Cybersecurity Engineer
UK
The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 739 | 763 | 1001 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | +238 | -221 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer | 145 | 213 | 244 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.21% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.23% | 0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 111 | 178 | 145 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,750 | £42,500 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £50,688 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £60,000 | £68,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -11.76% | +18.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £75,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £92,500 | £92,875 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -8.33% | +14.29% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 94,627 | 91,047 | 156,403 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.71% | 91.54% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,562 | 57,571 | 85,106 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,750 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
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| England | +26 | 132 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 45 |
| UK excluding London | -19 | 81 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 28 |
| London | +59 | 56 | £77,500 | +19.23% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +22 | 47 | £64,925 | +8.21% | 28 |
| South East | +13 | 27 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 6 |
| North of England | +36 | 18 | £42,750 | -34.23% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 15 | £60,000 | - | 2 |
| Midlands | -17 | 15 | £60,000 | +26.32% | 3 |
| East of England | +12 | 14 | £67,500 | +12.50% | 4 |
| North West | -6 | 12 | £53,750 | -17.31% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +86 | 5 | £38,500 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | -67 | 4 | £47,500 | -17.39% | |
| Wales | +9 | 3 | £65,000 | +18.18% | |
| North East | - | 1 | £27,500 | - | 2 |
Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.
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Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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