Cyber Security Recruitment Trends 2025 (UK): What Job Seekers Must Know About Todayās Hiring Process
Summary: UK cyber security hiring has shifted from titleāled CV screens to capabilityādriven assessments that emphasise incident readiness, cloud & identity security, detection engineering, governance/risk/compliance (GRC), measurable MTTR/coverage gains & secureābyādefault engineering. This guide explains whatās changed, what to expect in interviews, & how to prepareāespecially for SOC analysts, detection engineers, blue/purple teamers, penetration testers, cloud security engineers, DFIR, AppSec, GRC & security architecture. Who this is for: SOC & detection engineers, security operations leads, DFIR analysts, penetration testers/red teamers, purple teamers, AppSec/DevSecOps engineers, security architects, cloud security engineers, identity/IAM engineers, vulnerability managers, GRC/compliance specialists, product security & security programme managers targeting roles in the UK.
