Cybersecurity Jobs in England

Cybersecurity
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 48 80
Rank change year-on-year +17 +32 -6
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4,874 5,057 6,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.58% 5.77% 4.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.59% 6.04% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,615 2,749 3,147
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,463 £37,171
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,974 83,734 131,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.66% 95.60% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 49,663 73,196
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
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 England

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in England.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in England

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
London +22 1,410 £72,500 +3.57% 312
South East +24 971 £50,500 -8.18% 148
North of England +11 924 £52,084 -13.19% 211
Midlands +17 698 £55,000 -8.33% 125
South West +9 621 £60,000 -4.00% 139
North West -2 572 £52,084 -15.99% 124
West Midlands +13 505 £55,000 -12.00% 72
Yorkshire +15 257 £51,000 -15.00% 78
East of England +20 207 £52,000 -0.95% 61
East Midlands +29 189 £42,500 -10.53% 53
North East +51 95 £42,500 -3.68% 9
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 220 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 204 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (0.70%) IIS
4 19 (0.39%) Apache
5 15 (0.31%) Confluence
6 10 (0.21%) CMS
7 5 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.10%) Luigi
7 5 (0.10%) Site Server
8 4 (0.082%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.082%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.082%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.062%) nginx
10 2 (0.041%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.041%) WordPress
11 1 (0.021%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.021%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.021%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.021%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 199 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.18%) Simulink
7 8 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.16%) Revit
8 5 (0.10%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.082%) Stateflow
9 4 (0.082%) Windchill
10 3 (0.062%) Trello
11 2 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 16 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
2 5 (0.10%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.082%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.062%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.062%) Primavera
5 2 (0.041%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.021%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.021%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (0.021%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1,224 (25.11%) Azure
2 751 (15.41%) Microsoft 365
3 436 (8.95%) Entra ID
4 416 (8.54%) AWS
5 178 (3.65%) SaaS
6 145 (2.97%) GCP
7 116 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
8 97 (1.99%) PaaS
8 97 (1.99%) Power Platform
9 86 (1.76%) IaaS
10 69 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
11 52 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
12 48 (0.98%) OneDrive
13 44 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
14 37 (0.76%) Serverless
15 32 (0.66%) GitHub
15 32 (0.66%) Power Automate
15 32 (0.66%) PowerApps
16 29 (0.59%) Amazon S3
17 28 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 767 (15.74%) Firewall
2 349 (7.16%) Network Security
3 246 (5.05%) WAN
4 244 (5.01%) 5G
5 235 (4.82%) Broadband
6 226 (4.64%) DNS
7 188 (3.86%) TCP/IP
8 170 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
9 161 (3.30%) LAN
10 149 (3.06%) DHCP
11 125 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
12 122 (2.50%) VPN
13 100 (2.05%) SD-WAN
14 86 (1.76%) Internet
15 83 (1.70%) Wireless
16 79 (1.62%) SAN
17 63 (1.29%) MPLS
18 57 (1.17%) VLAN
19 53 (1.09%) Unified Communications
20 48 (0.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (2.15%) SQL Server
2 86 (1.76%) Power BI
3 45 (0.92%) MySQL
4 38 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (0.62%) NoSQL
6 27 (0.55%) Big Data
