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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 73 63
Rank change year-on-year +59 -10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 478 124 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.97% 3.58% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.86% 4.03% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 273 89 115
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,424 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,200 £78,250
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 4,847 3,076 3,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.66% 88.75% 75.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,434 1,648 2,618
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,525 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +32 136 £65,000 -1.89% 31
Hertfordshire +32 84 £55,000 +31.66% 41
Bedfordshire +40 78 £30,000 -36.84% 11
Essex +25 68 £35,000 -30.00% 23
Norfolk +9 65 £37,500 -16.67% 17
Suffolk +28 47 £34,750 -36.82% 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 44 (9.21%) SharePoint
2 38 (7.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.46%) CMS
4 3 (0.63%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.42%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.84%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 203 (42.47%) Azure
2 97 (20.29%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (13.60%) Entra ID
4 19 (3.97%) AWS
5 14 (2.93%) OneDrive
6 9 (1.88%) Power Platform
6 9 (1.88%) PowerApps
7 6 (1.26%) SaaS
8 4 (0.84%) 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%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.21%) Boomi
10 1 (0.21%) IaaS
10 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 63 (13.18%) Firewall
2 30 (6.28%) VPN
3 25 (5.23%) DNS
3 25 (5.23%) TCP/IP
4 21 (4.39%) DHCP
5 18 (3.77%) LAN
6 17 (3.56%) WAN
7 16 (3.35%) VLAN
8 15 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.51%) Network Security
10 10 (2.09%) Wireless
11 8 (1.67%) FTP
11 8 (1.67%) HTTP
11 8 (1.67%) SMTP
12 5 (1.05%) Internet
12 5 (1.05%) VoIP
13 4 (0.84%) NAS
14 3 (0.63%) DMZ
15 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
15 2 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.67%) Power BI
2 4 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
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
1 206 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 41 (8.58%) Finance
3 25 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (5.23%) Public Sector
4 23 (4.81%) Aerospace
5 13 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (2.72%) Retail
6 12 (2.51%) Legal
7 11 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.09%) Billing
8 10 (2.09%) Law
8 10 (2.09%) Marketing
9 7 (1.46%) Games
9 7 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.84%) Banking
12 3 (0.63%) Electronics
13 2 (0.42%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 100 (20.92%) Analyst
2 77 (16.11%) Security Analyst
3 73 (15.27%) Junior
4 67 (14.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 60 (12.55%) Ethical Hacker
5 60 (12.55%) Junior Analyst
5 60 (12.55%) Junior Security Analyst
6 50 (10.46%) IT Support
7 37 (7.74%) IT Engineer
8 28 (5.86%) IT Manager
8 28 (5.86%) Senior
9 26 (5.44%) Administrator
10 24 (5.02%) Consultant
11 23 (4.81%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (4.81%) Support Engineer
12 20 (4.18%) Software Engineer
13 19 (3.97%) IT Analyst
14 16 (3.35%) Lead
15 14 (2.93%) Service Manager
16 13 (2.72%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.67%) LDAP
2 2 (0.42%) Middleware
2 2 (0.42%) Web Services
3 1 (0.21%) CSS
3 1 (0.21%) FHIR
3 1 (0.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (12.55%) Cyberattack
2 49 (10.25%) Cyber Threat
3 32 (6.69%) Onboarding
4 21 (4.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (2.93%) Driving Licence
6 13 (2.72%) Security Posture
7 11 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.09%) Client/Server
9 9 (1.88%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.67%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.26%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.05%) Clustering
12 5 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.05%) Robotics
13 4 (0.84%) CCTV
13 4 (0.84%) Social Network
14 3 (0.63%) Blog
14 3 (0.63%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 67 (14.02%) Windows
2 33 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.30%) Linux
4 8 (1.67%) Android
5 7 (1.46%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.26%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.21%) VMS
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (16.53%) Mentoring
3 61 (12.76%) Ethical Hacking
4 51 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (9.83%) AI
6 34 (7.11%) Software Engineering
7 33 (6.90%) Security Operations
8 32 (6.69%) SIEM
9 31 (6.49%) ITIL
10 28 (5.86%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (5.65%) Service Delivery
12 20 (4.18%) Business Continuity
13 19 (3.97%) Incident Response
13 19 (3.97%) Information Security
13 19 (3.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (3.77%) Customer Service
15 17 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 17 (3.56%) Project Delivery
15 17 (3.56%) Roadmaps
15 17 (3.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.90%) Python
2 24 (5.02%) PowerShell
3 22 (4.60%) C++
4 8 (1.67%) Rust
5 7 (1.46%) Bash
6 6 (1.26%) Perl
7 5 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.05%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (1.05%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.63%) Java
9 2 (0.42%) C
9 2 (0.42%) Embedded C
9 2 (0.42%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.42%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.42%) SQL
10 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 126 (26.36%) Azure Certification
2 71 (14.85%) CEH
2 71 (14.85%) CompTIA Security+
3 60 (12.55%) CompTIA CySA+
4 52 (10.88%) Security Cleared
5 43 (9.00%) Degree
6 33 (6.90%) DV Cleared
7 22 (4.60%) SC Cleared
8 17 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (2.30%) CCNA
10 11 (2.30%) CISSP
11 9 (1.88%) CCNP
12 7 (1.46%) CISM
12 7 (1.46%) CREST Certified
13 5 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (5.02%) GRC
3 16 (3.35%) NIST
4 13 (2.72%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.88%) GDPR
6 8 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.67%) SLA
7 7 (1.46%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.46%) NCSC
8 6 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.84%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.84%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.84%) QA
9 4 (0.84%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.63%) COBIT
10 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.63%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.42%) Automotive SPICE
12 1 (0.21%) IASME
System Software
1 72 (15.06%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.67%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.63%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.42%) Firmware
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (4.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.67%) Terraform
3 6 (1.26%) QRadar
4 5 (1.05%) Ansible
5 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.63%) FTK
6 2 (0.42%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
7 1 (0.21%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 232 (48.54%) Microsoft
2 120 (25.10%) ForeScout
3 22 (4.60%) VMware
4 14 (2.93%) Cisco
5 13 (2.72%) Splunk
6 9 (1.88%) Apple
7 7 (1.46%) Epicor
8 6 (1.26%) Sophos
8 6 (1.26%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (1.05%) Dell
9 5 (1.05%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.05%) Veeam
10 4 (0.84%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.84%) SonicWALL
11 3 (0.63%) Adobe
11 3 (0.63%) Cellebrite
11 3 (0.63%) ConnectWise
11 3 (0.63%) Meraki
11 3 (0.63%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.63%) Synology