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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 70 55
Rank change year-on-year +52 -15 +10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 474 132 137
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.11% 3.85% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.72% 4.45% 4.23%
Number of salaries quoted 329 88 91
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,025 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,356 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,625 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -6.25%

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 5,435 2,969 3,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.11% 86.66% 73.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,989 1,589 1,931
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £38,052
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -13.46% -5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +30 152 £65,000 -5.45% 41
Hertfordshire +29 96 £60,000 +42.57% 58
Bedfordshire +30 77 £30,000 -41.46% 17
Essex +13 58 £35,000 - 43
Norfolk +8 58 £30,000 -33.33% 9
Suffolk +12 33 £33,125 -48.04% 9
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 42 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 37 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.63%) CMS
3 3 (0.63%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.42%) Simulink
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 151 (31.86%) Azure
2 94 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (13.08%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.59%) AWS
4 17 (3.59%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.48%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.48%) PowerApps
6 6 (1.27%) SaaS
7 5 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.63%) GCP
9 3 (0.63%) GitHub
9 3 (0.63%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.21%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.21%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 71 (14.98%) Firewall
2 33 (6.96%) VPN
3 31 (6.54%) DNS
4 28 (5.91%) TCP/IP
5 27 (5.70%) DHCP
6 20 (4.22%) WAN
7 18 (3.80%) LAN
8 17 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (2.95%) Network Security
10 12 (2.53%) VLAN
11 11 (2.32%) Wireless
12 8 (1.69%) FTP
12 8 (1.69%) HTTP
12 8 (1.69%) SMTP
13 5 (1.05%) Internet
13 5 (1.05%) NAS
14 4 (0.84%) DMZ
14 4 (0.84%) VoIP
15 3 (0.63%) BGP
15 3 (0.63%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.27%) Power BI
2 4 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (0.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Git
General
1 171 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 40 (8.44%) Finance
3 35 (7.38%) Aerospace
4 25 (5.27%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.53%) Legal
8 10 (2.11%) Billing
8 10 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.11%) Retail
9 7 (1.48%) Law
9 7 (1.48%) Marketing
10 5 (1.05%) Electronics
10 5 (1.05%) Games
10 5 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.05%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.63%) Local Government
12 3 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (14.98%) Analyst
2 56 (11.81%) Security Analyst
3 54 (11.39%) Junior
4 47 (9.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 43 (9.07%) IT Support
6 37 (7.81%) IT Engineer
6 37 (7.81%) Junior Analyst
6 37 (7.81%) Junior Security Analyst
6 37 (7.81%) Senior
7 36 (7.59%) Ethical Hacker
8 35 (7.38%) Consultant
9 28 (5.91%) IT Manager
10 25 (5.27%) Developer
10 25 (5.27%) IT Support Engineer
10 25 (5.27%) Software Engineer
10 25 (5.27%) Support Engineer
11 24 (5.06%) Lead
11 24 (5.06%) Python Developer
12 20 (4.22%) Administrator
13 15 (3.16%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.11%) Terraform
2 8 (1.69%) LDAP
3 2 (0.42%) Middleware
3 2 (0.42%) Web Services
4 1 (0.21%) CSS
4 1 (0.21%) EDI
4 1 (0.21%) FHIR
4 1 (0.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (14.35%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (7.59%) Cyberattack
3 35 (7.38%) Onboarding
4 21 (4.43%) Security Posture
5 20 (4.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 17 (3.59%) Driving Licence
7 12 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.11%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.11%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.69%) Clustering
10 7 (1.48%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.84%) Blog
13 4 (0.84%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (0.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.84%) PKI
13 4 (0.84%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 57 (12.03%) Windows
2 31 (6.54%) Windows Server
3 10 (2.11%) Linux
4 6 (1.27%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.84%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (13.29%) AI
3 58 (12.24%) Mentoring
4 55 (11.60%) Software Engineering
5 51 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (7.81%) Ethical Hacking
7 35 (7.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 35 (7.38%) Security Operations
7 35 (7.38%) SIEM
8 34 (7.17%) Service Delivery
9 27 (5.70%) ITIL
10 25 (5.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (4.85%) Information Security
12 21 (4.43%) Risk Management
13 20 (4.22%) Business Continuity
13 20 (4.22%) Incident Response
13 20 (4.22%) Vulnerability Management
14 19 (4.01%) Customer Service
14 19 (4.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 18 (3.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.34%) Python
2 24 (5.06%) PowerShell
3 23 (4.85%) C++
4 11 (2.32%) Rust
5 7 (1.48%) Bash
5 7 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (1.48%) Search Processing Language
6 6 (1.27%) Perl
7 5 (1.05%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.42%) C
8 2 (0.42%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.42%) Embedded C++
8 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.42%) SQL
9 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 80 (16.88%) Azure Certification
2 64 (13.50%) Security Cleared
3 49 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
4 47 (9.92%) CEH
5 45 (9.49%) DV Cleared
6 38 (8.02%) Degree
7 36 (7.59%) CompTIA CySA+
8 26 (5.49%) SC Cleared
9 18 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (2.74%) CISSP
10 13 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.69%) CCNA
11 8 (1.69%) CCNP
12 7 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (1.48%) CISM
12 7 (1.48%) CREST Certified
13 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.05%) CCSK
13 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (6.54%) GRC
3 20 (4.22%) NIST
4 16 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (3.16%) GDPR
6 14 (2.95%) PCI DSS
6 14 (2.95%) SLA
7 10 (2.11%) NCSC
8 9 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (1.90%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.27%) Accessibility
10 5 (1.05%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.84%) COBIT
11 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.63%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.63%) QA
12 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.42%) Automotive SPICE
13 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.21%) IASME
System Software
1 65 (13.71%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.53%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.27%) Firmware
5 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.63%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.63%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.63%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 19 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.48%) Ansible
3 6 (1.27%) QRadar
4 5 (1.05%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.42%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 181 (38.19%) Microsoft
2 72 (15.19%) ForeScout
3 26 (5.49%) VMware
4 16 (3.38%) Splunk
5 14 (2.95%) Cisco
6 6 (1.27%) Apple
6 6 (1.27%) SonicWALL
6 6 (1.27%) Ubiquiti
7 5 (1.05%) Epicor
7 5 (1.05%) Sophos
7 5 (1.05%) Veeam
8 3 (0.63%) Adobe
8 3 (0.63%) ConnectWise
8 3 (0.63%) Forcepoint
8 3 (0.63%) Juniper
8 3 (0.63%) Meraki
8 3 (0.63%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.63%) Synology
9 2 (0.42%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.42%) ServiceNow