Cyber Security Posture Job Trends in the East of England

Cybersecurity Posture
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 173 173
Rank change year-on-year +12 0 -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 2 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.046% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.38% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,400 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +57.05% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £78,800 £51,250 £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £74,600 £37,935 £42,500
% change year-on-year +96.65% -10.74% -49.85%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Cyber Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,353 1,304 1,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 30.87% 37.60% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 633 497 1,036
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £25,759
25th Percentile £33,500 £39,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,644 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.78% +7.21% -11.54%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Security Posture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Cyber Security Posture job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cyber Security Posture
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cyber Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cyber Security Posture

Cyber Security Posture
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 Cyber Security Posture within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 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
Cambridgeshire - 2 £74,600 - 1
Cyber Security Posture
England

Cyber Security Posture
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001