Cybersecurity Jobs in the North of England

Cybersecurity
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 45 56
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 924 1,126 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.17% 6.69% 5.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.27% 6.92% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 748 533 399
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £36,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,744 16,282 17,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.48% 96.75% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11,305 7,858 10,675
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North of England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the North of England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the North of England 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
North West -2 572 £52,084 -15.99% 128
Yorkshire +15 257 £51,000 -15.00% 78
North East +51 95 £42,500 -3.68% 9
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 42 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.43%) CloudStack
3 4 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.11%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.54%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 197 (21.32%) Azure
2 139 (15.04%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (9.20%) AWS
4 52 (5.63%) Entra ID
5 39 (4.22%) SaaS
6 28 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
7 20 (2.16%) PaaS
8 18 (1.95%) GCP
9 15 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
10 12 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.30%) IaaS
11 9 (0.97%) GitHub
11 9 (0.97%) Power Platform
11 9 (0.97%) Serverless
12 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (0.43%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.43%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 144 (15.58%) Firewall
2 68 (7.36%) Network Security
3 58 (6.28%) WAN
4 39 (4.22%) LAN
5 36 (3.90%) Intrusion Detection
6 35 (3.79%) TCP/IP
7 31 (3.35%) DHCP
8 28 (3.03%) DNS
9 22 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (1.84%) VPN
11 16 (1.73%) SD-WAN
12 13 (1.41%) Internet
13 12 (1.30%) Unified Communications
14 11 (1.19%) SAN
15 9 (0.97%) Wireshark
16 8 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
16 8 (0.87%) VLAN
17 7 (0.76%) VoIP
17 7 (0.76%) Wireless
18 6 (0.65%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.62%) NoSQL
3 13 (1.41%) MySQL
4 8 (0.87%) Data Lake
4 8 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.76%) Power BI
6 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.22%) Tableau
8 1 (0.11%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 27 (2.92%) JIRA
2 18 (1.95%) Git
3 12 (1.30%) GitLab
4 9 (0.97%) TeamCity
5 8 (0.87%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.65%) Burp Suite
6 6 (0.65%) IntelliJ
6 6 (0.65%) JUnit
6 6 (0.65%) Mockito
7 5 (0.54%) Gradle
8 4 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.43%) Subversion
9 3 (0.32%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 206 (22.29%) Social Skills
2 121 (13.10%) Finance
3 83 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (7.79%) Law
5 59 (6.39%) Legal
6 51 (5.52%) Manufacturing
7 43 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 40 (4.33%) Banking
9 33 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (3.03%) Military
11 24 (2.60%) Games
11 24 (2.60%) Retail
12 16 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.08%) Marketing
16 8 (0.87%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.87%) Local Government
17 6 (0.65%) Automotive
18 3 (0.32%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 123 (13.31%) Senior
2 116 (12.55%) Analyst
3 109 (11.80%) Lead
4 77 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 61 (6.60%) Architect
6 59 (6.39%) Security Engineer
7 58 (6.28%) Security Analyst
8 55 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 46 (4.98%) Team Leader
10 41 (4.44%) Developer
11 35 (3.79%) Security Manager
12 34 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
13 32 (3.46%) Consultant
14 31 (3.35%) Project Manager
14 31 (3.35%) Vulnerability Manager
15 30 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 30 (3.25%) Service Manager
16 29 (3.14%) Software Engineer
17 28 (3.03%) Security Specialist
18 26 (2.81%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (2.60%) .NET
2 17 (1.84%) OpenID
3 15 (1.62%) Node.js
3 15 (1.62%) REST
3 15 (1.62%) Web Services
4 10 (1.08%) OAuth
5 9 (0.97%) HTML
5 9 (0.97%) Spring
6 8 (0.87%) CSS
6 8 (0.87%) Spring Boot
7 5 (0.54%) Laravel
7 5 (0.54%) RESTful
7 5 (0.54%) Vue
8 4 (0.43%) Akka
8 4 (0.43%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.43%) HTML5
8 4 (0.43%) LAMP
8 4 (0.43%) Swing
8 4 (0.43%) WCF
