Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the Midlands is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 289 336
Rank change year-on-year -18 +47 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 15 24 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.12% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.30% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 11 21 7
10th Percentile - £41,250 £49,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,250 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% +7.32%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £67,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,666 8,093 10,490
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 89.68% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,592 4,557 7,019
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in the Midlands

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +9 15 £60,000 - 1
Cybersecurity Engineer
England

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (53.33%) SCADA
2 8 (53.33%) Operational Technology
3 6 (40.00%) NIST
3 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (33.33%) Business Development
4 5 (33.33%) Degree
4 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 5 (33.33%) NIST 800
5 4 (26.67%) Data Science
5 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (26.67%) Red Team
5 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (26.67%) Firewall
5 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
5 4 (26.67%) Data Quality
5 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 4 (26.67%) Coaching
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) Data Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (13.33%) Azure
6 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
7 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
7 1 (6.67%) CASB
7 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (6.67%) Incident Response

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Internet
General
1 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Operational Technology
1 8 (53.33%) SCADA
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (33.33%) Business Development
2 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (26.67%) Analytics
3 4 (26.67%) Coaching
3 4 (26.67%) Data Engineering
3 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
3 4 (26.67%) Data Science
3 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Red Team
4 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.67%) Cryptography
5 1 (6.67%) Incident Response
5 1 (6.67%) Information Security
5 1 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (6.67%) SIEM
5 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) CISA
2 1 (6.67%) CISM
2 1 (6.67%) CISSP
2 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (40.00%) NIST
2 5 (33.33%) NIST 800
3 4 (26.67%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) CASB