Cybersecurity Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 38 44 52
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 3,852 3,726 3,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.21% 6.41% 5.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.31% 6.71% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,755 1,759 1,890
10th Percentile £34,823 £33,418 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,526 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +3.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,033 55,511 69,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.47% 95.56% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 42,006 28,806 41,464
10th Percentile £27,336 £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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the UK excluding London 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
South East +23 974 £50,500 -8.18% 154
North of England +10 942 £52,084 -13.19% 216
Midlands +16 703 £54,650 -8.92% 139
South West +8 620 £60,000 -4.00% 141
North West -5 581 £52,084 -15.99% 131
West Midlands +10 511 £55,000 -12.00% 82
Scotland -55 317 £52,500 -11.80% 53
Yorkshire +16 266 £50,000 -16.67% 77
East of England +16 209 £50,000 -4.76% 67
East Midlands +23 188 £42,500 -10.53% 57
North East +48 95 £42,500 -3.95% 8
Wales -43 52 £52,500 -25.00% 24
Northern Ireland -15 27 £42,500 -22.73% 15
Isle of Man -12 8 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Channel Islands -4 1 £100,000 -13.04% 1
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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
1 175 (4.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 174 (4.52%) SharePoint
3 28 (0.73%) IIS
4 17 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 14 (0.36%) FileNet
6 12 (0.31%) Confluence
7 11 (0.29%) Apache
8 8 (0.21%) CMS
9 5 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.13%) Luigi
9 5 (0.13%) Site Server
10 4 (0.10%) CloudStack
10 4 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.10%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.052%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.052%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.026%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 166 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.23%) Simulink
6 5 (0.13%) CANalyzer
7 4 (0.10%) Stateflow
7 4 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.10%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.078%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.052%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.052%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 848 (22.01%) Azure
2 602 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 364 (9.45%) AWS
4 264 (6.85%) Entra ID
5 154 (4.00%) SaaS
6 96 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
7 88 (2.28%) GCP
8 66 (1.71%) Power Platform
9 59 (1.53%) PaaS
10 51 (1.32%) IaaS
11 50 (1.30%) Amazon S3
11 50 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
12 49 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
13 48 (1.25%) OneDrive
14 37 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
15 35 (0.91%) PowerApps
16 32 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 32 (0.83%) Datadog
17 30 (0.78%) Power Automate
18 27 (0.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 536 (13.91%) Firewall
2 230 (5.97%) Network Security
3 199 (5.17%) WAN
4 148 (3.84%) DNS
5 143 (3.71%) TCP/IP
6 119 (3.09%) DHCP
6 119 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
7 118 (3.06%) LAN
8 94 (2.44%) VPN
9 91 (2.36%) 5G
10 86 (2.23%) Intrusion Detection
11 84 (2.18%) SD-WAN
12 77 (2.00%) Broadband
13 59 (1.53%) SAN
14 53 (1.38%) Internet
15 48 (1.25%) MPLS
15 48 (1.25%) Wireless
16 45 (1.17%) VLAN
17 37 (0.96%) VoIP
18 33 (0.86%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (1.84%) SQL Server
2 53 (1.38%) Power BI
3 52 (1.35%) NoSQL
4 46 (1.19%) MySQL
5 42 (1.09%) Big Data
6 38 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 27 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 23 (0.60%) Hadoop
8 23 (0.60%) Redis
9 19 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 17 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (0.44%) Scylla
11 15 (0.39%) Data Lake
12 14 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
