Cyber Security Salary in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 49,366

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 33,027 and USD 56,962 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Cyber Security
Experience
all levels
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2025
Sample size
20
Top 10%
$ 63,894
Top 25%
$ 56,962
Median
$ 49,366
Bottom 25%
$ 33,027
Bottom 10%
$ 30,755

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 860 jobs Cloud | 773 jobs CISSP | 685 jobs Computer Science | 663 jobs Monitoring | 610 jobs Incident response | 585 jobs Vulnerabilities | 581 jobs NIST | 549 jobs Risk management | 526 jobs Clearance | 518 jobs SIEM | 488 jobs Firewalls | 441 jobs Strategy | 402 jobs Risk assessment | 377 jobs CISM | 367 jobs Audits | 347 jobs Automation | 347 jobs Linux | 333 jobs Network security | 330 jobs Azure | 323 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Security job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 1002 jobs Health care | 602 jobs Team events | 503 jobs Flex hours | 482 jobs Competitive pay | 401 jobs Insurance | 307 jobs Equity / stock options | 292 jobs Flex vacation | 257 jobs Medical leave | 218 jobs Startup environment | 209 jobs Parental leave | 199 jobs Salary bonus | 193 jobs 401(k) matching | 192 jobs Wellness | 152 jobs Relocation support | 62 jobs Fitness / gym | 58 jobs Conferences | 56 jobs Flexible spending account | 38 jobs Transparency | 36 jobs Home office stipend | 33 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 99,808 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 31,891 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 50,632 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 89,676 (Canada) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 49,000 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 136,767 (Australia) Details

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