8 4 (0.43%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 131 (14.18%) Management Information System
2 81 (8.77%) Data Centre
3 57 (6.17%) Operational Technology
4 56 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
5 40 (4.33%) Security Posture
6 33 (3.57%) Cyberattack
6 33 (3.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 30 (3.25%) Private Cloud
8 25 (2.71%) IoT
8 25 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (2.49%) Security Operations Centre
10 21 (2.27%) Product Ownership
11 18 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 18 (1.95%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.30%) Driving Licence
13 12 (1.30%) NHS
14 11 (1.19%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.08%) SCADA
16 9 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 139 (15.04%) Windows
2 68 (7.36%) Linux
2 68 (7.36%) Windows Server
3 26 (2.81%) Unix
3 26 (2.81%) Windows 10
4 17 (1.84%) Mac OS
4 17 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (1.62%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (1.30%) Android
6 12 (1.30%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.87%) VMS
8 6 (0.65%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.32%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (20.02%) Information Security
2 162 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
3 160 (17.32%) Incident Response
4 105 (11.36%) SIEM
5 104 (11.26%) Risk Management
6 101 (10.93%) Agile
7 96 (10.39%) Project Management
7 96 (10.39%) Roadmaps
8 93 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 91 (9.85%) ITIL
10 86 (9.31%) Mentoring
11 75 (8.12%) Security Operations
12 70 (7.58%) Vulnerability Management
13 66 (7.14%) Coaching
13 66 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
14 65 (7.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 61 (6.60%) Cloud Security
16 57 (6.17%) Change Management
17 55 (5.95%) Computer Science
18 54 (5.84%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 67 (7.25%) SQL
2 62 (6.71%) PowerShell
3 61 (6.60%) Python
4 35 (3.79%) Java
5 28 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.52%) Bash
7 11 (1.19%) C#
8 9 (0.97%) Perl
9 8 (0.87%) Ruby
10 6 (0.65%) PHP
11 3 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.22%) C
13 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 227 (24.57%) Degree
2 86 (9.31%) CISSP
3 60 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 57 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
5 46 (4.98%) CCNA
5 46 (4.98%) CISM
6 40 (4.33%) SC Cleared
7 37 (4.00%) CCNP
8 34 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (2.71%) CompTIA Security+
11 21 (2.27%) CISA
12 20 (2.16%) Azure Certification
13 18 (1.95%) CEH
14 17 (1.84%) GIAC
15 16 (1.73%) Master's Degree
16 15 (1.62%) AWS Certification
16 15 (1.62%) CREST Certified
17 14 (1.52%) SANS
17 14 (1.52%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (13.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (10.61%) NIST
3 72 (7.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 45 (4.87%) SLA
5 43 (4.65%) GDPR
6 36 (3.90%) PCI DSS
7 27 (2.92%) NCSC
8 19 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 16 (1.73%) PMO
9 16 (1.73%) QA
10 10 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 9 (0.97%) GRC
12 8 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.76%) COBIT
13 7 (0.76%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 7 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 6 (0.65%) IEC 62304
14 6 (0.65%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 122 (13.20%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (3.35%) Docker
4 23 (2.49%) Hyper-V
4 23 (2.49%) RACF
5 13 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.65%) Firmware
7 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.32%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) Snort
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (2.27%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.95%) Terraform
4 14 (1.52%) Nessus
5 9 (0.97%) Nmap
6 8 (0.87%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.54%) CASB
9 4 (0.43%) Autotask
9 4 (0.43%) Cacti
9 4 (0.43%) cPanel
9 4 (0.43%) Plesk
9 4 (0.43%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.32%) SCCM
10 3 (0.32%) SELinux
10 3 (0.32%) WSUS
11 2 (0.22%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.22%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 257 (27.81%) Microsoft
2 73 (7.90%) Cisco
3 49 (5.30%) Apple
4 47 (5.09%) VMware
5 46 (4.98%) Adobe
6 23 (2.49%) CyberArk
6 23 (2.49%) Meraki
7 22 (2.38%) Splunk
8 19 (2.06%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.84%) Dell
9 17 (1.84%) Fortinet
9 17 (1.84%) HP
10 15 (1.62%) Veeam
11 12 (1.30%) Samsung
12 11 (1.19%) Qualys
13 10 (1.08%) Facebook
13 10 (1.08%) Google
13 10 (1.08%) Intel
14 9 (0.97%) Sophos
15 8 (0.87%) Salesforce