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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 51 33
Rank change year-on-year +46 -18 +13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 561 165 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 13.69% 4.45% 5.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.75% 5.19% 6.41%
Number of salaries quoted 134 97 92
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £41,138
25th Percentile £28,500 £41,250 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% -20.63% +14.55%
75th Percentile £59,688 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £83,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.88% +2.40% -3.85%

All Process and 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 3,161 3,180 1,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 77.14% 85.85% 92.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,837 1,318 1,251
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,750 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £69,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
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 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 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 2025. 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 +30 229 £45,000 -25.00% 41
Essex +38 170 £28,000 -41.05% 34
Cambridgeshire +36 58 £34,000 -4.90% 31
Suffolk +11 57 £72,500 -9.38% 14
Norfolk +31 34 £45,000 +32.35% 10
Bedfordshire +28 13 £30,500 -35.79% 18
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 28 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 23 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.07%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 359 (63.99%) Cloud Computing
2 51 (9.09%) Azure
3 34 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.50%) AWS
6 5 (0.89%) GitHub
6 5 (0.89%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.71%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.71%) PowerApps
7 4 (0.71%) SaaS
8 2 (0.36%) IaaS
8 2 (0.36%) PaaS
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.18%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.18%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 366 (65.24%) Internet
2 29 (5.17%) Network Security
3 22 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 20 (3.57%) Firewall
5 15 (2.67%) VoIP
6 13 (2.32%) DNS
7 12 (2.14%) DHCP
8 11 (1.96%) LAN
9 10 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (1.25%) SD-WAN
11 6 (1.07%) HSRP
11 6 (1.07%) VRRP
12 5 (0.89%) VPN
12 5 (0.89%) WAN
13 4 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.71%) SAN
13 4 (0.71%) WLAN
14 1 (0.18%) DMZ
14 1 (0.18%) SSL
14 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (0.71%) MS Access
2 4 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.07%) Git
2 4 (0.71%) Toad
3 2 (0.36%) JIRA
General
1 462 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 360 (64.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 358 (63.81%) Banking
4 27 (4.81%) Marketing
5 26 (4.63%) Finance
6 22 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.67%) Multimedia
8 10 (1.78%) Legal
9 9 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.43%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.25%) Retail
12 5 (0.89%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.89%) Local Government
12 5 (0.89%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.53%) Electronics
14 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 286 (50.98%) Lecturer
2 28 (4.99%) Analyst
3 24 (4.28%) Security Analyst
4 20 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 20 (3.57%) Junior
4 20 (3.57%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (3.57%) Junior Security Analyst
5 18 (3.21%) IT Support
6 16 (2.85%) Trainee
7 13 (2.32%) Senior
7 13 (2.32%) Support Engineer
8 11 (1.96%) Administrator
8 11 (1.96%) IT Administrator
9 10 (1.78%) Technical Engineer
10 9 (1.60%) IT Support Specialist
10 9 (1.60%) Support Specialist
11 8 (1.43%) Graduate
12 7 (1.25%) Business Development Manager
12 7 (1.25%) Business Manager
12 7 (1.25%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.89%) CSS
1 5 (0.89%) HTML
2 1 (0.18%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 384 (68.45%) IoT
2 15 (2.67%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (1.96%) Web Conferencing
5 10 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.60%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.60%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (0.89%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (0.36%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (0.36%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.18%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.18%) CSOC
11 1 (0.18%) MISP
11 1 (0.18%) PKI
11 1 (0.18%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.18%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.13%) Windows
2 23 (4.10%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.14%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.78%) Linux
5 4 (0.71%) Unix
6 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (66.13%) AI
2 360 (64.17%) User Experience
3 358 (63.81%) Machine Learning
3 358 (63.81%) Web Development
4 44 (7.84%) Mentoring
5 39 (6.95%) Customer Service
6 35 (6.24%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (4.81%) Decision-Making
8 19 (3.39%) Budgeting
9 17 (3.03%) B2B
10 16 (2.85%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (2.85%) Data Protection
10 16 (2.85%) Information Security
10 16 (2.85%) Process Improvement
11 14 (2.50%) ITIL
12 13 (2.32%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 12 (2.14%) B2B Sales
13 12 (2.14%) Line Management
14 11 (1.96%) CRM
14 11 (1.96%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.14%) Python
2 11 (1.96%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.07%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.71%) Shell Script
4 4 (0.71%) SQL
4 4 (0.71%) VB
5 3 (0.53%) C++
5 3 (0.53%) Java
6 1 (0.18%) Bash
6 1 (0.18%) Bicep
6 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 381 (67.91%) Degree
2 366 (65.24%) Master's Degree
3 358 (63.81%) PhD
3 358 (63.81%) Postgraduate
4 36 (6.42%) CompTIA Security+
5 25 (4.46%) Azure Certification
6 22 (3.92%) CompTIA CySA+
7 15 (2.67%) CEH
8 13 (2.32%) A+ Certification
9 12 (2.14%) Security Cleared
10 11 (1.96%) CCNA
10 11 (1.96%) CCNP
10 11 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (1.78%) SC Cleared
12 9 (1.60%) CISM
13 8 (1.43%) CISSP
14 5 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (2.50%) GDPR
3 12 (2.14%) NIST
4 11 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.89%) GRC
6 4 (0.71%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.18%) NCSC
7 1 (0.18%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.71%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.71%) vSphere
4 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.36%) Docker
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.18%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 32 (5.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (0.71%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.18%) Ansible
3 1 (0.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.18%) QRadar
3 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 101 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.57%) ForeScout
3 10 (1.78%) Cisco
3 10 (1.78%) CrowdStrike
3 10 (1.78%) Palo Alto
4 9 (1.60%) Fortinet
4 9 (1.60%) Mitel
5 8 (1.43%) Broadcom
5 8 (1.43%) VMware
6 7 (1.25%) SAP
7 6 (1.07%) Avaya
7 6 (1.07%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (0.89%) Veeam
9 4 (0.71%) Dell
9 4 (0.71%) NEC
9 4 (0.71%) Oracle
10 3 (0.53%) Apple
10 3 (0.53%) Sophos
10 3 (0.53%) YouTube
11 2 (0.36%) ServiceNow