13 12 (0.31%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.21%) Tableau
16 5 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.13%) Bigtable
16 5 (0.13%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 48 (1.25%) JIRA
2 39 (1.01%) Git
3 28 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 22 (0.57%) JUnit
5 21 (0.55%) GitLab
6 19 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
7 17 (0.44%) SonarQube
8 13 (0.34%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.23%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.21%) Burp Suite
11 6 (0.16%) IntelliJ
11 6 (0.16%) Mockito
11 6 (0.16%) Subversion
12 5 (0.13%) CANoe
12 5 (0.13%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.13%) Gradle
12 5 (0.13%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.10%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.10%) Rational Team Concert
13 4 (0.10%) Selenium
General
1 887 (23.03%) Social Skills
2 590 (15.32%) Finance
3 452 (11.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 387 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
5 251 (6.52%) Law
6 170 (4.41%) Legal
7 146 (3.79%) Public Sector
8 130 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 121 (3.14%) Manufacturing
10 101 (2.62%) Military
11 99 (2.57%) Banking
12 98 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
12 98 (2.54%) Retail
13 89 (2.31%) Aerospace
14 77 (2.00%) Marketing
15 76 (1.97%) Games
16 63 (1.64%) Automotive
17 36 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
18 31 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
19 28 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 550 (14.28%) Senior
2 470 (12.20%) Analyst
3 345 (8.96%) Lead
4 279 (7.24%) Architect
5 266 (6.91%) Consultant
6 230 (5.97%) Software Engineer
7 212 (5.50%) Security Analyst
8 200 (5.19%) Security Consultant
8 200 (5.19%) Security Manager
9 195 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 187 (4.85%) IT Manager
11 175 (4.54%) Security Engineer
12 154 (4.00%) IT Support
13 147 (3.82%) IT Engineer
14 140 (3.63%) Security Architect
15 134 (3.48%) Data Scientist
16 128 (3.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 123 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 123 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
18 117 (3.04%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (1.38%) HTML
2 52 (1.35%) .NET
2 52 (1.35%) Node.js
3 50 (1.30%) AngularJS
4 49 (1.27%) Kafka
5 47 (1.22%) CSS
6 45 (1.17%) Web Services
7 43 (1.12%) React
8 42 (1.09%) Spring
9 41 (1.06%) REST
10 31 (0.80%) GraphQL
10 31 (0.80%) OpenTelemetry
11 28 (0.73%) OpenID
12 27 (0.70%) OAuth
13 23 (0.60%) jQuery
13 23 (0.60%) JSON
13 23 (0.60%) RESTful
14 21 (0.55%) 802.1X
15 18 (0.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 17 (0.44%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 438 (11.37%) Management Information System
2 265 (6.88%) Data Centre
3 188 (4.88%) Algorithms
4 182 (4.72%) Cyber Threat
5 162 (4.21%) Operational Technology
6 150 (3.89%) Security Operations Centre
7 145 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
8 129 (3.35%) Security Posture
9 123 (3.19%) Public Cloud
10 119 (3.09%) Driving Licence
11 101 (2.62%) Cyberattack
11 101 (2.62%) Social Media
12 91 (2.36%) IoT
13 75 (1.95%) Onboarding
14 72 (1.87%) Cloud Native
15 61 (1.58%) Product Ownership
16 54 (1.40%) Private Cloud
17 51 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
18 41 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
19 37 (0.96%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 719 (18.67%) Windows
2 354 (9.19%) Linux
3 321 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 115 (2.99%) Windows 10
5 87 (2.26%) Ubuntu
6 71 (1.84%) Unix
7 65 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 61 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 54 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
10 43 (1.12%) Apple iOS
11 41 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
12 34 (0.88%) Mac OS
13 30 (0.78%) Android
14 25 (0.65%) Windows 7
15 19 (0.49%) VMS
16 17 (0.44%) Mac OS X
17 13 (0.34%) Kali Linux
18 8 (0.21%) Solaris
19 6 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
20 5 (0.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 801 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
