Cyber Threat Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threats
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 515 474 521
Rank change year-on-year -41 +47 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 267 278 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.49% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.09% 1.18% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 201 168 163
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £34,600
25th Percentile £46,875 £47,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +27.27%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,833 £100,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £59,526 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.20% -14.96% +7.69%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,608 23,533 32,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.39% 41.62% 44.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15,358 10,839 15,967
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,227 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK 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 UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in the UK excluding London

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the UK excluding London 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 of England +9 80 £50,000 -9.09% 28
South East +17 67 £55,000 -26.67% 11
North West -19 53 £50,000 -16.00% 22
East of England +34 45 £65,000 +36.84% 2
Midlands -4 25 £65,000 +18.18% 6
South West -56 24 £62,500 +5.00% 13
Scotland -81 21 £67,500 +19.47% 3
Yorkshire +47 19 £60,000 +16.81% 6
East Midlands -7 14 £65,000 +85.71% 5
West Midlands -15 11 £70,000 +27.27% 1
North East -3 8 £39,500 -28.18%
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
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 2 (0.75%) Apache
1 2 (0.75%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (0.75%) Confluence
1 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (4.12%) Simulink
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 50 (18.73%) Azure
2 37 (13.86%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (10.49%) AWS
4 15 (5.62%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (3.00%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (3.00%) Cloudflare
6 4 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.12%) Serverless
8 2 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.75%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.75%) GCP
8 2 (0.75%) Google Docs
8 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.37%) IaaS
9 1 (0.37%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.37%) PaaS
9 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (16.85%) Firewall
2 36 (13.48%) Intrusion Detection
3 20 (7.49%) Network Security
4 15 (5.62%) Internet
5 8 (3.00%) DNS
5 8 (3.00%) LAN
6 7 (2.62%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.62%) Wireless
7 6 (2.25%) WAN
8 5 (1.87%) HTTP
8 5 (1.87%) MPLS
8 5 (1.87%) SMTP
8 5 (1.87%) SNMP
8 5 (1.87%) SSL
9 3 (1.12%) DHCP
10 2 (0.75%) OSPF
10 2 (0.75%) VLAN
10 2 (0.75%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.75%) Big Data
1 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.75%) Power BI
1 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.37%) MySQL
2 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.12%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.75%) GitLab
General
1 81 (30.34%) Analytical Skills
2 79 (29.59%) Social Skills
3 41 (15.36%) Finance
4 17 (6.37%) Retail
5 16 (5.99%) Electronics
6 15 (5.62%) Legal
7 14 (5.24%) Games
7 14 (5.24%) Law
7 14 (5.24%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.75%) Banking
9 6 (2.25%) Automotive
9 6 (2.25%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.75%) Local Government
12 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.75%) Police
12 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Advertising
13 1 (0.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (26.97%) Analyst
2 38 (14.23%) Senior
3 34 (12.73%) Security Manager
4 30 (11.24%) Lead
5 26 (9.74%) SOC Analyst
6 20 (7.49%) Security Analyst
7 17 (6.37%) Architect
7 17 (6.37%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 17 (6.37%) Cyber Threat Specialist
7 17 (6.37%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 15 (5.62%) Embedded Engineer
8 15 (5.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (5.62%) Software Engineer
9 14 (5.24%) IT Manager
10 12 (4.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 12 (4.49%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
10 12 (4.49%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 11 (4.12%) Security Architect
11 11 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (3.75%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.00%) Laravel
2 6 (2.25%) Middleware
3 5 (1.87%) NETCONF
4 2 (0.75%) .NET
4 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.75%) Flask
4 2 (0.75%) React
4 2 (0.75%) RESTful
5 1 (0.37%) EDI
5 1 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.37%) Node.js
5 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.48%) Management Information System
2 39 (14.61%) Security Operations Centre
3 34 (12.73%) Cyberattack
4 30 (11.24%) Security Posture
5 19 (7.12%) Client/Server
6 11 (4.12%) Algorithms
7 10 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (3.75%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (2.25%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.87%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (1.12%) Smart Energy
13 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.75%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.24%) Windows
2 7 (2.62%) Linux
3 6 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.50%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.12%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.12%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.12%) Unix
5 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (68.54%) Cybersecurity
2 111 (41.57%) Incident Response
3 83 (31.09%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (24.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 66 (24.72%) Threat Intelligence
5 62 (23.22%) SIEM
6 61 (22.85%) Security Operations
7 44 (16.48%) Information Security
8 43 (16.10%) Cyber Intelligence
9 38 (14.23%) Computer Science
10 33 (12.36%) Project Management
11 30 (11.24%) Cloud Security
11 30 (11.24%) Penetration Testing
12 27 (10.11%) Risk Management
13 26 (9.74%) Vulnerability Management
14 25 (9.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 23 (8.61%) Agile
16 22 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
17 21 (7.87%) Threat Modelling
18 20 (7.49%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.61%) Python
2 19 (7.12%) PHP
3 13 (4.87%) C
3 13 (4.87%) C#
4 11 (4.12%) MATLAB
5 9 (3.37%) SQL
6 8 (3.00%) Rust
7 6 (2.25%) C++
8 4 (1.50%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.12%) Bash
9 3 (1.12%) R
10 2 (0.75%) Java
10 2 (0.75%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.75%) Perl
10 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.37%) Ruby
11 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 77 (28.84%) Degree
2 63 (23.60%) CISSP
3 57 (21.35%) Security Cleared
4 32 (11.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 28 (10.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (10.11%) SC Cleared
7 24 (8.99%) CISM
8 20 (7.49%) GIAC
9 17 (6.37%) CREST Certified
10 14 (5.24%) CEH
10 14 (5.24%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.37%) CISA
12 8 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (2.62%) CCIE
13 7 (2.62%) CCNP
13 7 (2.62%) Master's Degree
14 6 (2.25%) GCFA
15 5 (1.87%) GCIH
15 5 (1.87%) OSCP
16 4 (1.50%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (20.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (13.48%) NIST
3 25 (9.36%) GDPR
4 12 (4.49%) GRC
5 11 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.37%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 7 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (2.25%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.25%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.87%) SLA
10 4 (1.50%) ISO 9001
10 4 (1.50%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.12%) NCSC
11 3 (1.12%) PMO
12 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.75%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
12 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.37%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 9 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.12%) Docker
3 3 (1.12%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.50%) Nessus
2 3 (1.12%) SELinux
3 2 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (0.75%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.37%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.37%) Kibana
4 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.37%) logstash
4 1 (0.37%) QRadar
4 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.12%) Splunk
3 9 (3.37%) Cisco
4 8 (3.00%) VMware
5 6 (2.25%) Sage
5 6 (2.25%) Workday
6 3 (1.12%) Apple
6 3 (1.12%) Darktrace
7 2 (0.75%) Google
8 1 (0.37%) Facebook
8 1 (0.37%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.37%) Sophos
8 1 (0.37%) Tanium
8 1 (0.37%) Tripwire
8 1 (0.37%) Twitter