Employment in the cybersecurity sector in the UK in 2023

Published by
Alexandra Borgeaud,
Aug 7, 2024

In the United Kingdom in 2023, most full-time employees in the cybersecurity sector worked for large companies - an estimated 39,624 out of a total of 60,689 people nationwide. Micro-sized firms hired the fewest workers, amounting to slightly above two thousand employees. However, there are more micro-sized cyber security companies in the UK than any other size.

Estimated employment in the cybersecurity sector in the United Kingdom in 2023, by size of firm

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Release date

May 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

May to July 2023

Number of respondents

2,091 respondents

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Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) working in a cyber security related role

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This statistic is using original data from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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