6 27 (0.55%) MongoDB
7 24 (0.49%) Relational Database
8 22 (0.45%) Oracle Database
9 19 (0.39%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (0.27%) Hadoop
12 11 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (0.16%) Redis
14 6 (0.12%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.12%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.10%) Bigtable
15 5 (0.10%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 77 (1.58%) Jenkins
2 68 (1.40%) JIRA
3 47 (0.96%) Git
4 36 (0.74%) Burp Suite
4 36 (0.74%) Metasploit
5 23 (0.47%) GitLab
6 20 (0.41%) SonarQube
7 19 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
8 17 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
9 13 (0.27%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.18%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.16%) JUnit
11 8 (0.16%) Subversion
12 7 (0.14%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.14%) IntelliJ
13 6 (0.12%) Mockito
14 5 (0.10%) CANoe
14 5 (0.10%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.10%) Gradle
14 5 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1,088 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 800 (16.41%) Finance
3 682 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 531 (10.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 277 (5.68%) Legal
6 262 (5.38%) Law
7 208 (4.27%) Public Sector
8 165 (3.39%) Telecoms
9 157 (3.22%) Banking
10 133 (2.73%) Retail
11 122 (2.50%) Manufacturing
12 115 (2.36%) Marketing
13 106 (2.17%) Aerospace
14 104 (2.13%) Games
15 102 (2.09%) Military
16 95 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
17 75 (1.54%) Automotive
18 73 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
19 63 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
20 45 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 836 (17.15%) Senior
2 652 (13.38%) Analyst
3 381 (7.82%) Lead
4 363 (7.45%) Architect
5 343 (7.04%) Consultant
6 328 (6.73%) Security Analyst
7 289 (5.93%) Security Engineer
8 260 (5.33%) Security Manager
9 253 (5.19%) Security Consultant
10 214 (4.39%) Technical Specialist
11 212 (4.35%) Linux Specialist
12 211 (4.33%) IT Manager
13 203 (4.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 188 (3.86%) Security Architect
15 174 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 173 (3.55%) IT Engineer
17 170 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
18 164 (3.36%) IT Support
19 150 (3.08%) Developer
19 150 (3.08%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (1.64%) .NET
2 66 (1.35%) HTML
3 53 (1.09%) CSS
3 53 (1.09%) REST
4 46 (0.94%) Web Services
5 43 (0.88%) OpenID
6 40 (0.82%) JSON
7 39 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
8 38 (0.78%) OAuth
9 29 (0.59%) jQuery
9 29 (0.59%) Node.js
10 27 (0.55%) Middleware
11 24 (0.49%) 802.1X
12 22 (0.45%) React
13 21 (0.43%) ARM Templates
13 21 (0.43%) Spring Boot
14 19 (0.39%) AngularJS
15 18 (0.37%) Spring
16 17 (0.35%) Kafka
17 16 (0.33%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 544 (11.16%) Management Information System
2 313 (6.42%) Data Centre
3 245 (5.03%) Social Media
4 244 (5.01%) Cyber Threat
5 201 (4.12%) Security Posture
6 190 (3.90%) Operational Technology
7 181 (3.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 168 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
9 155 (3.18%) Cyberattack
10 146 (3.00%) Algorithms
11 118 (2.42%) IoT
12 102 (2.09%) Driving Licence
13 93 (1.91%) Onboarding
13 93 (1.91%) PKI
14 84 (1.72%) Public Cloud
15 80 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
16 67 (1.37%) Product Ownership
17 64 (1.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 64 (1.31%) Private Cloud
18 57 (1.17%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 896 (18.38%) Windows
2 600 (12.31%) Linux
3 395 (8.10%) Windows Server
4 238 (4.88%) Ubuntu
5 137 (2.81%) Windows 10
6 85 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 69 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 68 (1.40%) Android
9 64 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 63 (1.29%) Unix
11 53 (1.09%) Embedded Linux
12 45 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
13 44 (0.90%) Mac OS
14 41 (0.84%) Kali Linux
15 25 (0.51%) Windows 7
16 19 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
17 16 (0.33%) VMS
18 9 (0.18%) Solaris
19 8 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
