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Cyber security jobs
Keeping systems and data defensible: threat monitoring, testing, incident response and the controls behind them.
£54,647 median full-time pay, UK, ONS 2025
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What cyber security jobs pay
Median full-time pay for cyber security professionals was £54,647 across the UK in 2025. Full-time work of every kind had a median of £39,039, so this occupation sits about 1.4 times that. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it describes the occupation nationally rather than any advert on this page.
That figure is the reason this role is on the board. Every role here has a published ONS median full-time salary at or above £50,000, and it is checked against the ONS table each time the site is built rather than asserted in the copy. A role that stopped clearing it would stop the build.
Pay varies more by region than most people expect. ONS publishes it for groups of related occupations rather than single job titles, so the table beside this covers software developers, IT managers, architects, analysts, cyber security specialists and IT project managers, not cyber security jobs alone.
Median full-time pay by region, 2025
| Region | Median full-time pay |
|---|---|
| London | £70,000 |
| South East | £58,157 |
| East of England | £55,852 |
| South West | £54,150 |
| West Midlands | £53,320 |
| East Midlands | £49,599 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £50,876 |
| North West | £51,394 |
| North East | £53,152 |
| Wales | £48,344 |
| Scotland | £49,665 |
Why there are no area pages for this role
The census is the only source that publishes occupation down to local authority level, and it publishes it in groups of related jobs rather than one job at a time. Cyber security jobs sit in group 213, alongside software developer jobs, it manager jobs, solutions architect jobs, it project manager jobs.
So there is one number for all of them in any given area. Building a page per role per area would mean the same figure appearing under several different headings, in 175 places each, which is the doorway pattern this site is built to avoid. One role carries the local pages for the group and the rest say so plainly.
For local figures on this group, see software developer jobs. The pay figures above are specific to cyber security jobs and are not shared with the rest of the group.
Cyber security professional: the full picture
The main branches
Defensive work sits in a security operations centre: monitoring, triage, investigation and incident response, often on shifts. Offensive work is penetration testing and red teaming, which is project-based and heavy on report writing. Governance, risk and compliance is policy, standards, audit and assurance, and it is the branch that grows fastest as regulation does.
Architecture and engineering sit across all three, designing and building the controls rather than operating them.
Getting in, and the clearance question
Most people arrive from infrastructure, networking or development rather than from a security degree, and that background is an advantage: you cannot defend a system you do not understand. Certifications carry more weight here than in most of technology.
Some roles, particularly in defence and government, need security clearance. You cannot apply for it yourself, the employer sponsors it, and it takes time, so an advert asking for existing clearance is describing a genuine constraint rather than a preference.
Before you apply
- A technical background; many people move across from infrastructure or development
- Some roles need security clearance, which the employer sponsors
- Right to work in the UK
Cyber security professional jobs: common questions
Does cyber security professional work pay more than £50,000 a year?
On the national figures, yes, and that is why the role is on this board at all. Median full-time pay for cyber security professionals was £54,647 across the UK in 2025, against £39,039 for full-time work of every kind. It is a median, so half of those jobs paid less, and it says nothing about what any individual advert pays.
What qualifications do I need to work as a cyber security professional?
A technical background; many people move across from infrastructure or development. Some roles need security clearance, which the employer sponsors. Right to work in the UK.
Where does AboveMedian have local figures for cyber security jobs?
Nowhere, and the reason is worth stating. The census publishes occupation in groups of related jobs, and cyber security jobs share a group with software developer jobs, it manager jobs, solutions architect jobs, it project manager jobs. Local pages for each of them would show the same figure under different headings, so only one role carries them. For local figures on this group, see software developer jobs. Adverts themselves are UK wide.
Do you decide who gets sent to an employer?
No. You read the adverts, you choose one, and you apply to that employer yourself. Nothing on this site forwards a person to a job they did not apply to, and no employer is given a list of people.
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