Cybersecurity Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cybersecurity
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 41 58
Rank change year-on-year +32 +17 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 251 104 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 9.92% 4.69% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.44% 5.31% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 70 31 46
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £33,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,683 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.36% -20.53% +26.32%
75th Percentile £59,563 £58,975 £65,938
90th Percentile £81,250 £66,500 £72,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +4.84% -4.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,017 1,960 1,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.69% 88.45% 85.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 828 1,272
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the East Midlands

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Derbyshire +2 154 £30,000 -20.53% 25
Leicestershire +8 30 £43,323 +1.94% 26
Northamptonshire +29 27 £42,500 -19.05% 24
Lincolnshire -6 23 £40,000 -30.43% 19
Nottinghamshire +5 16 £37,500 -34.33% 24
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 8 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 143 (56.97%) Cloud Computing
2 62 (24.70%) Azure
3 23 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (5.98%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.58%) AWS
6 8 (3.19%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.20%) GCP
9 2 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 142 (56.57%) Internet
2 12 (4.78%) Firewall
2 12 (4.78%) VPN
3 9 (3.59%) DHCP
4 8 (3.19%) DNS
5 7 (2.79%) IP Telephony
6 6 (2.39%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.20%) Network Security
8 2 (0.80%) Broadband
9 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.40%) VLAN
9 1 (0.40%) Wireless
9 1 (0.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.40%) GitLab
1 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.40%) Metasploit
General
1 202 (80.48%) Social Skills
2 142 (56.57%) Banking
2 142 (56.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (6.77%) Telecoms
4 11 (4.38%) Public Sector
5 7 (2.79%) Finance
6 5 (1.99%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (1.99%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.99%) Marketing
6 5 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.59%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.59%) Electronics
7 4 (1.59%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.80%) Legal
10 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Law
10 1 (0.40%) Local Government
10 1 (0.40%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 114 (45.42%) Lecturer
2 39 (15.54%) Analyst
3 35 (13.94%) Security Analyst
4 32 (12.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 30 (11.95%) Junior
5 30 (11.95%) Junior Analyst
5 30 (11.95%) Junior Security Analyst
6 22 (8.76%) Support Engineer
7 15 (5.98%) IT Engineer
7 15 (5.98%) IT Support
7 15 (5.98%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (3.98%) Consultant
9 5 (1.99%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 5 (1.99%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Consultant
9 5 (1.99%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (1.99%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 5 (1.99%) IT Manager
9 5 (1.99%) Sales Executive
9 5 (1.99%) Security Consultant
9 5 (1.99%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.40%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.40%) LDAP
1 1 (0.40%) OAuth
1 1 (0.40%) OpenID
1 1 (0.40%) REST
1 1 (0.40%) SAML
1 1 (0.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 142 (56.57%) IoT
2 19 (7.57%) Driving Licence
3 10 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.79%) CCTV
6 6 (2.39%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.99%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (1.99%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.20%) Replication
9 2 (0.80%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.80%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.40%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.40%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.40%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.40%) NHS
10 1 (0.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.56%) Windows
2 11 (4.38%) Linux
3 8 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.79%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.20%) Mac OS X
5 3 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (57.37%) Machine Learning
1 144 (57.37%) User Experience
2 142 (56.57%) AI
2 142 (56.57%) Web Development
3 45 (17.93%) Mentoring
4 19 (7.57%) ITIL
5 13 (5.18%) Decision-Making
5 13 (5.18%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (4.78%) Data Protection
7 10 (3.98%) Information Security
7 10 (3.98%) Line Management
8 9 (3.59%) Budget Management
8 9 (3.59%) Roadmaps
9 8 (3.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (3.19%) IT Strategy
9 8 (3.19%) Process Improvement
9 8 (3.19%) Project Delivery
10 7 (2.79%) Computer Science
10 7 (2.79%) CRM
10 7 (2.79%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.38%) SQL
2 5 (1.99%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.20%) Python
4 2 (0.80%) Bash
5 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 158 (62.95%) Degree
2 142 (56.57%) Master's Degree
2 142 (56.57%) PhD
2 142 (56.57%) Postgraduate
3 37 (14.74%) CompTIA Security+
4 31 (12.35%) Azure Certification
4 31 (12.35%) CompTIA CySA+
5 20 (7.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.18%) MCP
7 11 (4.38%) MCSE
8 10 (3.98%) MCSA
9 8 (3.19%) DBS Check
10 7 (2.79%) CCNA
10 7 (2.79%) CCNP
10 7 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.79%) CISM
10 7 (2.79%) CISSP
11 5 (1.99%) CEH
12 4 (1.59%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (5.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.98%) GDPR
4 7 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.59%) NCSC
5 4 (1.59%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.20%) GRC
7 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.80%) NIST
8 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 24 (9.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.79%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (6.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) Ansible
2 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.40%) Nessus
2 1 (0.40%) Nmap
2 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.95%) ForeScout
3 13 (5.18%) VMware
4 7 (2.79%) Draytek
4 7 (2.79%) Mitel
4 7 (2.79%) WatchGuard
5 5 (1.99%) Progress
6 4 (1.59%) SAP
7 2 (0.80%) Zoho
8 1 (0.40%) Aareon
8 1 (0.40%) Civica
8 1 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.40%) Northgate
8 1 (0.40%) Qualys