20 7 (0.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 968 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
2 887 (18.20%) Information Security
3 590 (12.11%) Incident Response
4 576 (11.82%) SIEM
5 519 (10.65%) Mentoring
6 515 (10.57%) Risk Management
7 499 (10.24%) Security Operations
8 470 (9.64%) Computer Science
9 439 (9.01%) Agile
10 413 (8.47%) ITIL
11 368 (7.55%) Coaching
12 348 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
13 346 (7.10%) IT Strategy
14 338 (6.93%) Penetration Testing
15 335 (6.87%) Decision-Making
16 331 (6.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 319 (6.54%) Project Management
18 313 (6.42%) Vulnerability Management
19 296 (6.07%) Technology Strategy
20 294 (6.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 412 (8.45%) Python
2 393 (8.06%) Bash
3 302 (6.20%) SQL
4 298 (6.11%) PowerShell
5 130 (2.67%) C
6 117 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 112 (2.30%) Java
8 72 (1.48%) C#
9 63 (1.29%) Rust
10 51 (1.05%) Embedded C
11 44 (0.90%) C++
12 26 (0.53%) PHP
13 22 (0.45%) Perl
14 21 (0.43%) TypeScript
15 17 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.29%) R
17 12 (0.25%) Go
18 11 (0.23%) MATLAB
19 10 (0.21%) RPG
19 10 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,060 (21.75%) Degree
2 774 (15.88%) Security Cleared
3 598 (12.27%) CISSP
4 378 (7.76%) SC Cleared
5 351 (7.20%) CISM
6 219 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
7 203 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 186 (3.82%) DV Cleared
9 162 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 148 (3.04%) CRISC
11 146 (3.00%) CISA
12 140 (2.87%) CCNA
13 112 (2.30%) CEH
14 108 (2.22%) GIAC
15 106 (2.17%) Master's Degree
16 105 (2.15%) CCNP
17 99 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
18 94 (1.93%) Azure Certification
19 89 (1.83%) CREST Certified
20 72 (1.48%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 682 (13.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 556 (11.41%) NIST
3 312 (6.40%) GDPR
4 272 (5.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 201 (4.12%) GRC
6 190 (3.90%) NCSC
7 157 (3.22%) PCI DSS
8 100 (2.05%) SLA
9 84 (1.72%) Def Stans
10 77 (1.58%) QA
11 76 (1.56%) NIST 800
12 66 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 62 (1.27%) COBIT
13 62 (1.27%) Data Quality
14 50 (1.03%) ISO 9001
15 49 (1.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 44 (0.90%) JSP 440
16 44 (0.90%) SOC 2
17 37 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 28 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 814 (16.70%) Active Directory
2 246 (5.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (2.91%) Hyper-V
4 124 (2.54%) Docker
5 51 (1.05%) vSphere
6 43 (0.88%) RACF
7 36 (0.74%) Firmware
8 32 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
9 29 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
10 27 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
11 19 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
12 11 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
13 10 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 9 (0.18%) Forefront TMG
15 6 (0.12%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.12%) XenApp
16 5 (0.10%) VMware NSX
17 4 (0.082%) NFS
17 4 (0.082%) pfSense
17 4 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 389 (7.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 213 (4.37%) Jamf Pro
3 89 (1.83%) Ansible
3 89 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 75 (1.54%) Terraform
5 42 (0.86%) WSUS
6 40 (0.82%) SCCM
7 39 (0.80%) CASB
8 36 (0.74%) Nessus
9 34 (0.70%) FortiGate
9 34 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 30 (0.62%) QRadar
11 28 (0.57%) Stealthwatch
12 26 (0.53%) Puppet
12 26 (0.53%) vCenter Server
13 24 (0.49%) EnCase
14 20 (0.41%) Nagios
15 19 (0.39%) SCOM
16 18 (0.37%) Nmap
17 15 (0.31%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1,535 (31.49%) Microsoft
2 344 (7.06%) VMware
3 278 (5.70%) CyberArk
4 276 (5.66%) Cisco
5 237 (4.86%) Tanium
6 171 (3.51%) Apple
7 152 (3.12%) Adobe
8 126 (2.59%) Veeam
9 106 (2.17%) Splunk
10 101 (2.07%) Google
11 91 (1.87%) Meraki
12 87 (1.78%) HP
13 71 (1.46%) Dell
14 58 (1.19%) Juniper
15 54 (1.11%) Qualys
16 51 (1.05%) ServiceNow
17 50 (1.03%) Fortinet
18 42 (0.86%) Citrix
18 42 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
19 41 (0.84%) SolarWinds