2 560 (14.54%) Information Security
3 432 (11.21%) Incident Response
4 419 (10.88%) Mentoring
5 414 (10.75%) Agile
6 412 (10.70%) Risk Management
7 362 (9.40%) Computer Science
7 362 (9.40%) Security Operations
8 343 (8.90%) Coaching
9 332 (8.62%) SIEM
10 323 (8.39%) Software Engineering
11 307 (7.97%) Decision-Making
12 306 (7.94%) ITIL
13 293 (7.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 267 (6.93%) Project Management
15 257 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
16 236 (6.13%) Vulnerability Management
17 235 (6.10%) Roadmaps
18 234 (6.07%) Analytics
18 234 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 299 (7.76%) Python
2 247 (6.41%) SQL
3 218 (5.66%) Bash
4 201 (5.22%) PowerShell
5 170 (4.41%) Java
6 103 (2.67%) C
7 90 (2.34%) JavaScript
8 61 (1.58%) Rust
9 51 (1.32%) Embedded C
10 49 (1.27%) C#
11 31 (0.80%) C++
12 24 (0.62%) Go
13 23 (0.60%) PHP
14 22 (0.57%) Scala
14 22 (0.57%) TypeScript
15 15 (0.39%) Perl
16 12 (0.31%) R
17 11 (0.29%) MATLAB
18 9 (0.23%) Ruby
19 5 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 861 (22.35%) Degree
2 653 (16.95%) Security Cleared
3 358 (9.29%) CISSP
4 305 (7.92%) SC Cleared
5 233 (6.05%) CISM
6 160 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
7 132 (3.43%) CCNA
8 122 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 111 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 108 (2.80%) DV Cleared
11 94 (2.44%) CRISC
12 90 (2.34%) CISA
13 88 (2.28%) CCNP
14 81 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
15 75 (1.95%) Azure Certification
16 67 (1.74%) Master's Degree
17 57 (1.48%) CEH
18 55 (1.43%) CESG Certified Professional
19 49 (1.27%) GIAC
20 45 (1.17%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 450 (11.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 400 (10.38%) NIST
3 243 (6.31%) GDPR
4 230 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 144 (3.74%) GRC
6 140 (3.63%) NCSC
7 90 (2.34%) PCI DSS
8 88 (2.28%) SLA
9 84 (2.18%) Def Stans
10 66 (1.71%) NIST 800
11 58 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 55 (1.43%) QA
13 47 (1.22%) Data Quality
14 44 (1.14%) ISO 9001
15 40 (1.04%) JSP 440
16 28 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 17025
17 27 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 25 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
19 23 (0.60%) Accessibility
19 23 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 564 (14.64%) Active Directory
2 176 (4.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 128 (3.32%) Hyper-V
4 74 (1.92%) Docker
5 44 (1.14%) RACF
6 33 (0.86%) vSphere
7 27 (0.70%) Firmware
8 22 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
9 20 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
10 18 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
11 10 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 9 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
13 5 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.10%) NFS
14 4 (0.10%) pfSense
14 4 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 4 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 4 (0.10%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.10%) XenApp
15 3 (0.078%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 231 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 108 (2.80%) Kubernetes
3 97 (2.52%) Terraform
4 68 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
5 39 (1.01%) SCCM
6 38 (0.99%) WSUS
7 37 (0.96%) Ansible
8 35 (0.91%) Grafana
9 29 (0.75%) FortiGate
10 28 (0.73%) CASB
11 27 (0.70%) Nessus
11 27 (0.70%) Stealthwatch
12 24 (0.62%) EnCase
13 17 (0.44%) Puppet
13 17 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
13 17 (0.44%) vCenter Server
14 12 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 11 (0.29%) Nmap
16 10 (0.26%) Functional Safety
17 9 (0.23%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 1,087 (28.22%) Microsoft
2 261 (6.78%) VMware
3 228 (5.92%) Cisco
4 153 (3.97%) Apple
5 132 (3.43%) Adobe
6 119 (3.09%) CyberArk
7 91 (2.36%) Veeam
8 89 (2.31%) Splunk
9 83 (2.15%) Meraki
10 81 (2.10%) Dell
11 79 (2.05%) Tanium
12 69 (1.79%) Google
13 66 (1.71%) HP
14 46 (1.19%) Oracle
15 39 (1.01%) Citrix
16 37 (0.96%) Fortinet
17 35 (0.91%) Sage
18 34 (0.88%) Juniper
18 34 (0.88%) ServiceNow
19 31 (0.80%) Sophos