Cyber Security Salary in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 50,632

✏️ This salary info is based on 34 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 33,339 and USD 77,097 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
34
Top 10%
$ 105,622
Top 25%
$ 77,097
Median
$ 50,632
Bottom 25%
$ 33,339
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 | 1497 jobs Cloud | 1371 jobs CISSP | 1154 jobs Computer Science | 1126 jobs Monitoring | 1035 jobs Incident response | 1027 jobs Vulnerabilities | 964 jobs NIST | 960 jobs Risk management | 875 jobs SIEM | 848 jobs Clearance | 804 jobs Firewalls | 751 jobs Strategy | 687 jobs Risk assessment | 648 jobs CISM | 617 jobs Automation | 603 jobs Linux | 595 jobs Audits | 581 jobs Azure | 566 jobs Network security | 562 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 | 1704 jobs Health care | 1056 jobs Team events | 840 jobs Flex hours | 811 jobs Competitive pay | 687 jobs Insurance | 544 jobs Equity / stock options | 450 jobs Flex vacation | 427 jobs Startup environment | 384 jobs Parental leave | 345 jobs Medical leave | 345 jobs Salary bonus | 344 jobs 401(k) matching | 312 jobs Wellness | 267 jobs Relocation support | 108 jobs Conferences | 92 jobs Fitness / gym | 91 jobs Flexible spending account | 70 jobs Transparency | 60 jobs Gear | 53 jobs

Related salaries

Cyber Security @ $ 147,036 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 67,775 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 100,126 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 180,000 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 125,405 (global) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 78,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 138,125 (United States) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 160,630 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 105,550 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 185,000 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 98,443 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 56,682 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 32,272 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 99,561 (Germany) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 49,553 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 107,693 (Canada) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 121,650 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 132,790 (Australia) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 156,843 (Australia) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 136,767 (Australia) Details

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