills
London

Cyber Threat 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 9,555 15,718 34,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.51% 46.22% 50.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,771 10,642 15,411
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,192 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,750 £56,250 £55,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,554 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +0.74% +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 Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in London

Cyber Threat
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 Threat within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +48 28 £76,000 -7.88% 6
South London +3 4 £44,000 -32.31%
West London -4 1 £55,000 -46.34% 2
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.74%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 39 (28.68%) Azure
2 30 (22.06%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (18.38%) AWS
4 7 (5.15%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.94%) GCP
6 2 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.47%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.74%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (30.15%) Firewall
2 13 (9.56%) Network Security
3 10 (7.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (6.62%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.41%) Wireshark
6 4 (2.94%) DNS
6 4 (2.94%) LAN
7 3 (2.21%) Broadband
8 2 (1.47%) DHCP
8 2 (1.47%) VoIP
9 1 (0.74%) HTTP
9 1 (0.74%) SMTP
9 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.74%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.74%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.74%) Vagrant
General
1 44 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 39 (28.68%) Finance
3 13 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.35%) Banking
5 8 (5.88%) Games
5 8 (5.88%) Legal
6 5 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.68%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.68%) Retail
7 4 (2.94%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.21%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.21%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.47%) Front Office
10 1 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (26.47%) Analyst
2 32 (23.53%) Security Analyst
3 21 (15.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 19 (13.97%) Lead
4 19 (13.97%) Senior
5 12 (8.82%) Architect
5 12 (8.82%) Security Engineer
6 11 (8.09%) Information Analyst
6 11 (8.09%) Information Security Analyst
7 10 (7.35%) Security Manager
8 8 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Operational Security Manager
8 8 (5.88%) Security Architect
8 8 (5.88%) Security Operations Manager
9 6 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 6 (4.41%) Email Analyst
9 6 (4.41%) IT Analyst
9 6 (4.41%) IT Security Manager
9 6 (4.41%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 6 (4.41%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.88%) Middleware
2 4 (2.94%) Kafka
3 2 (1.47%) .NET
3 2 (1.47%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.47%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.91%) Management Information System
2 21 (15.44%) Cyberattack
3 11 (8.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (8.09%) Operational Technology
3 11 (8.09%) Security Posture
4 8 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 8 (5.88%) SCADA
5 5 (3.68%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.94%) Data Fabric
6 4 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.94%) Replication
7 3 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (2.21%) PKI
7 3 (2.21%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.47%) Insider Threat
8 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (22.79%) Windows
2 14 (10.29%) Linux
3 8 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.68%) Unix
5 4 (2.94%) CentOS
5 4 (2.94%) Solaris
5 4 (2.94%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (2.94%) zOS
6 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.74%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (38.97%) Incident Response
3 48 (35.29%) Security Operations
4 44 (32.35%) SIEM
5 38 (27.94%) Information Security
6 30 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (19.85%) Risk Management
8 21 (15.44%) Computer Science
8 21 (15.44%) ITIL
8 21 (15.44%) Penetration Testing
8 21 (15.44%) Roadmaps
9 19 (13.97%) Identity Access Management
10 18 (13.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 18 (13.24%) Threat Intelligence
11 17 (12.50%) Agile
12 16 (11.76%) Incident Management
12 16 (11.76%) Line Management
12 16 (11.76%) Security Architecture
12 16 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
13 15 (11.03%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.68%) Python
3 2 (1.47%) C#
3 2 (1.47%) Go
3 2 (1.47%) Java
Qualifications
1 39 (28.68%) CISSP
2 29 (21.32%) Degree
3 20 (14.71%) CISM
4 14 (10.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 14 (10.29%) CCSP
4 14 (10.29%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (9.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (8.09%) CISA
6 11 (8.09%) CRISC
7 8 (5.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 8 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
7 8 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (5.88%) Security Cleared
8 7 (5.15%) Azure Certification
8 7 (5.15%) GIAC
9 6 (4.41%) SANS
10 5 (3.68%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.68%) CREST Certified
10 5 (3.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (21.32%) NIST
2 28 (20.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (15.44%) GRC
4 13 (9.56%) GDPR
4 13 (9.56%) PCI DSS
5 9 (6.62%) NCSC
6 8 (5.88%) SOC 2
7 7 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (5.15%) HIPAA
8 4 (2.94%) COBIT
9 3 (2.21%) ISO 31000
9 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (2.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (11.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.74%) LXC
3 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (5.88%) QRadar
2 6 (4.41%) CSIRT
3 5 (3.68%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (2.21%) Ansible
6 2 (1.47%) Nessus
6 2 (1.47%) Terraform
7 1 (0.74%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.74%) Nmap
Vendors
1 39 (28.68%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.29%) Qualys
3 9 (6.62%) Darktrace
4 6 (4.41%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (4.41%) Google
4 6 (4.41%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.94%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.94%) IBM
5 4 (2.94%) Rapid7
6 3 (2.21%) Cisco
6 3 (2.21%) Intel
7 2 (1.47%) Alibaba
7 2 (1.47%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.47%) Oracle
7 2 (1.47%) Splunk
8 1 (0.74%) Netskope
8 1 (0.74%) Okta
8 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.74%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.74%) SonicWALL