Breaking Into Cybersecurity

Most cybersecurity career advice is written by Americans, for Americans, and reads like it. The UK market has its own employers, regulators, qualifications, salary structures and routes in. Generic American guides miss most of it; vendor blogs and bootcamp marketing miss the rest.

This is the honest, practical roadmap for breaking into UK cybersecurity — written by someone who has spent a career in the industry across financial services and government, sat on hiring panels at every level, and reviewed hundreds of CVs from candidates trying to make the move.

No hype. No false promises about six-figure salaries in six months. Just how UK hiring actually works, where the genuine entry points are, and how to build a credible application from wherever you are starting today.