Cybersecurity Jobs in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 53 42
Rank change year-on-year +21 -11 +46
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 448 326 477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.43% 5.56% 6.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.66% 5.86% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 221 124 270
10th Percentile £38,000 £35,602 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -11.11% +14.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £92,500 £100,000
South East median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.18% -8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,846 5,559 6,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.91% 94.83% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,916 3,042 3,882
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,026 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the Thames Valley

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Buckinghamshire +23 260 £50,000 -2.44% 9
Berkshire -13 140 £52,550 -24.93% 33
Oxfordshire +18 48 £42,500 -26.09% 7
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 27 (6.03%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.12%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 87 (19.42%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (14.51%) Azure
3 21 (4.69%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.46%) OneDrive
5 17 (3.79%) AWS
6 14 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.12%) GCP
8 5 (1.12%) SaaS
8 5 (1.12%) WhatsApp
9 4 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (0.89%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.67%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.45%) Serverless
12 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.22%) IaaS
12 1 (0.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (16.29%) Firewall
2 26 (5.80%) Intrusion Detection
2 26 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (5.13%) Network Security
4 19 (4.24%) WAN
5 17 (3.79%) SD-WAN
6 11 (2.46%) DNS
6 11 (2.46%) Internet
7 9 (2.01%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (2.01%) Unified Communications
8 6 (1.34%) MPLS
8 6 (1.34%) VPN
9 5 (1.12%) SNMP
10 4 (0.89%) DHCP
10 4 (0.89%) LAN
10 4 (0.89%) SAN
10 4 (0.89%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.67%) 5G
11 3 (0.67%) Broadband
11 3 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.67%) Power BI
3 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.22%) Git
General
1 141 (31.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 48 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 34 (7.59%) Finance
4 29 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (4.91%) Law
6 20 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.46%) Legal
7 16 (3.57%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.35%) Retail
9 11 (2.46%) Automotive
10 7 (1.56%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.34%) Banking
11 6 (1.34%) Games
11 6 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.67%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.45%) Marketing
14 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.22%) Local Government
14 1 (0.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (22.77%) Data Scientist
2 62 (13.84%) Analyst
3 60 (13.39%) Senior
4 38 (8.48%) Architect
5 32 (7.14%) Data Engineer
6 30 (6.70%) Security Architect
6 30 (6.70%) Security Engineer
7 29 (6.47%) IT Support
8 28 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
9 27 (6.03%) Security Manager
10 23 (5.13%) Lead
11 22 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (4.91%) Support Engineer
12 20 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 20 (4.46%) IT Engineer
12 20 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (4.24%) IT Manager
13 19 (4.24%) IT Support Engineer
14 18 (4.02%) Consultant
15 16 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.12%) NETCONF
1 5 (1.12%) Web Services
2 1 (0.22%) .NET
2 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.22%) CSS
2 1 (0.22%) HTML
2 1 (0.22%) JSON
2 1 (0.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 102 (22.77%) Algorithms
2 64 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 53 (11.83%) Data Centre
4 33 (7.37%) Cyber Threat
5 26 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (4.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 13 (2.90%) Client/Server
8 11 (2.46%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.23%) Security Posture
10 9 (2.01%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.79%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.34%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 5 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.12%) Insider Threat
14 3 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.67%) IoT
14 3 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 104 (23.21%) Windows
2 51 (11.38%) Windows Server
3 42 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 21 (4.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (4.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 20 (4.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (3.79%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.34%) Linux
8 5 (1.12%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.22%) Unix
10 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (43.97%) Problem-Solving
2 156 (34.82%) Decision-Making
3 155 (34.60%) Mentoring
4 146 (32.59%) Coaching
5 142 (31.70%) Red Team
6 140 (31.25%) Computer Science
7 134 (29.91%) Data Science
8 108 (24.11%) Mathematics
9 102 (22.77%) Data Analysis
9 102 (22.77%) Digital Forensics
9 102 (22.77%) Statistical Modelling
10 65 (14.51%) ITIL
11 54 (12.05%) Security Operations
12 53 (11.83%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 49 (10.94%) Analytics
13 49 (10.94%) Software Licensing
14 48 (10.71%) Incident Response
15 47 (10.49%) Presales
16 40 (8.93%) SIEM
17 37 (8.26%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.36%) PowerShell
2 21 (4.69%) SQL
3 5 (1.12%) Python
4 3 (0.67%) Bash
5 2 (0.45%) R
6 1 (0.22%) C#
6 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 255 (56.92%) Degree
2 62 (13.84%) Security Cleared
3 36 (8.04%) CISSP
4 20 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (4.24%) CompTIA Security+
6 18 (4.02%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (3.79%) HNC
7 17 (3.79%) MCP
8 16 (3.57%) CCNA
8 16 (3.57%) CCNP
9 15 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (3.13%) SC Cleared
11 12 (2.68%) AWS Certification
12 10 (2.23%) Azure Certification
12 10 (2.23%) CISM
13 8 (1.79%) GIAC
13 8 (1.79%) GPEN
14 7 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.89%) CISA
15 4 (0.89%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.81%) NIST
2 32 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 30 (6.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (6.47%) GDPR
5 15 (3.35%) PCI DSS
6 14 (3.13%) GRC
7 13 (2.90%) SLA
8 12 (2.68%) NIST 800
9 11 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.79%) COBIT
11 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (1.34%) NCSC
13 5 (1.12%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.67%) COSO
14 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.67%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.67%) ITGC
15 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.22%) IASME
System Software
1 84 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 38 (8.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.45%) Docker
5 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 33 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.24%) SCCM
3 9 (2.01%) Stealthwatch
4 7 (1.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 7 (1.56%) Nessus
5 5 (1.12%) CASB
5 5 (1.12%) Suricata
6 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.45%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.22%) Terraform
8 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 163 (36.38%) Microsoft
2 53 (11.83%) VMware
3 50 (11.16%) Apple
4 49 (10.94%) Adobe
5 25 (5.58%) Citrix
6 21 (4.69%) Cisco
7 19 (4.24%) Veeam
8 15 (3.35%) Meraki
9 12 (2.68%) Dell
9 12 (2.68%) HP
10 11 (2.46%) Samsung
11 10 (2.23%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.56%) Splunk
13 6 (1.34%) Intel
13 6 (1.34%) Qualys
13 6 (1.34%) Sophos
14 5 (1.12%) BT
14 5 (1.12%) Juniper
14 5 (1.12%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.12%) WatchGuard