Computer Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Computer Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Security over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 729 747
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 -49
Permanent jobs citing Computer Security 28 4 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.007% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.007% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 97
10th Percentile £26,000 £45,664 £59,200
25th Percentile £28,625 £49,416 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -44.21% +105.41%
75th Percentile £58,250 £62,125 £100,000
90th Percentile - £75,850 -
UK median annual salary £51,500 £80,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -35.63% -15.79% +105.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Computer Security 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Computer Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Computer Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Security in the UK excluding London

Computer Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Computer Security in the UK excluding London

Computer Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Computer Security in the UK excluding London

Computer Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Scotland - 14 - -
South East - 10 £51,500 - 2
South West -27 3 £26,000 -50.94% 1
North of England +33 1 - - 1
North West -12 1 - - 1
Computer Security
UK

Computer Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 14 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 15 (53.57%) AWS
2 14 (50.00%) Amazon S3
2 14 (50.00%) Amazon SQS
2 14 (50.00%) GCP
2 14 (50.00%) Google Docs
2 14 (50.00%) Lucidchart
2 14 (50.00%) Miro
2 14 (50.00%) SaaS
2 14 (50.00%) Slack
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
1 1 (3.57%) tcpdump
1 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (50.00%) Big Data
1 14 (50.00%) Elasticsearch
1 14 (50.00%) Hadoop
1 14 (50.00%) Redis
1 14 (50.00%) Scylla
General
1 22 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (10.71%) Banking
4 2 (7.14%) Automotive
4 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
1 14 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 14 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (10.71%) Administrator
2 3 (10.71%) Service Desk Technician
2 3 (10.71%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Researcher
4 1 (3.57%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (50.00%) GraphQL
1 14 (50.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 14 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 14 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.57%) CSOC
3 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Android
2 2 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) Cybersecurity
1 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 14 (50.00%) Data Science
2 14 (50.00%) High Availability
2 14 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 14 (50.00%) User Experience
2 14 (50.00%) UX Research
3 8 (28.57%) Configuration Management
4 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 2 (7.14%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Research
5 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.57%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (3.57%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (3.57%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (3.57%) Information Security
5 1 (3.57%) Security Operations
5 1 (3.57%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) Bash
1 22 (78.57%) Python
2 14 (50.00%) Go
2 14 (50.00%) Java
2 14 (50.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) CEH
3 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.57%) GCIA
3 1 (3.57%) GCIH
3 1 (3.57%) GSEC
3 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.57%) NIST
1 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Snort
Systems Management
1 14 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Dell
1 14 (50.00%) Google
2 9 (32.14%) Microsoft