Cybersecurity Jobs in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 52
Rank change year-on-year +17 +4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 698 563 567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.65% 6.24% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.98% 6.46% 5.44%
Number of salaries quoted 531 237 306
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,050 £41,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £82,970
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,003 8,710 10,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.03% 96.52% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7,265 4,418 6,898
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the Midlands

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +13 505 £55,000 -12.00% 72
East Midlands +29 189 £42,500 -10.53% 53
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 44 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.57%) IIS
4 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 53 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.72%) CANalyzer
5 4 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.43%) Simulink
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 155 (22.21%) Azure
2 145 (20.77%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (7.45%) Entra ID
4 46 (6.59%) SaaS
5 40 (5.73%) AWS
6 35 (5.01%) Power Platform
7 24 (3.44%) IaaS
8 23 (3.30%) PowerApps
9 22 (3.15%) Power Automate
10 21 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (2.87%) PaaS
12 17 (2.44%) GCP
13 13 (1.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 13 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.29%) GitHub
15 9 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
16 8 (1.15%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 113 (16.19%) Firewall
2 54 (7.74%) DNS
3 44 (6.30%) DHCP
4 40 (5.73%) WAN
5 28 (4.01%) SAN
6 26 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (3.44%) TCP/IP
8 22 (3.15%) LAN
9 19 (2.72%) VLAN
10 17 (2.44%) SD-WAN
11 14 (2.01%) Network Security
12 13 (1.86%) VPN
13 10 (1.43%) Unified Communications
14 9 (1.29%) 802.11
14 9 (1.29%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (1.15%) Ethernet
15 8 (1.15%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (1.15%) Wireshark
16 7 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
17 6 (0.86%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (5.01%) Power BI
2 16 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (1.00%) MySQL
6 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.29%) Metadata
7 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (1.29%) SonarQube
2 5 (0.72%) CANoe
3 4 (0.57%) JIRA
4 3 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.29%) Git
5 2 (0.29%) GitLab
General
1 164 (23.50%) Social Skills
2 95 (13.61%) Finance
3 59 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 57 (8.17%) Legal
5 55 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (6.73%) Telecoms
7 34 (4.87%) Public Sector
8 32 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (4.30%) Manufacturing
10 28 (4.01%) Automotive
11 19 (2.72%) Games
12 18 (2.58%) Retail
13 17 (2.44%) Banking
14 12 (1.72%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.15%) Law
17 7 (1.00%) Marketing
18 5 (0.72%) Multimedia
19 4 (0.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 90 (12.89%) Senior
2 82 (11.75%) Analyst
3 67 (9.60%) Architect
4 53 (7.59%) IT Engineer
4 53 (7.59%) Lead
5 48 (6.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 40 (5.73%) Senior Architect
7 39 (5.59%) IT Support
8 34 (4.87%) Security Analyst
9 32 (4.58%) Developer
9 32 (4.58%) Security Manager
10 31 (4.44%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (4.44%) IT Manager
11 29 (4.15%) Network Engineer
12 28 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (3.72%) Support Engineer
14 25 (3.58%) Security Engineer
14 25 (3.58%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 24 (3.44%) Security Architect
16 20 (2.87%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.01%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.29%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.29%) Azure Blueprints
3 8 (1.15%) EDI
3 8 (1.15%) Laravel
3 8 (1.15%) Middleware
4 6 (0.86%) .NET
4 6 (0.86%) HTML
4 6 (0.86%) XML
5 4 (0.57%) JSON
5 4 (0.57%) OAuth
5 4 (0.57%) OpenID
5 4 (0.57%) REST
5 4 (0.57%) Web Services
6 3 (0.43%) jQuery
6 3 (0.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.29%) LDAP
7 2 (0.29%) SAML
7 2 (0.29%) ServiceStack
8 1 (0.14%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.89%) Data Centre
2 86 (12.32%) Management Information System
3 50 (7.16%) Driving Licence
4 31 (4.44%) Security Operations Centre
5 28 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.30%) Security Posture
7 21 (3.01%) Algorithms
