Cyber Threat Jobs in the North of England

Cyber Threats
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 326 435
Rank change year-on-year +9 +109 -96
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 80 104 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.42% 0.64% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.42% 1.58% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 59 62 19
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,875 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,125 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.39%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,833 £71,750
90th Percentile £73,500 £70,000 £74,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £59,526 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.20% -20.63% +15.38%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,644 6,597 8,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.93% 40.88% 44.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,013 3,000 4,343
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the North of England

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 -19 53 £50,000 -16.00% 22
Yorkshire +47 19 £60,000 +16.81% 6
North East -3 8 £39,500 -28.18%
Cyber Threat
England

Cyber Threat
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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (21.25%) Azure
2 11 (13.75%) AWS
3 9 (11.25%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.50%) Firewall
2 12 (15.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (7.50%) Network Security
4 2 (2.50%) DNS
4 2 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.25%) DHCP
5 1 (1.25%) DMZ
5 1 (1.25%) HTTP
5 1 (1.25%) SMTP
5 1 (1.25%) VLAN
5 1 (1.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) MySQL
1 1 (1.25%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 34 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 26 (32.50%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.75%) Retail
4 6 (7.50%) Automotive
5 4 (5.00%) Law
5 4 (5.00%) Legal
6 2 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (27.50%) Senior
2 15 (18.75%) Analyst
3 14 (17.50%) Security Manager
4 12 (15.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 12 (15.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 12 (15.00%) Security Analyst
4 12 (15.00%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
4 12 (15.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 12 (15.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 7 (8.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (8.75%) IT Engineer
5 7 (8.75%) Systems Manager
6 6 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (6.25%) Consultant
7 5 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Architect
8 4 (5.00%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.00%) IT Security Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Security Consultant
8 4 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.25%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.00%) Cyberattack
1 20 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 16 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.75%) Smart Energy
6 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.25%) Linux
2 4 (5.00%) Windows
3 3 (3.75%) Kali Linux
3 3 (3.75%) Ubuntu
3 3 (3.75%) Unix
3 3 (3.75%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (73.75%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (42.50%) Incident Response
3 32 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 32 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 24 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (28.75%) Project Management
6 21 (26.25%) Information Security
7 17 (21.25%) SIEM
8 16 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
9 15 (18.75%) Cyber Intelligence
10 13 (16.25%) Risk Management
11 12 (15.00%) Cloud Security
11 12 (15.00%) Threat Modelling
12 11 (13.75%) Decision-Making
12 11 (13.75%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (13.75%) Vulnerability Management
13 10 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
14 9 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (11.25%) ISMS
15 8 (10.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (5.00%) Python
2 3 (3.75%) Bash
3 1 (1.25%) Java
3 1 (1.25%) Perl
3 1 (1.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (22.50%) Degree
2 14 (17.50%) CISSP
3 10 (12.50%) GIAC
4 9 (11.25%) CEH
4 9 (11.25%) CREST Certified
5 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 7 (8.75%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (6.25%) CISM
9 4 (5.00%) CISA
9 4 (5.00%) DV Cleared
10 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
11 2 (2.50%) GCFA
11 2 (2.50%) GCIA
11 2 (2.50%) GCIH
11 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.50%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (1.25%) GREM
12 1 (1.25%) GSEC
12 1 (1.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (36.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (22.50%) NIST
3 15 (18.75%) GDPR
4 7 (8.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 6 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (6.25%) PCI DSS
7 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (5.00%) SOC 2
8 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.50%) GRC
8 2 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.25%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.25%) NCSC
9 1 (1.25%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (3.75%) Terminal Services
1 3 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.00%) Nessus
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.75%) SELinux
3 1 (1.25%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.25%) Kibana
3 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.25%) logstash
Vendors
1 12 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.75%) Cisco
2 3 (3.75%) VMware
3 1 (1.25%) Facebook
3 1 (1.25%) Splunk
3 1 (1.25%) Tanium
3 1 (1.25%) Twitter