Cybersecurity Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Cybersecurity Engineer
England > East of England

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in the East of England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 178 107
Rank change year-on-year +24 -71 +143
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 3 6 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.078% 0.15% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.17% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 18
10th Percentile £61,100 £45,125 -
25th Percentile £65,375 £45,313 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £46,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +62.16% -33.93% +33.33%
75th Percentile £86,250 £47,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £48,375 £76,050
England median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -19.23% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the East of England with a recognized job title 3,449 3,604 1,882
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.42% 90.28% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,124 1,786 1,343
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Engineer in the East of England

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire +13 2 £82,500 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £59,500 -
Cybersecurity Engineer
England

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East of England region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Security
3 1 (33.33%) CSIRT
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) NGFW
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Security
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft