Cyber security employment in the UK 2022

In the United Kingdom in 2022, most full-time employees in the cyber security sector worked for large companies - an estimated 35,770 out of a total of 58,005 people working in the sector nationwide. Micro-sized firms hired the fewest workers, amounting to slightly above three thousand employees. However, there are more micro-sized cyber security companies in the UK than any other size.

Estimated employment in the cyber security sector in the United Kingdom in 2022, by size of firm

Size of company*	Number of employees
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Release date

April 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

May to July 2022

Number of respondents

1,979 respondents

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

Supplementary notes

* The source provides the following information on company size definitions:
Large: Employees >=250 and Turnover > €50m or Balance sheet total > €43m
Medium: Employees >50 and < 250 And Turnover <= €50m or Balance sheet total <= €43m
Small: Employees >10 and < 50 And Turnover <= €10m or Balance sheet total <= €43m
Micro: Employees < 10 And Turnover <= €2m or Balance sheet total <= €2m
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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