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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 57 56
Rank change year-on-year +32 -1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 434 147 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.14% 4.43% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.27% 5.15% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 334 94 89
10th Percentile £29,825 £27,000 £28,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,042 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.53% -11.92% -23.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £85,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -9.09% -5.47%

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 5,969 2,853 3,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.63% 86.04% 76.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,369 1,552 1,482
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,878 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +22 170 £72,500 +89.54% 30
Hertfordshire +17 107 £52,500 +21.85% 13
Bedfordshire +17 74 £30,000 -36.84% 17
Norfolk -5 36 £30,000 -33.33% 5
Essex -9 32 £50,000 +78.57% 13
Suffolk -3 15 £31,500 -56.55% 4
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 39 (8.99%) SharePoint
2 28 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.69%) CMS
3 3 (0.69%) SAS
4 2 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Simulink
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 88 (20.28%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (17.97%) Azure
3 48 (11.06%) Entra ID
4 23 (5.30%) AWS
5 16 (3.69%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.61%) GCP
7 6 (1.38%) SaaS
8 5 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.15%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.69%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.46%) GitHub
10 2 (0.46%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.46%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.23%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 60 (13.82%) Firewall
2 37 (8.53%) TCP/IP
3 32 (7.37%) VPN
4 31 (7.14%) DHCP
4 31 (7.14%) DNS
5 20 (4.61%) LAN
5 20 (4.61%) WAN
6 15 (3.46%) VLAN
7 14 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (3.00%) Wireless
9 12 (2.76%) Network Security
10 10 (2.30%) HTTP
11 8 (1.84%) FTP
11 8 (1.84%) SMTP
12 4 (0.92%) DMZ
12 4 (0.92%) VoIP
13 3 (0.69%) BGP
13 3 (0.69%) Internet
13 3 (0.69%) OSPF
13 3 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.92%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.46%) Power BI
3 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Git
1 4 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 115 (26.50%) Social Skills
2 35 (8.06%) Aerospace
3 32 (7.37%) Finance
4 27 (6.22%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (3.23%) Legal
8 11 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.07%) Retail
10 8 (1.84%) Electronics
11 7 (1.61%) Law
12 6 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.15%) Back Office
14 4 (0.92%) Games
14 4 (0.92%) Local Government
15 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.46%) Advertising
16 2 (0.46%) Automotive
16 2 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 48 (11.06%) Senior
2 47 (10.83%) Software Engineer
3 43 (9.91%) Analyst
4 40 (9.22%) Consultant
4 40 (9.22%) IT Support
5 34 (7.83%) Lead
6 33 (7.60%) Developer
7 30 (6.91%) Python Developer
7 30 (6.91%) Python Engineer
7 30 (6.91%) Python Software Engineer
8 27 (6.22%) IT Engineer
9 26 (5.99%) IT Manager
10 24 (5.53%) Security Analyst
11 22 (5.07%) IT Support Engineer
11 22 (5.07%) Support Engineer
12 21 (4.84%) Junior
13 20 (4.61%) Administrator
14 19 (4.38%) Senior Software Engineer
14 19 (4.38%) Support Technician
15 18 (4.15%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.30%) LDAP
1 10 (2.30%) Terraform
2 3 (0.69%) EDI
3 2 (0.46%) JSON
3 2 (0.46%) Middleware
3 2 (0.46%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.23%) FHIR
4 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 97 (22.35%) Cyber Threat
2 33 (7.60%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.07%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (4.84%) Security Posture
5 17 (3.92%) Driving Licence
6 14 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.30%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.84%) Clustering
8 8 (1.84%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.38%) CCTV
10 6 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.92%) Blog
12 4 (0.92%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (0.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (0.92%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 52 (11.98%) Windows
2 26 (5.99%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.30%) Linux
4 7 (1.61%) macOS
5 3 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (22.81%) AI
3 86 (19.82%) Software Engineering
4 54 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (9.68%) Security Operations
6 36 (8.29%) SIEM
7 32 (7.37%) Service Delivery
8 30 (6.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 29 (6.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (5.76%) Incident Response
10 25 (5.76%) Information Security
10 25 (5.76%) ITIL
11 24 (5.53%) Vulnerability Management
12 23 (5.30%) Mentoring
13 22 (5.07%) Roadmaps
14 21 (4.84%) Business Continuity
14 21 (4.84%) Customer Service
14 21 (4.84%) Data Protection
14 21 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (4.84%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (16.59%) Python
2 36 (8.29%) C++
3 22 (5.07%) PowerShell
4 20 (4.61%) Rust
5 12 (2.76%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.61%) Bash
6 7 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (1.61%) Search Processing Language
7 6 (1.38%) Perl
8 4 (0.92%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.69%) C
9 3 (0.69%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.46%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.46%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (15.90%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.83%) DV Cleared
3 38 (8.76%) Degree
4 26 (5.99%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (3.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 15 (3.46%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.00%) CEH
8 10 (2.30%) CISSP
8 10 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.07%) CCNP
10 7 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (1.38%) CISM
11 6 (1.38%) CREST Certified
12 5 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.15%) CCNA
12 5 (1.15%) CCSK
12 5 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.92%) CompTIA CySA+
14 3 (0.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (6.91%) GRC
3 23 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (5.07%) NIST
5 18 (4.15%) GDPR
6 16 (3.69%) SLA
7 14 (3.23%) PCI DSS
8 11 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (2.30%) Data Quality
9 10 (2.30%) NCSC
10 7 (1.61%) QA
11 6 (1.38%) Accessibility
12 5 (1.15%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.92%) COBIT
13 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.69%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.46%) Automotive SPICE
15 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
16 1 (0.23%) IASME
System Software
1 56 (12.90%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.07%) Firmware
5 6 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.92%) Docker
7 4 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.69%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.69%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.46%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.46%) NFS
10 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.61%) Ansible
3 6 (1.38%) QRadar
4 3 (0.69%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.46%) Autotask
5 2 (0.46%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 118 (27.19%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.84%) VMware
3 16 (3.69%) Splunk
4 10 (2.30%) Cisco
5 8 (1.84%) ForeScout
6 6 (1.38%) Apple
6 6 (1.38%) SonicWALL
7 4 (0.92%) Google
8 3 (0.69%) ConnectWise
8 3 (0.69%) Facebook
8 3 (0.69%) Forcepoint
8 3 (0.69%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.69%) Juniper
8 3 (0.69%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.69%) Sage
8 3 (0.69%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (0.46%) Aruba
9 2 (0.46%) F5
9 2 (0.46%) Infoblox
9 2 (0.46%) Sophos