Cyber Security Salary in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 31,891

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 30,755 and USD 33,027 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
8
Top 10%
$ 48,101
Top 25%
$ 33,027
Median
$ 31,891
Bottom 25%
$ 30,755
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 | 466 jobs Cloud | 434 jobs CISSP | 366 jobs Computer Science | 366 jobs Monitoring | 317 jobs Incident response | 312 jobs Vulnerabilities | 305 jobs Clearance | 303 jobs Risk management | 296 jobs NIST | 293 jobs SIEM | 273 jobs Firewalls | 244 jobs Strategy | 225 jobs Linux | 199 jobs Automation | 198 jobs Risk assessment | 197 jobs CISM | 193 jobs Network security | 192 jobs Windows | 185 jobs Azure | 183 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 | 579 jobs Health care | 342 jobs Team events | 284 jobs Flex hours | 277 jobs Competitive pay | 230 jobs Equity / stock options | 180 jobs Insurance | 179 jobs Flex vacation | 157 jobs 401(k) matching | 124 jobs Medical leave | 118 jobs Salary bonus | 116 jobs Startup environment | 110 jobs Parental leave | 104 jobs Wellness | 80 jobs Relocation support | 35 jobs Conferences | 29 jobs Fitness / gym | 27 jobs Home office stipend | 24 jobs Transparency | 23 jobs Flexible spending account | 21 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 30,755 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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