Cybersecurity Job Trends in the East of England

Cybersecurity
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 55 44
Rank change year-on-year +51 -11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 599 150 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.76% 4.32% 4.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.63% 4.93% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 148 80 133
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,975 £35,250
25th Percentile £29,688 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,711 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.98% -11.81% +5.50%
75th Percentile £64,063 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,800 £78,525 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,216 3,042 2,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 73.90% 87.62% 84.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,902 1,178 2,263
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,872 £42,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,679
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in the East of England

Cybersecurity
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 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 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
Hertfordshire +26 246 £45,000 -25.00% 45
Essex +39 176 £28,000 -41.05% 61
Cambridgeshire +33 73 £34,000 +17.24% 36
Suffolk +22 53 £47,500 - 26
Norfolk +32 32 £40,000 +17.65% 34
Bedfordshire +38 19 £41,875 -11.84% 29
Cybersecurity
England

Cybersecurity
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 27 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.67%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 359 (59.93%) Cloud Computing
2 65 (10.85%) Azure
3 39 (6.51%) Entra ID
4 31 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (3.17%) AWS
6 7 (1.17%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.17%) PowerApps
7 5 (0.83%) GitHub
8 4 (0.67%) IaaS
8 4 (0.67%) OneDrive
8 4 (0.67%) PaaS
8 4 (0.67%) SaaS
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.17%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 366 (61.10%) Internet
2 32 (5.34%) Network Security
3 27 (4.51%) Firewall
4 21 (3.51%) TCP/IP
5 16 (2.67%) DNS
6 15 (2.50%) DHCP
6 15 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (2.17%) LAN
7 13 (2.17%) VoIP
8 9 (1.50%) VPN
9 8 (1.34%) WAN
10 5 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.83%) WLAN
11 4 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.67%) DMZ
11 4 (0.67%) HSRP
11 4 (0.67%) SAN
11 4 (0.67%) VRRP
12 3 (0.50%) 5G
12 3 (0.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (0.67%) MS Access
2 4 (0.67%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (0.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (0.83%) Git
1 5 (0.83%) JIRA
2 4 (0.67%) Toad
General
1 465 (77.63%) Social Skills
2 363 (60.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 358 (59.77%) Banking
4 39 (6.51%) Finance
5 26 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.34%) Marketing
7 16 (2.67%) Multimedia
8 15 (2.50%) Public Sector
9 13 (2.17%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.50%) Local Government
11 8 (1.34%) Billing
12 6 (1.00%) Retail
12 6 (1.00%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.83%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.83%) Legal
13 5 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.50%) Electronics
15 3 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 286 (47.75%) Lecturer
2 33 (5.51%) Analyst
3 30 (5.01%) Security Analyst
4 24 (4.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 24 (4.01%) Junior
4 24 (4.01%) Junior Analyst
4 24 (4.01%) Junior Security Analyst
5 23 (3.84%) IT Support
6 17 (2.84%) Trainee
7 16 (2.67%) Support Engineer
8 15 (2.50%) Administrator
8 15 (2.50%) IT Administrator
9 13 (2.17%) Senior
10 10 (1.67%) IT Engineer
10 10 (1.67%) Technical Engineer
11 9 (1.50%) IT Support Specialist
11 9 (1.50%) Support Specialist
12 8 (1.34%) IT Manager
12 8 (1.34%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (1.34%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.83%) CSS
1 5 (0.83%) HTML
2 1 (0.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 384 (64.11%) IoT
2 14 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 12 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (1.84%) Security Posture
6 10 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (1.50%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.34%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (0.83%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.67%) Blog
11 4 (0.67%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (0.67%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.67%) PKI
11 4 (0.67%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.50%) PropTech
13 2 (0.33%) Cyber Security Posture
13 2 (0.33%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.85%) Windows
2 29 (4.84%) Windows Server
3 13 (2.17%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.67%) Linux
5 4 (0.67%) Unix
6 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.33%) VMS
7 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (62.77%) AI
2 360 (60.10%) User Experience
3 358 (59.77%) Machine Learning
3 358 (59.77%) Web Development
4 49 (8.18%) Mentoring
5 39 (6.51%) Customer Service
6 37 (6.18%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (4.01%) Decision-Making
8 22 (3.67%) Budgeting
9 20 (3.34%) Information Security
10 19 (3.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (3.17%) Data Protection
11 18 (3.01%) B2B
11 18 (3.01%) Process Improvement
12 15 (2.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 14 (2.34%) ITIL
14 13 (2.17%) Ethical Hacking
14 13 (2.17%) Line Management
15 12 (2.00%) B2B Sales
15 12 (2.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (2.34%) PowerShell
2 13 (2.17%) Python
3 5 (0.83%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.67%) Java
4 4 (0.67%) Shell Script
4 4 (0.67%) SQL
4 4 (0.67%) VB
5 3 (0.50%) C++
6 1 (0.17%) Bash
6 1 (0.17%) Bicep
6 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 378 (63.11%) Degree
2 362 (60.43%) Master's Degree
3 358 (59.77%) PhD
3 358 (59.77%) Postgraduate
4 40 (6.68%) CompTIA Security+
5 31 (5.18%) Azure Certification
6 27 (4.51%) CompTIA CySA+
7 18 (3.01%) Security Cleared
8 16 (2.67%) CEH
9 13 (2.17%) A+ Certification
9 13 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (2.00%) CCNA
10 12 (2.00%) CCNP
11 11 (1.84%) CISSP
12 10 (1.67%) SC Cleared
13 9 (1.50%) CISM
14 7 (1.17%) DV Cleared
15 5 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (2.67%) GDPR
2 16 (2.67%) NIST
3 15 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.67%) GRC
5 6 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 4 (0.67%) JSP 440
6 4 (0.67%) NCSC
6 4 (0.67%) SLA
7 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.17%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) QA
System Software
1 37 (6.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.00%) vSphere
4 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.17%) Docker
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.67%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.33%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 2 (0.33%) QRadar
4 2 (0.33%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.17%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.17%) FTK
5 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 111 (18.53%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.01%) ForeScout
3 12 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (1.84%) Palo Alto
5 10 (1.67%) Fortinet
5 10 (1.67%) VMware
6 9 (1.50%) Cisco
6 9 (1.50%) Mitel
7 7 (1.17%) SAP
8 5 (0.83%) Veeam
9 4 (0.67%) Avaya
9 4 (0.67%) Broadcom
9 4 (0.67%) Dell
9 4 (0.67%) Extreme Networks
9 4 (0.67%) NEC
9 4 (0.67%) Oracle
9 4 (0.67%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.50%) Apple
11 2 (0.33%) Epicor
11 2 (0.33%) SolarWinds