7 21 (3.01%) Operational Technology
8 20 (2.87%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
10 17 (2.44%) SCADA
11 14 (2.01%) Freedom of Information
11 14 (2.01%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.01%) Taxonomies
12 11 (1.58%) Cloud Native
12 11 (1.58%) Cyberattack
13 10 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
13 10 (1.43%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.29%) Clustering
14 9 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 167 (23.93%) Windows
2 92 (13.18%) Windows Server
3 47 (6.73%) Linux
4 19 (2.72%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.72%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.43%) Unix
8 8 (1.15%) Solaris
9 5 (0.72%) VMS
9 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.57%) CentOS
10 4 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.29%) Android
12 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (17.91%) Information Security
3 81 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 75 (10.74%) Mentoring
5 71 (10.17%) Risk Management
6 69 (9.89%) Project Management
7 67 (9.60%) Incident Response
8 64 (9.17%) Decision-Making
9 59 (8.45%) Analytics
9 59 (8.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 58 (8.31%) Security Operations
11 57 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (8.02%) ITIL
13 55 (7.88%) Agile
13 55 (7.88%) Computer Science
14 54 (7.74%) Coaching
15 47 (6.73%) Data Protection
16 46 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
17 43 (6.16%) Presales
18 41 (5.87%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 40 (5.73%) SQL
2 39 (5.59%) PowerShell
3 14 (2.01%) Python
4 11 (1.58%) PHP
5 9 (1.29%) C
6 8 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.15%) Rust
7 6 (0.86%) Bash
7 6 (0.86%) C#
8 5 (0.72%) Java
8 5 (0.72%) R
9 3 (0.43%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.43%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.29%) C++
10 2 (0.29%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 145 (20.77%) Degree
2 111 (15.90%) Security Cleared
3 54 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 41 (5.87%) CISSP
5 36 (5.16%) CISM
6 31 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (4.15%) CCNA
8 27 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (3.44%) CCNP
10 23 (3.30%) Azure Certification
11 19 (2.72%) CISA
12 14 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 13 (1.86%) DV Cleared
13 13 (1.86%) OSCP
14 12 (1.72%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 11 (1.58%) CRISC
16 9 (1.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (13.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (9.89%) GDPR
3 46 (6.59%) NIST
4 39 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 28 (4.01%) ISO 9001
6 27 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 21 (3.01%) NCSC
8 18 (2.58%) GRC
9 14 (2.01%) QA
10 13 (1.86%) Def Stans
11 12 (1.72%) PCI DSS
12 11 (1.58%) Data Quality
13 9 (1.29%) Accessibility
13 9 (1.29%) ISO 26262
14 6 (0.86%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.72%) SLA
15 5 (0.72%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 3 (0.43%) Automotive SPICE
17 3 (0.43%) JSP 440
System Software
1 129 (18.48%) Active Directory
2 51 (7.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (6.45%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
5 10 (1.43%) RACF
6 9 (1.29%) Docker
7 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.86%) vSphere
8 5 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.57%) pfSense
9 4 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.57%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.57%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.29%) XenApp
10 2 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (3.30%) EnCase
3 13 (1.86%) Terraform
4 10 (1.43%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.29%) Ansible
5 9 (1.29%) SCCM
6 8 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 8 (1.15%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (0.86%) CASB
8 5 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.72%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.57%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.43%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.43%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.43%) Nagios
11 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 248 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 87 (12.46%) VMware
3 49 (7.02%) Veeam
4 46 (6.59%) Cisco
5 37 (5.30%) Apple
6 35 (5.01%) Adobe
7 25 (3.58%) Aruba
8 20 (2.87%) Dell
9 19 (2.72%) Meraki
10 17 (2.44%) Juniper
11 15 (2.15%) HP
11 15 (2.15%) Nimble Storage
12 14 (2.01%) CyberArk
13 13 (1.86%) CrowdStrike
13 13 (1.86%) Sage
14 12 (1.72%) Fortinet
15 10 (1.43%) Acronis
16 9 (1.29%) CheckPoint
16 9 (1.29%) EqualLogic
16 9 (1.29%) Rapid7